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Agronomist Nicole Stecklein identified five factors behind below-average corn yields in east-central Iowa in 2025. These included early planting that underperformed, soil crusting, and wind and heat stress during pollination and grain fill.
Localized yield shortfalls in a major Iowa corn area reduce supply slightly, but they are not large enough to shift national corn prices on their own.
After 445 past neutral weather events, Corn moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.6%), and +0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.