# Drought affects crop marketing for producers - Brownfield Ag News

> A Missouri grain elevator manager says ongoing drought has cut local corn yields to about half of normal in some areas, prompting an ethanol plant to draw corn inland at premiums of up to 60 cents over river elevators. Nearly 60% of Missouri is in moderate to extreme drought, and harvest is about halfway complete.

- Date: 2023-10-13 · published 2023-10-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/33731-drought-affects-crop-marketing-for-producers-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-driven yield losses in central Missouri tighten local corn supply and lift regional cash bids, supporting corn prices for feed buyers in the Midwest.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-05-13 | [Ongoing drought creates planting challenges for Kansas growers - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19344-ongoing-drought-creates-planting-challenges-for-kansas-growers-brownfield-ag.md) | +0.9% | -8.0% |
| CORN | 2024-02-09 | [Weather market for grains - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13206-weather-market-for-grains-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.2% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2022-03-17 | [Concerns over the drought are growing for farmers as planting season approaches - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13378-concerns-over-the-drought-are-growing-for-farmers-as-planting-season-approaches.md) | +2.8% | +7.8% |
| CORN | 2024-11-21 | [Drought causes challenges for Kansas ethanol plant - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27465-drought-causes-challenges-for-kansas-ethanol-plant-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.5% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2018-01-05 | [Climatologist sees potential for 'drought development' - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66929-climatologist-sees-potential-for-drought-development-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.4% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/drought-affects-crop-marketing-for-producers/

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