# Spring Corn Belt Flooding Concerns Persist Before Planting Season

> Successful Farming reports that Corn Belt soils remain wet because the region lacked a deep freeze, with 2019 the second-wettest year on record and five Midwest states setting wettest-year records. Iowa State climatologist Dennis Todey says the flooding risk before spring planting is still there.

- Date: 2020-02-18 · published 2020-02-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54449-spring-corn-belt-flooding-concerns-persist-before-planting-season
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Wet soils raise the risk of planting delays and reduced acreage for the 2020 crop, which could support corn and soybean prices later in the spring.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-06-23 | [Dryness Concerns Continue for Section of Northern Corn Belt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12989-dryness-concerns-continue-for-section-of-northern-corn-belt.md) | -4.1% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2019-12-10 | [Brazil's Planting Season Ends Dry, U.S. Corn Harvest Ending Cold](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55418-brazil-s-planting-season-ends-dry-u-s-corn-harvest-ending-cold.md) | +4.3% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2019-06-04 | [Planting sorghum good option for flooded corn acres](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58634-planting-sorghum-good-option-for-flooded-corn-acres.md) | -0.7% | -0.2% |
| CORN | 2024-02-29 | [Corn Belt Dryness is a Concern as Spring Gets Underway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13204-corn-belt-dryness-is-a-concern-as-spring-gets-underway.md) | +3.7% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2022-03-17 | [Concerns over the drought are growing for farmers as planting season approaches - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13378-concerns-over-the-drought-are-growing-for-farmers-as-planting-season-approaches.md) | +2.8% | +7.8% |
| SOY | 2026-06-23 | [Dryness Concerns Continue for Section of Northern Corn Belt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12989-dryness-concerns-continue-for-section-of-northern-corn-belt.md) | -0.6% | +9.3% |
| SOY | 2019-12-10 | [Brazil's Planting Season Ends Dry, U.S. Corn Harvest Ending Cold](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55418-brazil-s-planting-season-ends-dry-u-s-corn-harvest-ending-cold.md) | +2.8% | +4.6% |
| SOY | 2024-02-29 | [Corn Belt Dryness is a Concern as Spring Gets Underway](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13204-corn-belt-dryness-is-a-concern-as-spring-gets-underway.md) | +0.6% | +5.2% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/weather/news/spring-corn-belt-flooding-concerns-persist-before-planting-season

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