# Extreme heat wave hits US farmers already suffering from flooding

> An extreme heat wave is spreading across US farm states including Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois, with temperatures expected above 100 degrees. The heat follows earlier floods that destroyed acreage and delayed planting.

- Date: 2019-07-20 · published 2019-07-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57923-extreme-heat-wave-hits-us-farmers-already-suffering-from-flooding
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Heat stress during the critical growing period, after flood-related planting losses, raises the risk of lower corn and soybean yields and supports feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-06-15 | [Storms, flooding, hail test U.S. corn and soybean farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12990-storms-flooding-hail-test-u-s-corn-and-soybean-farmers.md) | +0.0% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2026-05-18 | [Midwest farmers battle weather extremes during spring planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12996-midwest-farmers-battle-weather-extremes-during-spring-planting.md) | +0.7% | -7.8% |
| CORN | 2019-11-27 | [Falling numbers hit wheat farmers hard \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56112-falling-numbers-hit-wheat-farmers-hard-ap-news.md) | +0.8% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2024-06-20 | [Extreme heat wave raises concerns around US corn harvest \| Agriculture Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13177-extreme-heat-wave-raises-concerns-around-us-corn-harvest-agriculture-dive.md) | -6.0% | -9.5% |
| CORN | 2023-09-05 | [Extreme heat, dryness strike US crops \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13251-extreme-heat-dryness-strike-us-crops-world-grain.md) | +0.9% | -5.3% |
| SOY | 2026-05-18 | [Midwest farmers battle weather extremes during spring planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12996-midwest-farmers-battle-weather-extremes-during-spring-planting.md) | +1.7% | -4.9% |
| SOY | 2023-09-05 | [Extreme heat, dryness strike US crops \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13251-extreme-heat-dryness-strike-us-crops-world-grain.md) | -0.3% | -5.8% |
| SOY | 2026-01-29 | [Heat wave hits Argentina, threatening corn and soybean crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13817-heat-wave-hits-argentina-threatening-corn-and-soybean-crops.md) | +1.6% | +6.8% |

## Sources

- cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/19/extreme-heat-wave-hits-us-farmers-already-suffering-from-flooding.html

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