# Severe weather keeps Midwest farmers out of the field

> Severe storms with hard rain and wind kept Midwest farmers out of fields in late May, damaging young crops and farm structures in Missouri. Farmers in Kansas were scouting, spraying and top-dressing between rain events, while many fields remain ahead of planting schedules.

- Date: 2024-05-31 · published 2024-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13187-severe-weather-keeps-midwest-farmers-out-of-the-field
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Planting delays are limited so far because fields are ahead of schedule, so the price effect is modest, though stand damage from storms is a small upside risk.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-07-11 | [Favorable weather pattern across much of the Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63870-favorable-weather-pattern-across-much-of-the-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.5% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2018-06-14 | [Weather impacts still being felt in the Midwest \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64384-weather-impacts-still-being-felt-in-the-midwest-farm-progress.md) | -3.8% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2021-06-18 | [STEVE KELL: Sell on rumour in a weather market \| FarmersForum.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46624-steve-kell-sell-on-rumour-in-a-weather-market-farmersforum-com.md) | +0.3% | -5.2% |
| CORN | 2017-11-21 | [Wide Weather Variety Keeps Harvest Mixed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67838-wide-weather-variety-keeps-harvest-mixed.md) | -1.3% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2020-07-14 | [Rains on parts of the Plains, upper Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51957-rains-on-parts-of-the-plains-upper-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.1% | -3.2% |
| SOY | 2018-06-14 | [Weather impacts still being felt in the Midwest \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64384-weather-impacts-still-being-felt-in-the-midwest-farm-progress.md) | -5.0% | -11.3% |
| SOY | 2021-06-18 | [STEVE KELL: Sell on rumour in a weather market \| FarmersForum.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46624-steve-kell-sell-on-rumour-in-a-weather-market-farmersforum-com.md) | +3.1% | +9.4% |
| SOY | 2018-07-30 | [Farmers say harvest success depends on August weather - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63868-farmers-say-harvest-success-depends-on-august-weather-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.8% | -3.3% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/severe-weather-plagues-midwest-farmers

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