# Drought Status Update for the Missouri River Basin | July 26, 2022 | Drought.gov

> NIDIS reported that drought affects 41% of the Missouri River Basin, with worsening conditions in parts of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa. Sorghum is in very poor condition, corn shows stress, pasture is nearly unusable, and some producers are selling cattle, with a hot, dry August forecast.

- Date: 2022-07-26 · published 2022-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13345-drought-status-update-for-the-missouri-river-basin-july-26-2022-drought-gov
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Sorghum and corn losses and failing pastures cut feed supplies and push producers to liquidate herds, supporting feed-grain prices and cattle price volatility.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-25 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest and Missouri River Basin \| October 25, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13319-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-and-missouri-river-basin-october-25-2022.md) | -1.4% | -2.7% |
| CORN | 2022-07-21 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| July 21, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13342-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-july-21-2022-drought-gov.md) | -5.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-06-23 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest U.S. \| June 23, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13269-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-june-23-2023-drought-gov.md) | -8.6% | -15.1% |
| 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 | 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% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-07-29 | [Eastern Australia’s drought is bad news for agribusinesses « ROGER MONTGOMERY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63983-eastern-australia-s-drought-is-bad-news-for-agribusinesses-roger-montgomery.md) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-06-03 | [Agri Marketing Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11385-agri-marketing-update.md) | -0.7% | -1.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-06-07 | [Drought has changed the cattle price outlook - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64642-drought-has-changed-the-cattle-price-outlook-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.7% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- drought.gov: https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/drought-status-update-missouri-river-basin-7-26-22

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