# 2025 Growing Season Weather Update: Uncertainty After La Nina; Hotter, Drier This Summer

> DTN's growing-season update warns of drought in the Southwest, Plains and Upper Midwest, with flooding in the Ohio and Lower Mississippi valleys. It expects La Niña to fade to neutral and forecasts a hotter, drier summer that is unfavourable for crop development across much of the US.

- Date: 2025-02-25 · published 2025-02-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25963-2025-growing-season-weather-update-uncertainty-after-la-nina-hotter-drier-this
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A hot, dry summer over the US Corn Belt and Plains would threaten yield potential for corn and soybeans. That risk supports prices and raises feed input costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-01-16 | [Weather Outlook Through Summer 2025 Sees La Nina Losing Influence During Spring](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26409-weather-outlook-through-summer-2025-sees-la-nina-losing-influence-during-spring.md) | +0.7% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2022-07-01 | [La Nina to Continue Through 2022 Growing Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40393-la-nina-to-continue-through-2022-growing-season.md) | +3.4% | -13.7% |
| CORN | 2025-05-23 | [Uncertainty Defines Summer Weather Outlook \| The More You Grow \| Corteva Agriscience](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24589-uncertainty-defines-summer-weather-outlook-the-more-you-grow-corteva-agriscience.md) | -2.1% | -5.2% |
| CORN | 2017-03-03 | [How is the 2017 Growing Season Shaping Up?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71836-how-is-the-2017-growing-season-shaping-up.md) | -3.2% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2021-02-23 | [Weather volatility could persist this growing season - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48480-weather-volatility-could-persist-this-growing-season-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.5% | +5.5% |
| SOY | 2025-01-16 | [Weather Outlook Through Summer 2025 Sees La Nina Losing Influence During Spring](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26409-weather-outlook-through-summer-2025-sees-la-nina-losing-influence-during-spring.md) | +2.2% | -1.2% |
| SOY | 2022-07-01 | [La Nina to Continue Through 2022 Growing Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40393-la-nina-to-continue-through-2022-growing-season.md) | -2.7% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2025-05-23 | [Uncertainty Defines Summer Weather Outlook \| The More You Grow \| Corteva Agriscience](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24589-uncertainty-defines-summer-weather-outlook-the-more-you-grow-corteva-agriscience.md) | -2.4% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2025/02/25/2025-growing-season-weather-update

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