# Global Crop Areas Susceptible to Drought - Climate Impact Company

> Climate Impact Company flags soil-moisture deficits in key crop areas, including Canadian and US spring wheat, the northern US Corn Belt and the southwest Plains wheat zone. It also reports a major Brazilian drought affecting the second corn crop, wheat and soybeans.

- Date: 2021-05-04 · published 2021-05-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Americas · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46988-global-crop-areas-susceptible-to-drought-climate-impact-company
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Drought exposure across major North American and Brazilian crop areas tightens expected supplies of corn, wheat and soybeans, supporting prices. Brazil's second-crop corn shortfall is especially relevant to feed buyers who rely on export supply.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-11-07 | [Global Soil Moisture Anomalies And 3-Month Trend - Climate Impact Company](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55986-global-soil-moisture-anomalies-and-3-month-trend-climate-impact-company.md) | -0.6% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2023-01-27 | [Watching Northwest/North Brazil Second Corn Crop for Drought Risk - Climate Impact Company](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13674-watching-northwest-north-brazil-second-corn-crop-for-drought-risk-climate.md) | -1.1% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2025-09-15 | [Flip to El Nino in 2026 Increasingly Confident - Climate Impact Company](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22794-flip-to-el-nino-in-2026-increasingly-confident-climate-impact-company.md) | +5.1% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2020-08-19 | [Derecho, drought impacts on Iowa corn crop seen in crop tour](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51451-derecho-drought-impacts-on-iowa-corn-crop-seen-in-crop-tour.md) | +2.3% | +8.3% |
| CORN | 2021-12-03 | [La Nina Is Set to Deliver Drought to Argentina’s Soybean Crop - AgriBusiness Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14064-la-nina-is-set-to-deliver-drought-to-argentina-s-soybean-crop-agribusiness.md) | +7.1% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2022-10-10 | [If El Nino Appears Later 2023, How Will Global Precipitation Patterns Change? - Climate Impact Company](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39023-if-el-nino-appears-later-2023-how-will-global-precipitation-patterns-change.md) | -14.4% | -16.2% |
| WHEAT | 2022-05-16 | ['Flash droughts' are Midwest's next big climate threat \| Grist](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13365-flash-droughts-are-midwest-s-next-big-climate-threat-grist.md) | +4.0% | -0.3% |
| WHEAT | 2019-12-10 | [Climate change and the threat to global breadbaskets - IIASA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55501-climate-change-and-the-threat-to-global-breadbaskets-iiasa.md) | +2.5% | +3.5% |

## Sources

- climateimpactcompany.com: https://climateimpactcompany.com/early-ag-market-global-weather-climate-wire-2/

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