# La Nina Brings Crop Yield Challenges and Hurricane Risk This Summer

> DTN reports that La Niña continues in the equatorial Pacific, with sea surface temperatures up to 3 °C below normal as of May 22, 2022. The forecaster expects a third consecutive La Niña summer and warns of crop yield challenges and elevated hurricane risk.

- Date: 2022-05-31 · published 2022-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41334-la-nina-brings-crop-yield-challenges-and-hurricane-risk-this-summer
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Expected La Niña-linked dryness and storms over key US growing areas could cut corn and soybean yields and lift prices if it materialises.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-10-19 | [Late-Summer Drought Brings Lower Corn Yield](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13237-late-summer-drought-brings-lower-corn-yield.md) | +1.0% | -2.6% |
| CORN | 2026-05-29 | [Will Midwest Dryness Hurt Corn and Soybean Yields This Summer?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12998-will-midwest-dryness-hurt-corn-and-soybean-yields-this-summer.md) | -5.3% | -7.3% |
| CORN | 2025-03-05 | [Brazil’s safrinha crop facing potential challenges - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13511-brazil-s-safrinha-crop-facing-potential-challenges-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.5% | +6.0% |
| CORN | 2026-10-01 | [How this summer’s heat and drought impacted crops in Europe – in six charts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17430-how-this-summer-s-heat-and-drought-impacted-crops-in-europe-in-six-charts.md) | -1.2% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2024-01-18 | [South American Row Crop Yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13596-south-american-row-crop-yields.md) | +1.1% | -5.6% |
| SOY | 2026-05-29 | [Will Midwest Dryness Hurt Corn and Soybean Yields This Summer?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12998-will-midwest-dryness-hurt-corn-and-soybean-yields-this-summer.md) | -5.4% | -5.7% |
| SOY | 2018-10-16 | [Harvest challenges accounted for in latest USDA crop report - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62382-harvest-challenges-accounted-for-in-latest-usda-crop-report-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.7% | -2.2% |
| SOY | 2021-08-26 | [Column: La Nina's return could threaten South American crops, again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45427-column-la-nina-s-return-could-threaten-south-american-crops-again.md) | -5.1% | -4.6% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/Ag/blogs/ag-weather-forum/blog-post/2022/05/31/la-nina-brings-crop-yield-challenges

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