# A Closer Look at Drought and Crop Progress in 5 Top Corn Growing States

> The latest U.S. Drought Monitor, released May 20 and covering conditions as of May 18, showed drought expanding in parts of the Midwest. Iowa had about 8% of its area in severe drought, and 64% of the state was abnormally dry or worse. Crop progress showed Iowa's corn planting at 97% complete.

- Date: 2021-05-24 · published 2021-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46940-a-closer-look-at-drought-and-crop-progress-in-5-top-corn-growing-states
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Spreading dryness during planting raises the risk of lower yields and supports corn and soybean futures, which would lift feed ingredient costs.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-03-05 | [USA: drought conditions persist in many top corn growing states](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47956-usa-drought-conditions-persist-in-many-top-corn-growing-states.md) | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2025-05-30 | [3 Top Corn-Growing States Report Extreme Drought, or Worse](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13090-3-top-corn-growing-states-report-extreme-drought-or-worse.md) | -0.3% | -4.7% |
| CORN | 2025-05-01 | [These 5 Top Corn-Growing States Report Extreme Drought, or Worse, as Planting Kicks Off](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13099-these-5-top-corn-growing-states-report-extreme-drought-or-worse-as-planting.md) | -3.8% | -1.4% |
| CORN | 2018-02-28 | [Prolonged drought wrecking soybean and corn crops, threatens Argentina's growth — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66345-prolonged-drought-wrecking-soybean-and-corn-crops-threatens-argentina-s-growth.md) | +1.6% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2021-04-13 | [Drought in Plains a Concern for U.S. Corn and Soy Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47437-drought-in-plains-a-concern-for-u-s-corn-and-soy-crops.md) | +1.5% | +23.9% |
| SOY | 2025-05-30 | [3 Top Corn-Growing States Report Extreme Drought, or Worse](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13090-3-top-corn-growing-states-report-extreme-drought-or-worse.md) | -0.0% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2018-02-28 | [Prolonged drought wrecking soybean and corn crops, threatens Argentina's growth — MercoPress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66345-prolonged-drought-wrecking-soybean-and-corn-crops-threatens-argentina-s-growth.md) | +2.6% | -1.8% |
| SOY | 2021-04-13 | [Drought in Plains a Concern for U.S. Corn and Soy Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47437-drought-in-plains-a-concern-for-u-s-corn-and-soy-crops.md) | +4.9% | +17.2% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/weather/news/a-closer-look-at-drought-and-crop-progress-in-5-top-corn-growing-states

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