# Rains on parts of the Plains, upper Midwest - Brownfield Ag News

> Brownfield reported showers and thunderstorms across the upper Midwest that are providing moisture for reproductive corn and soybeans. As of July 12, 48% of soybeans were blooming and 29% of corn was silking. Pockets of dryness remain in the eastern Corn Belt, and Michigan had 17% of its corn in poor or very poor condition.

- Date: 2020-07-14 · published 2020-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51957-rains-on-parts-of-the-plains-upper-midwest-brownfield-ag-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Timely rain in the upper Midwest supports crop development and limits weather premium in corn and soybean prices. Localized dryness in the east keeps some yield risk in place.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-07-11 | [Favorable weather pattern across much of the Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63870-favorable-weather-pattern-across-much-of-the-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.5% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2021-01-25 | [Drought not a big worry across much of Upper Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49000-drought-not-a-big-worry-across-much-of-upper-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +8.0% | +4.2% |
| CORN | 2024-04-15 | [Weather a driver for the grain markets - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13196-weather-a-driver-for-the-grain-markets-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.2% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-08-28 | [A wide-range of temps & weather across the Heartland and beyond - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13161-a-wide-range-of-temps-and-weather-across-the-heartland-and-beyond-brownfield-ag.md) | +4.4% | +6.8% |
| CORN | 2017-04-28 | [Wheat supported by weather concerns - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71544-wheat-supported-by-weather-concerns-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.2% | +2.7% |
| SOY | 2021-01-25 | [Drought not a big worry across much of Upper Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49000-drought-not-a-big-worry-across-much-of-upper-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +4.4% | +5.5% |
| SOY | 2024-04-15 | [Weather a driver for the grain markets - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13196-weather-a-driver-for-the-grain-markets-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.0% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2020-10-06 | [Dry, milder weather across the Heartland - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50498-dry-milder-weather-across-the-heartland-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +1.2% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- brownfieldagnews.com: https://brownfieldagnews.com/blog/weathers/rains-on-parts-of-the-plains-upper-midwest/

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