# Drought Monitor shows exceptional drought covering half of Arkansas

> Exceptional drought expanded to cover nearly half of Arkansas (49.53%, up from 39.72% a week earlier) and worsened in Louisiana, Mississippi, southeastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas. Drought in the eastern Corn Belt intensified across Illinois and southern Lower Michigan, while national drought coverage fell to 41.68%.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-13T03:11:21.559Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97066-drought-monitor-shows-exceptional-drought-covering-half-of-arkansas
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Dry conditions in the mid-South and eastern Corn Belt can trim yields for corn, soybeans and cotton and tighten feed grain supplies in those areas. The national improvement limits the price impact, so the effect is mainly regional.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-01-10 | [5 Corn States Enter 2026 With Extreme or Exceptional Drought](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13025-5-corn-states-enter-2026-with-extreme-or-exceptional-drought.md) | -2.8% | -1.7% |
| CORN | 2026-02-12 | [Drought Monitor shows conditions intensify across the lower 48 - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13016-drought-monitor-shows-conditions-intensify-across-the-lower-48-pro-farmer.md) | -0.0% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2026-01-08 | [Drought monitor shows mixed changes in the Midwest - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13023-drought-monitor-shows-mixed-changes-in-the-midwest-pro-farmer.md) | -3.4% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2021-03-09 | [Dry conditions covering most of Iowa expected to persist](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47953-dry-conditions-covering-most-of-iowa-expected-to-persist.md) | -10.3% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-07-20 | [Exceptional Drought Returns to Montana and North Dakota for First Time in More Than a Decade \| The Weather Channel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69878-exceptional-drought-returns-to-montana-and-north-dakota-for-first-time-in-more.md) | -1.5% | -5.9% |
| SOY | 2026-01-10 | [5 Corn States Enter 2026 With Extreme or Exceptional Drought](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13025-5-corn-states-enter-2026-with-extreme-or-exceptional-drought.md) | +0.9% | +5.9% |
| SOY | 2026-02-12 | [Drought Monitor shows conditions intensify across the lower 48 - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13016-drought-monitor-shows-conditions-intensify-across-the-lower-48-pro-farmer.md) | +1.5% | +7.9% |
| SOY | 2026-01-08 | [Drought monitor shows mixed changes in the Midwest - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13023-drought-monitor-shows-mixed-changes-in-the-midwest-pro-farmer.md) | -2.1% | +5.7% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/business-markets/commodities/news/16425434/drought-monitor-shows-exceptional-drought-covering-half-of-arkansas

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