# Flash Drought and Crop Stress Concerns | Integrated Crop Management

> Iowa State Extension warns that forecasts call for daytime highs in the 90s and 100s with nighttime lows in the 70s and 80s and little rain across the state. A persistent upper-level ridge over the Midwest is driving the heat, and the blog explains flash drought risk for corn that is tasseling and soybeans.

- Date: 2019-07-15 · published 2019-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57919-flash-drought-and-crop-stress-concerns-integrated-crop-management
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Heat and dryness during early pollination threaten kernel counts in corn, and dry soybean fields risk lower pod set, which tightens feed grain supply and supports corn, soybean and meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-04-13 | [Drought in Plains a Concern for U.S. Corn and Soy Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47437-drought-in-plains-a-concern-for-u-s-corn-and-soy-crops.md) | +1.5% | +23.9% |
| 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 | 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 | 2020-09-01 | [Regional Crop Update: August 26 - September 1, 2020 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50968-regional-crop-update-august-26-september-1-2020-integrated-crop-management.md) | -0.4% | +5.9% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 2021-04-13 | [Drought in Plains a Concern for U.S. Corn and Soy Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47437-drought-in-plains-a-concern-for-u-s-corn-and-soy-crops.md) | +4.9% | +17.2% |
| 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 | 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) | -7.5% | -5.0% |

## Sources

- crops.extension.iastate.edu: https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/post/flash-drought-and-crop-stress-concerns

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