# Drought Status Update for the Midwest and Missouri River Basin | October 25, 2022 | Drought.gov

> NIDIS issued a Midwest and Missouri River Basin drought update stating that 60% of the north central U.S. is in moderate to exceptional drought, with 30% in severe or worse. Exceptional drought covers 30% of Kansas and 12% of Nebraska. Record low streamflow on the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers is restricting barge navigation.

- Date: 2022-10-25 · published 2022-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13319-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-and-missouri-river-basin-october-25-2022
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Low river levels raise barge freight costs and limit grain movement on the Mississippi, pressuring Midwest basis and supporting export logistics costs. Drought stress also threatens 2023 winter wheat and pasture, which can lift feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- BARGE: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-07-26 | [Drought Status Update for the Missouri River Basin \| July 26, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13345-drought-status-update-for-the-missouri-river-basin-july-26-2022-drought-gov.md) | +6.6% | +4.6% |
| CORN | 2024-10-22 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest \| October 22, 2024 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13141-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-october-22-2024-drought-gov.md) | -0.0% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2024-04-25 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest \| April 25, 2024 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13189-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-april-25-2024-drought-gov.md) | +0.7% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2022-09-02 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| September 2, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13327-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-september-2-2022-drought-gov.md) | -0.6% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2023-08-25 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| August 25, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13253-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-august-25-2023-drought-gov.md) | -2.2% | -9.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-25 | [Drought Early Warning Update for the Midwest U.S. \| May 25, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13275-drought-early-warning-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-may-25-2023-drought-gov.md) | -1.8% | -1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-25 | [Drought Status Update for the North Central U.S. \| August 26, 2021 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45405-drought-status-update-for-the-north-central-u-s-august-26-2021-drought-gov.md) | +0.0% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-07-02 | [Drought Status Update for the North Central U.S. \| July 2, 2021 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45913-drought-status-update-for-the-north-central-u-s-july-2-2021-drought-gov.md) | -2.4% | -4.0% |

## Sources

- drought.gov: https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/drought-status-update-midwest-and-missouri-river-basin-10-25-22

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