# Understanding La Niña Conditions Going Into the Winter Season | USDA Climate Hubs

> USDA Climate Hubs and partners released regional outlooks for the developing La Niña pattern, which is expected to bring below-normal temperatures to the upper Midwest and wetter conditions to the Ohio River Valley this winter. Impacts on agriculture include snowpack insulating crops and colder temperatures limiting some pests, while livestock producers may face higher operating costs.

- Date: 2021-11-16 · published 2021-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43970-understanding-la-nina-conditions-going-into-the-winter-season-usda-climate-hubs
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

La Niña winter patterns shape planting prospects and livestock costs in the US Midwest, which can support corn and feed grain prices if yield risk builds ahead of spring. The effect on prices is modest because the outlook is general and mostly benign for crops.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-01-30 | [La Niña Returns: Will It Impact 2024 US Growing Season? – Empire Weather Consulting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32038-la-nina-returns-will-it-impact-2024-us-growing-season-empire-weather-consulting.md) | -2.5% | -6.5% |
| 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 | 2018-10-06 | [How to prepare for an El Niño winter \| Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62472-how-to-prepare-for-an-el-nino-winter-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast.md) | -0.3% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2018-04-30 | [IRI – International Research Institute for Climate and Society \| April Climate Briefing: La Niña Transitions Out, Neutral Next](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65444-iri-international-research-institute-for-climate-and-society-april-climate.md) | +1.4% | +3.8% |
| CORN | 2022-03-29 | [Corn yield winners look to new growing season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13375-corn-yield-winners-look-to-new-growing-season.md) | +2.7% | +4.0% |
| SOY | 2024-01-30 | [La Niña Returns: Will It Impact 2024 US Growing Season? – Empire Weather Consulting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32038-la-nina-returns-will-it-impact-2024-us-growing-season-empire-weather-consulting.md) | +0.2% | -5.3% |
| SOY | 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) | -1.6% | -7.0% |
| SOY | 2018-03-06 | [Outlook for the 2018 growing season \| Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65927-outlook-for-the-2018-growing-season-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast.md) | -3.1% | -2.7% |

## Sources

- climatehubs.usda.gov: https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/midwest/news/understanding-la-nina-conditions-going-winter-season

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