# Corn Belt Soil Moisture Levels Leave No Middle Ground - ProAg

> Satellite data from NASA's SPoRT project show the top 16 inches of Corn Belt soil are either too wet or too dry. Much of the Midwest and Plains is below the 20th percentile for moisture, while parts of the Ohio Valley and Dakotas are above the 90th percentile. The pattern is expected to persist over the next 30 to 90 days.

- Date: 2022-02-22 · published 2022-02-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13383-corn-belt-soil-moisture-levels-leave-no-middle-ground-proag
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Dry root-zone moisture in much of the Corn Belt raises the risk of stress at planting and early growth, which supports corn prices. Wet pockets could also delay fieldwork.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-03-13 | [Soil Moisture Inadequate for Brazil's Safrinha Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13584-soil-moisture-inadequate-for-brazil-s-safrinha-corn.md) | +1.5% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2026-01-30 | [Soil Moisture Not Where It Needs to Be for Brazil's Coming Safrinha Corn Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13453-soil-moisture-not-where-it-needs-to-be-for-brazil-s-coming-safrinha-corn-crop.md) | +0.7% | +0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-05-24 | [Late Planted Safrinha Corn in Brazil in need of Additional Moisture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13645-late-planted-safrinha-corn-in-brazil-in-need-of-additional-moisture.md) | -3.4% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2025-09-10 | [Low Soil Moisture in Mato Grosso May Delay Start of Soy Planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13476-low-soil-moisture-in-mato-grosso-may-delay-start-of-soy-planting.md) | +5.8% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2025-03-28 | [NOAA Projects Intensified Drought in the Western Corn Belt - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13108-noaa-projects-intensified-drought-in-the-western-corn-belt-proag.md) | +0.5% | +5.5% |

## Sources

- proag.com: https://www.proag.com/news/corn-belt-soil-moisture-levels-leave-no-middle-ground/

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