# Seed Today | FIRST Adds Weather Info in 25th Year of Seed Trials

> FIRST seed trials added a location weather profile to its 2021 Top 30 harvest reports, covering precipitation, temperature and growing degree days versus 10-year averages. The data draws on the PRISM dataset and reflects a record 2021 yield for the program's corn and soybean trials.

- Date: 2021-12-16 · published 2021-12-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13400-seed-today-first-adds-weather-info-in-25th-year-of-seed-trials
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

This is a seed-performance reporting change with no measurable effect on feed grain or oilseed supply, demand or prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-05-05 | [The measure of world food prices rose in April for first time in a year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35977-the-measure-of-world-food-prices-rose-in-april-for-first-time-in-a-year.md) | -0.2% | -7.5% |
| CORN | 2017-11-14 | [Is This the Year of Super Corn?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67835-is-this-the-year-of-super-corn.md) | +0.2% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2026-06-01 | [USDA Releases First New-Crop Estimates in Today's WASDE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19197-usda-releases-first-new-crop-estimates-in-today-s-wasde.md) | -5.5% | -10.2% |
| CORN | 2023-12-15 | [Third-party trials offer seed selection guide – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13225-third-party-trials-offer-seed-selection-guide-agrinews.md) | +1.8% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2020-05-01 | [U.S. ethanol exports fell for the first time in four years in 2019 -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53120-u-s-ethanol-exports-fell-for-the-first-time-in-four-years-in-2019-u-s-energy.md) | +1.3% | +2.2% |
| SOY | 2026-06-01 | [USDA Releases First New-Crop Estimates in Today's WASDE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19197-usda-releases-first-new-crop-estimates-in-today-s-wasde.md) | -5.5% | -6.6% |
| SOY | 2023-12-15 | [Third-party trials offer seed selection guide – AgriNews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13225-third-party-trials-offer-seed-selection-guide-agrinews.md) | -1.3% | -6.6% |
| SOY | 2021-07-14 | [Grain and Oilseed Markets and Weather Outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45980-grain-and-oilseed-markets-and-weather-outlook.md) | +0.4% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- seedtoday.com: https://www.seedtoday.com/article/255962/first-adds-weather-info-in-25th-year-of-seed-trials

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