# Escalated Price of Maize in Spain Due to Adverse Weather

> Spain's wholesale maize price rose 97.13% year on year to USD 1.98/kg in the fourth week of July 2022. Drought and heat waves in July hit corn crops. Spain imports heavily, with nearly half of its imported corn coming from Ukraine and Brazil.

- Date: 2022-07-26 · published 2022-07-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Europe · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40512-escalated-price-of-maize-in-spain-due-to-adverse-weather
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Europe's corn shortfall lifts import demand and global corn prices, and Spain's reliance on Ukraine and Brazil makes those origins key for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-01-29 | [Delivery of grain by rail to Odesa ports decreased due to bad weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21075-delivery-of-grain-by-rail-to-odesa-ports-decreased-due-to-bad-weather.md) | -0.3% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2021-07-20 | [Adverse weather? Blame the El Niño cycle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45917-adverse-weather-blame-the-el-nino-cycle.md) | -1.1% | -0.1% |
| CORN | 2022-05-12 | [Wheat Prices Spike as US Sees War, Adverse Weather Hurting Crops - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41431-wheat-prices-spike-as-us-sees-war-adverse-weather-hurting-crops-bloomberg.md) | -0.3% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2018-05-29 | [Wheat prices are rising because of the hot and dry weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65065-wheat-prices-are-rising-because-of-the-hot-and-dry-weather.md) | -3.7% | -9.3% |
| CORN | 2021-04-28 | [Global weather driving price rises in grains and oilseeds: Feed market report \| AHDB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9793-global-weather-driving-price-rises-in-grains-and-oilseeds-feed-market-report.md) | +4.4% | -7.3% |

## Sources

- tridge.com: https://www.tridge.com/data-insights/market-product-price

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