# A Costly Drought in Argentina - NASA Science

> USDA Foreign Agricultural Service projects Argentina's soybean output down 31% and corn down 20% in 2017-18 from the prior season. Since December 2017, U.S. corn prices have risen 14% and soybean prices 8%, and drought losses in Argentina are expected to exceed $3.4 billion.

- Date: 2018-04-17 · published 2018-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Argentina · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65363-a-costly-drought-in-argentina-nasa-science
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

A sharp cut in Argentine supply removes a major source of soybeans, meal and corn from world markets, supporting prices for feed ingredients. A large Brazilian crop should cap the rally by keeping global soy supply high.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2017-05-08 | [Argentina flooding impacts soybean production - NASA Science](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70864-argentina-flooding-impacts-soybean-production-nasa-science.md) | -0.9% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2018-03-05 | [Argentina drought bakes crops, sparks grain price rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65847-argentina-drought-bakes-crops-sparks-grain-price-rally.md) | -3.0% | -2.4% |
| SOY | 2025-01-22 | [CBOT corn and soybean prices surge amid drought in Argentina – ProAgri Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11810-cbot-corn-and-soybean-prices-surge-amid-drought-in-argentina-proagri-media.md) | -2.1% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2026-02-13 | [Argentina's drought continues to hit corn, soy \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13809-argentina-s-drought-continues-to-hit-corn-soy-latest-market-news.md) | +0.0% | +6.5% |
| SOY | 2023-02-14 | [Soybean Meal Futures Rise On Argentina Drought](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37454-soybean-meal-futures-rise-on-argentina-drought.md) | +0.4% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2018-03-05 | [Argentina drought bakes crops, sparks grain price rally](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65847-argentina-drought-bakes-crops-sparks-grain-price-rally.md) | +1.0% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2025-01-22 | [CBOT corn and soybean prices surge amid drought in Argentina – ProAgri Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11810-cbot-corn-and-soybean-prices-surge-amid-drought-in-argentina-proagri-media.md) | -0.8% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2026-02-13 | [Argentina's drought continues to hit corn, soy \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13809-argentina-s-drought-continues-to-hit-corn-soy-latest-market-news.md) | -1.1% | +3.5% |

## Sources

- science.nasa.gov: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/a-costly-drought-in-argentina-91999/

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