# Drought halves maize harvest in Baden-Württemberg and lifts German maize prices — CMB News

> A severe summer drought has roughly halved the maize harvest in Baden-Württemberg, tightening feed maize availability in southern Germany. German spot prices have firmed, and Euronext March 2027 corn futures settled near 256 EUR/t on 11 November.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-12T13:38:05.825Z
- Category: weather · region EU · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/95621-drought-halves-maize-harvest-in-baden-wurttemberg-and-lifts-german-maize-prices
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A regional crop loss in a major southern German producing area tightens local feed corn supply and widens basis, so southern buyers will rely more on imports from other German regions and EU origins at higher logistics and sourcing costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-01-30 | [Drought pushes up jowar, maize prices; losses for poultry units \| India News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61140-drought-pushes-up-jowar-maize-prices-losses-for-poultry-units-india-news-the.md) | +0.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2020-11-26 | [Quantifying Drought Sensitivity Changes in U.S. Maize Yields</a> — NASA Harvest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49987-quantifying-drought-sensitivity-changes-in-u-s-maize-yields-a-nasa-harvest.md) | +0.1% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2022-02-28 | [Soybean Prices Rise as South American Drought Reduces Harvest \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14055-soybean-prices-rise-as-south-american-drought-reduces-harvest-feed-and-grain.md) | +10.4% | +14.4% |
| CORN | 2021-08-23 | [Prices for Ukrainian grain have increased in ports \| Ukrainian and World Shipping News - Ukrainian Shipping Magazine - Ukrainian and World Shipping News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45403-prices-for-ukrainian-grain-have-increased-in-ports-ukrainian-and-world-shipping.md) | +2.3% | -5.5% |
| CORN | 2022-01-17 | [Brazil’s Drought Reduces Grain Harvest Forecasts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13749-brazil-s-drought-reduces-grain-harvest-forecasts.md) | -0.5% | +6.0% |

## Sources

- commodity-board.com: https://commodity-board.com/dotknieta-susza-badenia-wirtembergia-zaostrza-bilans-kukurydzy-w-niemczech
- commodity-board.com: https://commodity-board.com/duerregeschaedigtes-baden-wuerttemberg-verschaerft-deutsche-maisbilanz

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