# Missouri Drought and El Niño Outlook for 2027

> Missouri has completed its fifth consecutive drought-affected growing season in 2026, a run state climatologist Zack Leasor compares only to the early 1930s and early 1950s. Forecasters expect a near-record El Niño to bring increased rainfall to the state through 2027.

- Date: 2026-11-13 · published 2026-11-14T09:10:20.833Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/99272-missouri-drought-and-el-nino-outlook-for-2027
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Alfalfa Hay](https://feedsoft.ai/c/ALFALFA.md)

## Why it matters

Multi-year drought in Missouri hit pastures and southwest growing areas, but corn yields held up in key regions. An expected wet El Niño season is a weather-driven outlook with limited near-term price impact for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- ALFALFA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-07-12 | [El Niño Outlook for July 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69876-el-nino-outlook-for-july-2017.md) | -4.1% | -5.2% |
| CORN | 2017-04-06 | [El Niño Outlook for April 2017 \| WeatherTiger](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71427-el-nino-outlook-for-april-2017-weathertiger.md) | +0.6% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2025-09-08 | [The El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Drought Outlook in the United States \| September 8, 2025 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22788-the-el-nino-southern-oscillation-and-drought-outlook-in-the-united-states.md) | -0.1% | +2.7% |
| CORN | 2024-01-11 | [Regional US Weather Outlook for 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32046-regional-us-weather-outlook-for-2024.md) | -1.3% | -5.6% |
| CORN | 2022-04-28 | [Drought Status Update for the Midwest \| April 28, 2022 \| Drought.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13366-drought-status-update-for-the-midwest-april-28-2022-drought-gov.md) | -7.5% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- arablewire.com: https://arablewire.com/articles/missouri-farmers-eye-record-el-nino-after-fifth-straight-drought-year

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