# Drought Update for the Southern Plains DEWS | March 26, 2021 | Drought.gov

> The U.S. Drought Monitor shows extreme to exceptional drought (D3-D4) across western Texas and most of New Mexico, with moderate to severe drought spreading through central Texas and southern Oklahoma. Forecasts point to further expansion and intensification of drought over the next three months, with the April-June outlook favoring above-normal temperatures.

- Date: 2021-03-26 · published 2021-03-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48023-drought-update-for-the-southern-plains-dews-march-26-2021-drought-gov
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Dry conditions across Southern Plains winter wheat and rangeland reduce hard red winter wheat yields and cattle forage, supporting HRW wheat and feeder cattle prices.

## Read by commodity

- KWHEAT: bullish ▲
- FCATTLE: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2022-03-17 | [Southern Plains Drought Status Update \| March 17, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42194-southern-plains-drought-status-update-march-17-2022-drought-gov.md) | +3.6% | +9.5% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-05-10 | [Drought Status Update for the Northern Great Plains \| May 10, 2021 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46942-drought-status-update-for-the-northern-great-plains-may-10-2021-drought-gov.md) | -10.4% | -13.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-02-24 | [Drought Status Update for the North Central U.S. \| February 24, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13382-drought-status-update-for-the-north-central-u-s-february-24-2022-drought-gov.md) | +17.5% | +21.7% |
| KWHEAT | 2022-10-25 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest and Missouri River Basin \| October 25, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13319-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-and-missouri-river-basin-october-25-2022.md) | +4.3% | -0.4% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-03-13 | [Drought threat intensifies for U.S. Plains winter wheat crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66052-drought-threat-intensifies-for-u-s-plains-winter-wheat-crop.md) | -7.6% | +2.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2024-01-01 | [As drought tightened cattle production, 2023 markets soared  - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32247-as-drought-tightened-cattle-production-2023-markets-soared-high-plains-journal.md) | +0.7% | +8.6% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-08-18 | [US drought could have implications for beef exports
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45518-us-drought-could-have-implications-for-beef-exports-the-cattle-site.md) | +1.3% | -1.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-08-09 | [Coping with high feed prices, drought in 2022
						 \| The Cattle Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40182-coping-with-high-feed-prices-drought-in-2022-the-cattle-site.md) | -0.7% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- drought.gov: https://www.drought.gov/drought-status-updates/drought-update-southern-plains-dews-0

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