# Drought Status Update for the North Central U.S. | July 2, 2021 | Drought.gov

> The National Integrated Drought Information System reports that drought persists across portions of the Midwest and Missouri River Basin as of July 2, 2021. Significant rain brought relief to parts of the central U.S., but the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming were largely missed. Spring wheat and barley conditions are the worst for this time of year since 2000.

- Date: 2021-07-02 · published 2021-07-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45913-drought-status-update-for-the-north-central-u-s-july-2-2021-drought-gov
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Poor spring wheat and barley ratings and continued heat in the northern Plains threaten supplies of feed grains and raise the risk of tighter feed supplies later in the season. Persistent drought in the Upper Missouri Basin supports corn, barley and wheat prices.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-08-25 | [Drought Status Update for the North Central U.S. \| August 26, 2021 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45405-drought-status-update-for-the-north-central-u-s-august-26-2021-drought-gov.md) | -1.8% | -11.3% |
| CORN | 2022-02-24 | [Drought Status Update for the North Central U.S. \| February 24, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13382-drought-status-update-for-the-north-central-u-s-february-24-2022-drought-gov.md) | +6.5% | +12.3% |
| 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% |
| WHEAT | 2021-08-25 | [Drought Status Update for the North Central U.S. \| August 26, 2021 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45405-drought-status-update-for-the-north-central-u-s-august-26-2021-drought-gov.md) | +0.0% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2021-05-10 | [Drought Status Update for the Northern Great Plains \| May 10, 2021 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46942-drought-status-update-for-the-northern-great-plains-may-10-2021-drought-gov.md) | +3.5% | -1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2023-05-25 | [Drought Early Warning Update for the Midwest U.S. \| May 25, 2023 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13275-drought-early-warning-update-for-the-midwest-u-s-may-25-2023-drought-gov.md) | -1.8% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- drought.gov: https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/drought-status-update-north-central-us-0

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