# Mapping Out Soil Moisture Conditions Around the Midwest Ahead of Planting

> Soil moisture conditions were reviewed across major Midwest corn states in late March 2024 ahead of planting. Iowa saw warm, dry early March followed by cooler, wetter late March, and extreme drought in the state shrank to about 12% from nearly 20%.

- Date: 2024-03-29 · published 2024-03-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13200-mapping-out-soil-moisture-conditions-around-the-midwest-ahead-of-planting
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Improving soil moisture before planting lowers the risk of a delayed or stressed start to the 2024 corn crop. The effect on prices is small at this stage.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-04-06 | [Soil conditions determine when to plant](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53484-soil-conditions-determine-when-to-plant.md) | -3.8% | -7.7% |
| CORN | 2025-08-14 | [Indiana Corn, Soybean Crops Feel the Heat and Variability of Late Planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13068-indiana-corn-soybean-crops-feel-the-heat-and-variability-of-late-planting.md) | +1.1% | +4.8% |
| CORN | 2024-05-31 | [Severe weather keeps Midwest farmers out of the field](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13187-severe-weather-keeps-midwest-farmers-out-of-the-field.md) | -1.5% | -6.6% |
| CORN | 2020-05-04 | [Warming Midwest conditions may result in corn, soybean production moving north \| Penn State University](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52961-warming-midwest-conditions-may-result-in-corn-soybean-production-moving-north.md) | +1.9% | +1.9% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/mapping-out-soil-moisture-conditions-around-the-midwest-ahead-of-planting-8622223

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