# Parts of the Midwest started out too wet for crops, but now they’re too dry | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR

> Harvest Public Media reports that drought has deepened across the Midwest and Great Plains, even in areas that had excessive spring rain. Missouri and Iowa fields that started wet are now baking, with the drought spreading east through the summer.

- Date: 2022-10-06 · published 2022-10-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13323-parts-of-the-midwest-started-out-too-wet-for-crops-but-now-they-re-too-dry-kcur
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Widespread late-season drought reduces yield potential in the western and central Corn Belt, supporting corn and soybean prices and feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-10-14 | [Q&A: La Nina's back and it's not good for parts of dry West \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44472-q-and-a-la-nina-s-back-and-it-s-not-good-for-parts-of-dry-west-ap-news.md) | +3.2% | +13.8% |
| CORN | 2023-04-20 | [This spring brings worry rather than rain for some parts of the Great Plains and Midwest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13285-this-spring-brings-worry-rather-than-rain-for-some-parts-of-the-great-plains.md) | -1.0% | -9.9% |
| CORN | 2025-03-27 | [Scientists expect more drought this year in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains \| NPR Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13104-scientists-expect-more-drought-this-year-in-parts-of-the-midwest-and-great.md) | +0.3% | +5.2% |
| CORN | 2023-06-29 | [US Midwest drought expands, but forecast rains offer relief to crops \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13268-us-midwest-drought-expands-but-forecast-rains-offer-relief-to-crops-reuters.md) | -2.5% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2021-06-21 | [Hot, dry weather stresses crops in heart of the Corn Belt and Northern Plains - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46417-hot-dry-weather-stresses-crops-in-heart-of-the-corn-belt-and-northern-plains.md) | -3.3% | -8.0% |
| SOY | 2023-06-29 | [US Midwest drought expands, but forecast rains offer relief to crops \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13268-us-midwest-drought-expands-but-forecast-rains-offer-relief-to-crops-reuters.md) | +5.2% | +5.6% |
| SOY | 2021-06-21 | [Hot, dry weather stresses crops in heart of the Corn Belt and Northern Plains - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46417-hot-dry-weather-stresses-crops-in-heart-of-the-corn-belt-and-northern-plains.md) | -4.7% | +2.3% |
| SOY | 2021-08-31 | [Violent August Storms Pound Midwest Crops for the Second Year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45411-violent-august-storms-pound-midwest-crops-for-the-second-year.md) | -2.8% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- kcur.org: https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-10-06/wet-to-dry-drought-conditions

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