# Weather challenges impact 2025 soybean yields

> A Midwest soybean field followed through the 2025 season faced delayed planting until mid-May, a cool spell in late May, and thin stands from poor germination. The field still produced a respectable yield because the plants branched and compensated.

- Date: 2025-11-21 · published 2025-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13038-weather-challenges-impact-2025-soybean-yields
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Weather-driven stand losses in the eastern Corn Belt point to a somewhat tighter 2025 soybean supply, though the compensation effect limited the yield damage.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2023-02-01 | [Contrasting impacts of dry versus humid heat on US corn and soybean yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13304-contrasting-impacts-of-dry-versus-humid-heat-on-us-corn-and-soybean-yields.md) | -1.5% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2019-06-11 | [In-season weather data give reliable estimates of corn and soybean yields \| South Dakota Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58456-in-season-weather-data-give-reliable-estimates-of-corn-and-soybean-yields-south.md) | +6.3% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2025-11-03 | [2025: Year of Extreme Weather, Corn Disease and Worry in Illinois \| Illinois Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13039-2025-year-of-extreme-weather-corn-disease-and-worry-in-illinois-illinois.md) | +0.2% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2025-08-21 | [Extreme weather swings challenge Midwest crops during unusual 2025 growing season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13065-extreme-weather-swings-challenge-midwest-crops-during-unusual-2025-growing.md) | +1.2% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2020-01-27 | [High-yield soybeans come through in wet '19](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54937-high-yield-soybeans-come-through-in-wet-19.md) | -3.3% | -3.1% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/soybean/soybean-watch-25-reveals-weather-challenges-planting-date-impacts-on-yields-in-challenging-season

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