# Projected yields wildly uneven across corn belt

> An analyst notes the Western Corn Belt has had poorer weather than the Eastern Corn Belt this year. Minnesota corn is only 38% good to excellent, and the Dakotas are also weak. Iowa's heat-damaged yield potential is seen as the key factor for whether prices move higher.

- Date: 2021-07-28 · published 2021-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45914-projected-yields-wildly-uneven-across-corn-belt
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Lower yields in the western Corn Belt tighten the new-crop corn and soybean balance, supporting feed prices. The outcome in Iowa will determine whether the market rallies, so feed buyers face upside risk.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-06-11 | [U.S. Corn and Soybean Yield Prospects - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58452-u-s-corn-and-soybean-yield-prospects-proag.md) | +6.2% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2019-07-26 | [Dryness expands across parts of the Corn Belt - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57921-dryness-expands-across-parts-of-the-corn-belt-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.2% | -10.6% |
| CORN | 2020-05-27 | [Wet, warm & humid across most of the Corn Belt - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52964-wet-warm-and-humid-across-most-of-the-corn-belt-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.4% | +2.2% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2024-11-13 | [August Through October Weather Affected Corn, Soybean Yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13140-august-through-october-weather-affected-corn-soybean-yields.md) | -0.5% | +1.0% |
| SOY | 2019-06-11 | [U.S. Corn and Soybean Yield Prospects - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58452-u-s-corn-and-soybean-yield-prospects-proag.md) | +6.3% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2019-07-26 | [Dryness expands across parts of the Corn Belt - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57921-dryness-expands-across-parts-of-the-corn-belt-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -4.0% | -3.0% |
| SOY | 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% | +3.2% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/corn/projected-yields-wildly-uneven-across-corn-belt

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