# Regional Crop Update: August 26 - September 1, 2020 | Integrated Crop Management

> Iowa State's crop update reports drought expanding across Iowa, with August 2020 among the driest Augusts since 1893 statewide and the southeast seeing its driest August in 128 years. Corn and soybeans are maturing quickly, with stalk quality declining and early disease issues such as tar spot appearing.

- Date: 2020-09-01 · published 2020-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50968-regional-crop-update-august-26-september-1-2020-integrated-crop-management
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Drought-driven yield losses and quality problems in Iowa, the top corn state, point to lower feed grain and soybean meal supply, supporting prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-07-15 | [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% |
| CORN | 2022-02-04 | [Late-Winter and Early Growing Season Climatological Outlooks for 2022 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42620-late-winter-and-early-growing-season-climatological-outlooks-for-2022.md) | +3.3% | +17.3% |
| 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 | 2022-10-01 | [September 2022 La Niña update: it’s Q & A time](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39501-september-2022-la-nina-update-it-s-q-and-a-time.md) | +1.0% | +2.9% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 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) | -0.6% | -3.6% |
| SOY | 2022-02-04 | [Late-Winter and Early Growing Season Climatological Outlooks for 2022 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42620-late-winter-and-early-growing-season-climatological-outlooks-for-2022.md) | +1.9% | +8.5% |

## Sources

- crops.extension.iastate.edu: https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/post/regional-crop-update-august-26-september-1-2020

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