# What the Iowa Derecho Taught Us | Soil Health Partnership

> Soil Health Partnership reviews the August 2020 Iowa derecho, which damaged about 3.57 million acres of corn and 2.5 million acres of soybeans. Estimates put grain losses at 200 to 400 million bushels and storage damage at about 100 million bushels. The article focuses on lessons about crop insurance coverage.

- Date: 2021-02-11 · published 2021-02-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US Iowa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48484-what-the-iowa-derecho-taught-us-soil-health-partnership
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The 2020 derecho losses were already reflected in the 2020 crop and stocks. The article is about insurance planning, so it has little direct price effect.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2020-08-10 | [Midwest derecho flattens Iowa corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12-midwest-derecho-flattens-iowa-corn.md) | +4.0% | +9.0% |
| CORN | 2026-04-01 | [Iowa Had Its 20th-Driest Winter on Record. Here’s What That Means for This Year’s Crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13008-iowa-had-its-20th-driest-winter-on-record-here-s-what-that-means-for-this-year.md) | -1.7% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2024-06-13 | [El Niño is dead. Here’s what to expect in the coming months \| CNN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29662-el-nino-is-dead-here-s-what-to-expect-in-the-coming-months-cnn.md) | -2.1% | -8.8% |
| CORN | 2023-05-29 | [Corn, Soybeans and Wheat in the Grips of Drought - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13276-corn-soybeans-and-wheat-in-the-grips-of-drought-agweb.md) | -4.6% | -4.0% |
| SOY | 2020-08-10 | [Midwest derecho flattens Iowa corn](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12-midwest-derecho-flattens-iowa-corn.md) | +3.8% | +11.4% |
| SOY | 2023-05-29 | [Corn, Soybeans and Wheat in the Grips of Drought - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13276-corn-soybeans-and-wheat-in-the-grips-of-drought-agweb.md) | +1.0% | +11.8% |
| SOY | 2021-05-07 | [Iowa farmers wary as drought deepens even with corn, soybean prices up](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46944-iowa-farmers-wary-as-drought-deepens-even-with-corn-soybean-prices-up.md) | +0.4% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- soilhealthpartnership.org: https://www.soilhealthpartnership.org/blog-story/what-the-iowa-derecho-taught-us/

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