# La Niña Returns: Will It Impact 2024 US Growing Season? – Empire Weather Consulting

> Forecast models increasingly point to La Niña returning after the 2023 El Niño, with strong agreement among long-range guidance. The timing and speed of the transition remain uncertain, so the specific effects on the 2024 US growing season are still unclear.

- Date: 2024-01-30 · published 2024-01-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32038-la-nina-returns-will-it-impact-2024-us-growing-season-empire-weather-consulting
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A shift toward La Niña raises the risk of dryness in key US growing areas, which could support corn and soybean prices if it materializes during the season.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-11-16 | [Understanding La Niña Conditions Going Into the Winter Season \| USDA Climate Hubs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43970-understanding-la-nina-conditions-going-into-the-winter-season-usda-climate-hubs.md) | +0.1% | +3.6% |
| CORN | 2026-02-01 | [El Nino Expected to Influence US 2026 Growing Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20955-el-nino-expected-to-influence-us-2026-growing-season.md) | +0.2% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 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) | +0.3% | +10.0% |
| CORN | 2024-01-31 | [Will La Niña return this fall? The tea leaves are unusually strong » Yale Climate Connections](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32044-will-la-nina-return-this-fall-the-tea-leaves-are-unusually-strong-yale-climate.md) | -4.0% | -7.3% |
| CORN | 2019-01-23 | [Lessons learned from the 2018 growing season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60953-lessons-learned-from-the-2018-growing-season.md) | +0.7% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2021-11-16 | [Understanding La Niña Conditions Going Into the Winter Season \| USDA Climate Hubs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43970-understanding-la-nina-conditions-going-into-the-winter-season-usda-climate-hubs.md) | +1.4% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2026-02-01 | [El Nino Expected to Influence US 2026 Growing Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20955-el-nino-expected-to-influence-us-2026-growing-season.md) | +4.8% | +8.1% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- empireweather.com: https://www.empireweather.com/2024/01/30/la-nina-agriculture-growing-season-2024/

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