# Dry conditions covering most of Iowa expected to persist

> Iowa climate experts expect a warmer and drier than average growing season for much of the upper Midwest, following a dry 2020 in which statewide precipitation was 6.2 inches below normal. The National Integrated Drought Information System classified 52 percent of Iowa as abnormally dry.

- Date: 2021-03-09 · published 2021-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47953-dry-conditions-covering-most-of-iowa-expected-to-persist
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Expected dryness in Iowa, the largest corn-producing state, raises weather risk premium for the coming crop and could support corn and soybean prices if the outlook holds into summer.

## 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 | 2023-06-29 | [ISA Experts Weigh In On The State Of Crop Conditions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13274-isa-experts-weigh-in-on-the-state-of-crop-conditions.md) | -2.5% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2018-08-29 | [Dry Conditions on Day Two of RRFN Crop Tour \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63397-dry-conditions-on-day-two-of-rrfn-crop-tour-red-river-farm-network.md) | +2.7% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2021-04-08 | [Drought conditions top of mind as farmers ease into the planting season - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47441-drought-conditions-top-of-mind-as-farmers-ease-into-the-planting-season.md) | +3.6% | +25.3% |
| CORN | 2019-10-01 | [Argentina Crops Being Impacted by Drought Conditions - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56410-argentina-crops-being-impacted-by-drought-conditions-proag.md) | +1.5% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2023-06-29 | [ISA Experts Weigh In On The State Of Crop Conditions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13274-isa-experts-weigh-in-on-the-state-of-crop-conditions.md) | +5.2% | +5.6% |
| SOY | 2018-08-29 | [Dry Conditions on Day Two of RRFN Crop Tour \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63397-dry-conditions-on-day-two-of-rrfn-crop-tour-red-river-farm-network.md) | +0.6% | +3.6% |
| SOY | 2021-04-08 | [Drought conditions top of mind as farmers ease into the planting season - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47441-drought-conditions-top-of-mind-as-farmers-ease-into-the-planting-season.md) | +0.1% | +12.3% |

## Sources

- iasoybeans.com: https://www.iasoybeans.com/newsroom/article/dry-conditions-covering-most-of-iowa-expected-to-persist

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