# El Niño Likely to Develop, Threatening Crop Yields and Fueling Storm Concerns - Bloomberg

> Bloomberg reports rising odds that a strong El Niño will emerge in the coming months and strengthen through the year. The report warns of threats to global crop supplies, shifts in storm patterns and temperatures pushing toward record highs.

- Date: 2026-05-14 · published 2026-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19188-el-nino-likely-to-develop-threatening-crop-yields-and-fueling-storm-concerns
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations of a strengthening El Niño raise the risk of crop losses in key producing regions later in 2026, which supports grain prices through risk premium.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-04-09 | [Rising Odds of Strong El Niño Point to Global Weather and Crop Impacts - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19631-rising-odds-of-strong-el-nino-point-to-global-weather-and-crop-impacts-bloomberg.md) | +0.9% | +1.5% |
| CORN | 2026-03-12 | [El Niño Threatens Higher Global Temperatures, Crop Disruption This Year - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20085-el-nino-threatens-higher-global-temperatures-crop-disruption-this-year-bloomberg.md) | +3.7% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2025-02-13 | [Drought conditions intensify across US, threatening crop yields \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13112-drought-conditions-intensify-across-us-threatening-crop-yields-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.7% | -6.8% |
| CORN | 2021-11-29 | [La Nina Is Set to Deliver Drought to Argentina’s Soybean Crop - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14070-la-nina-is-set-to-deliver-drought-to-argentina-s-soybean-crop-bloomberg.md) | -3.0% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2026-09-04 | [Will a ‘Super’ El Niño Impact the Weather and Food Production in 2026? - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17398-will-a-super-el-nino-impact-the-weather-and-food-production-in-2026-bloomberg.md) | +0.5% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2026-03-12 | [El Niño Threatens Higher Global Temperatures, Crop Disruption This Year - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20085-el-nino-threatens-higher-global-temperatures-crop-disruption-this-year-bloomberg.md) | -0.2% | -2.1% |
| WHEAT | 2024-09-05 | [French Wheat Harvest, Yields Seen Plunging as Troubles Deepen - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28260-french-wheat-harvest-yields-seen-plunging-as-troubles-deepen-bloomberg.md) | +0.8% | +11.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-10-19 | [El Nino to continue into mid-2024, threatening agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33549-el-nino-to-continue-into-mid-2024-threatening-agriculture.md) | -2.6% | -4.4% |

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-14/el-nino-odds-rise-as-storm-and-crop-threats-intensify-globally

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