# Is U.S. corn yield headed for a below-average result?  | Reuters

> Reuters reported that July rainfall was largely normal across most of the core Corn Belt, but much of it fell early in the month in western states like Iowa, reviving dryness concerns. The question is whether the U.S. corn yield will come in below average.

- Date: 2022-07-21 · published 2022-07-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13343-is-u-s-corn-yield-headed-for-a-below-average-result-reuters
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Renewed dryness in western Corn Belt states raises the risk of a below-trend crop, which would tighten corn supplies and lift feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-05-11 | [Is 181 bushels per acre reasonable for U.S. corn trend yield?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13359-is-181-bushels-per-acre-reasonable-for-u-s-corn-trend-yield.md) | +2.4% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-02-15 | [Brazil's corn planting is not the slowest ever, but yield risks are elevated  \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13663-brazil-s-corn-planting-is-not-the-slowest-ever-but-yield-risks-are-elevated.md) | -0.3% | -5.3% |
| CORN | 2019-08-21 | [Illinois corn yields seen below average but improve as tour scouts go West](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57430-illinois-corn-yields-seen-below-average-but-improve-as-tour-scouts-go-west.md) | +1.9% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2023-09-14 | [2023 Corn Yield Forecasts: End-of-season Forecasts Suggest Near to Below-average Yields for the Region \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13247-2023-corn-yield-forecasts-end-of-season-forecasts-suggest-near-to-below-average.md) | -6.5% | -5.7% |
| CORN | 2017-07-27 | [Newton: U.S. corn yield could end up below trend \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69983-newton-u-s-corn-yield-could-end-up-below-trend-profitability-farmweeknow-com.md) | -1.3% | -7.0% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/is-us-corn-yield-headed-below-average-result-2022-07-21/

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