# 2019 Weather: Floods, Delays, and Disease, Oh My!

> A recap of 2019 Corn Belt weather describes flooding, fieldwork delays and crop disease that affected growers. It notes early-year dryness in the Plains and very cold weather in late January across farms from North Dakota to Iowa.

- Date: 2020-01-04 · published 2020-01-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54935-2019-weather-floods-delays-and-disease-oh-my
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent wet conditions and planting delays cut yields and acreage, which tightened corn supplies for the 2019-20 marketing year.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-12-19 | [2025: Year of Extreme Weather, Corn Disease and Worry in Illinois - Field Advisor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13033-2025-year-of-extreme-weather-corn-disease-and-worry-in-illinois-field-advisor.md) | +0.4% | -3.3% |
| CORN | 2020-10-21 | [Grain trends: prices rise further on weather and demand issues -  Premium](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12844-grain-trends-prices-rise-further-on-weather-and-demand-issues-premium.md) | +4.6% | +11.5% |
| CORN | 2021-11-12 | [China corn prices rise as bad weather delays crop shipments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44068-china-corn-prices-rise-as-bad-weather-delays-crop-shipments.md) | -1.1% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2021-02-26 | [Brazil Soy Harvest Slowed by Delayed Planting and Wet Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48465-brazil-soy-harvest-slowed-by-delayed-planting-and-wet-weather.md) | -1.0% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2021-03-05 | [Wet Weather Delays Safrinha Corn Planting in Mato Grosso](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47963-wet-weather-delays-safrinha-corn-planting-in-mato-grosso.md) | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| SOY | 2017-10-03 | [Wet Weather Delays Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68316-wet-weather-delays-harvest.md) | +1.0% | +1.6% |
| SOY | 2025-12-19 | [2025: Year of Extreme Weather, Corn Disease and Worry in Illinois - Field Advisor](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13033-2025-year-of-extreme-weather-corn-disease-and-worry-in-illinois-field-advisor.md) | +0.6% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2021-02-26 | [Brazil Soy Harvest Slowed by Delayed Planting and Wet Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48465-brazil-soy-harvest-slowed-by-delayed-planting-and-wet-weather.md) | +0.7% | +0.6% |

## Sources

- agriculture.com: https://www.agriculture.com/news/crops/2019-weather-floods-delays-and-disease-oh-my

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