# U.S. farmers, battered by low commodity prices and trade war, brace for things to get worse - MarketWatch

> U.S. farmers face a tough harvest after record spring flooding damaged grain stockpiles and delayed planting across the Midwest and Great Plains. Low commodity prices, the trade war and rising farm bankruptcies add to the strain. Concerns center on a weak fall harvest and early frost risk in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

- Date: 2019-09-11 · published 2019-09-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9147-u-s-farmers-battered-by-low-commodity-prices-and-trade-war-brace-for-things-to
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A weak harvest in key northern states could tighten local supply, but the story mainly describes farm-sector hardship rather than a direct new price driver.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-06 | [Latin America’s commodity exporters face El Niño, costly freight and a shifting US trade picture \| World Ports Organization](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16758-latin-america-s-commodity-exporters-face-el-nino-costly-freight-and-a-shifting.md) | -3.0% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2025-03-25 | [Global corn stocks low and falling - prices to rise](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25595-global-corn-stocks-low-and-falling-prices-to-rise.md) | -1.5% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2023-11-16 | [Water Woes for Grain Markets and Consumers - Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33067-water-woes-for-grain-markets-and-consumers-cross-border-threat-screening-and.md) | +0.0% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2022-10-18 | [Weekly Commodities Market Update: Price Gain across Grains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39199-weekly-commodities-market-update-price-gain-across-grains.md) | -0.9% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2024-02-19 | [The El Niño weather pattern shapes 2024 commodity price forecast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31589-the-el-nino-weather-pattern-shapes-2024-commodity-price-forecast.md) | -0.3% | +7.1% |

## Sources

- marketwatch.com: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-farmers-battered-by-low-commodity-prices-and-trade-war-brace-for-things-to-get-much-worse-2019-09-11

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