# FACTS soil moisture benchmarking tool | Integrated Crop Management

> Iowa State University published a soil moisture benchmarking tool that converts volumetric soil moisture to a relative index across soil types. It explains how wilting point, field capacity and saturation affect root growth and nitrogen losses.

- Date: 2021-05-24 · published 2021-05-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46945-facts-soil-moisture-benchmarking-tool-integrated-crop-management
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The tool helps agronomists judge drought and waterlogging stress, but it does not change current supply or demand, so price impact is negligible.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-06-14 | [How does our soil moisture balance sheet look? \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46419-how-does-our-soil-moisture-balance-sheet-look-integrated-crop-management.md) | -2.8% | -4.2% |
| CORN | 2021-12-06 | [NW Iowa Subsoil Moistures Improved with Fall Rainfall \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13401-nw-iowa-subsoil-moistures-improved-with-fall-rainfall-integrated-crop-management.md) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2021-04-09 | [2021 Spring Weather Outlook for Iowa \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47524-2021-spring-weather-outlook-for-iowa-integrated-crop-management.md) | +1.1% | +23.4% |
| CORN | 2019-08-21 | [Update on Crop and Soil Status Across the I-States – August 21, 2019 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57431-update-on-crop-and-soil-status-across-the-i-states-august-21-2019-integrated.md) | +1.9% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2019-07-15 | [Flash Drought and Crop Stress Concerns \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57919-flash-drought-and-crop-stress-concerns-integrated-crop-management.md) | -2.6% | -7.4% |
| SOY | 2021-06-14 | [How does our soil moisture balance sheet look? \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46419-how-does-our-soil-moisture-balance-sheet-look-integrated-crop-management.md) | -7.5% | -5.0% |
| SOY | 2021-12-06 | [NW Iowa Subsoil Moistures Improved with Fall Rainfall \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13401-nw-iowa-subsoil-moistures-improved-with-fall-rainfall-integrated-crop-management.md) | +0.0% | +6.1% |
| SOY | 2021-04-09 | [2021 Spring Weather Outlook for Iowa \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47524-2021-spring-weather-outlook-for-iowa-integrated-crop-management.md) | +0.2% | +13.4% |

## Sources

- crops.extension.iastate.edu: https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/post/facts-soil-moisture-benchmarking-tool

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