# Jet stream impacts long-range weather forecast - High Plains Journal

> Blue Water Outlook's John Feldt, speaking at the Kansas Corn Symposium, says Kansas lacks the soil moisture surplus it needs, with central and southwest regions in extreme drought. He links the La Niña pattern to dry conditions across the southwest and south-central US.

- Date: 2018-01-31 · published 2018-01-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66930-jet-stream-impacts-long-range-weather-forecast-high-plains-journal
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Extreme drought in Kansas threatens hard red winter wheat and sorghum yields, which supports wheat and feed grain prices if dryness persists into spring.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- KWHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2026-03-26 | [Extreme weather added drought pressure to High Plains - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13013-extreme-weather-added-drought-pressure-to-high-plains-high-plains-journal.md) | -0.6% | +7.9% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-06-19 | [Wheat feels the heat of record low US acres and drought reduced yields - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12353-wheat-feels-the-heat-of-record-low-us-acres-and-drought-reduced-yields-high.md) | -6.0% | -1.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-06-06 | [Drought and US rail rates prop up export prices - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64574-drought-and-us-rail-rates-prop-up-export-prices-high-plains-journal.md) | +4.6% | -12.6% |
| KWHEAT | 2025-03-13 | [U.S. forecaster sees neutral weather conditions persisting through summer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25497-u-s-forecaster-sees-neutral-weather-conditions-persisting-through-summer.md) | +5.9% | +1.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2021-08-12 | [Strategie Grains Lowers Forecast For EU Wheat, Barley Harvests \| ESM Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45509-strategie-grains-lowers-forecast-for-eu-wheat-barley-harvests-esm-magazine.md) | +1.9% | -4.8% |
| CORN | 2022-07-29 | [Dip in grain prices may linger but prices could strengthen - High Plains Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40511-dip-in-grain-prices-may-linger-but-prices-could-strengthen-high-plains-journal.md) | +2.4% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2023-06-16 | [Strategie Grains cuts EU cereal crop forecasts on weather woes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35421-strategie-grains-cuts-eu-cereal-crop-forecasts-on-weather-woes.md) | +2.2% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2023-07-14 | [Strategie Grains cuts EU cereal crop forecasts again on weather toll](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34979-strategie-grains-cuts-eu-cereal-crop-forecasts-again-on-weather-toll.md) | -6.9% | -11.1% |

## Sources

- hpj.com: https://hpj.com/2018/01/31/jet-stream-impacts-long-range-weather-forecast/

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