# La Nina Forecasted to Continue with Drought Expansion Likely According to CPC | CropWatch | Nebraska

> CPC forecasts La Nina conditions continuing through June-August at 59% odds and 50-55% through September-October. Sea surface temperatures remain colder than normal across the equatorial Pacific, and the consensus of other models expects La Nina to end as summer begins.

- Date: 2022-04-28 · published 2022-04-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41769-la-nina-forecasted-to-continue-with-drought-expansion-likely-according-to-cpc
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

A persistent La Nina raises the risk of drought in the US Plains, Argentina and southern Brazil, which could tighten corn and soybean supplies and support prices. The disagreement between CPC and consensus models leaves the outlook uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-10-24 | [What Will a La Nina Winter Mean for the Midwest? \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68370-what-will-a-la-nina-winter-mean-for-the-midwest-cropwatch-nebraska.md) | -0.6% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2021-08-24 | [CPC Increases the Odds of La Niña Development and Issues Official Fall Forecast \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45486-cpc-increases-the-odds-of-la-nina-development-and-issues-official-fall-forecast.md) | -0.4% | -10.1% |
| 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 | 2017-12-15 | [La Niña expected to continue through winter - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67402-la-nina-expected-to-continue-through-winter-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.7% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2022-01-14 | [La Niña Conditions Likely to Continue into Spring - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43037-la-nina-conditions-likely-to-continue-into-spring-agweb.md) | -0.1% | +6.0% |
| SOY | 2017-10-24 | [What Will a La Nina Winter Mean for the Midwest? \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68370-what-will-a-la-nina-winter-mean-for-the-midwest-cropwatch-nebraska.md) | -0.8% | +0.9% |
| SOY | 2021-08-24 | [CPC Increases the Odds of La Niña Development and Issues Official Fall Forecast \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45486-cpc-increases-the-odds-of-la-nina-development-and-issues-official-fall-forecast.md) | +0.8% | -1.5% |
| SOY | 2022-01-14 | [La Niña Conditions Likely to Continue into Spring - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43037-la-nina-conditions-likely-to-continue-into-spring-agweb.md) | +3.6% | +15.9% |

## Sources

- cropwatch.unl.edu: https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2022/la-nina-forecasted-continue-drought-expansion-likely-according-cpc/

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