# Study explores how climate change may affect rain in U.S. Corn Belt | Penn State University

> A Penn State study finds that air humidity affects convective rainfall in the U.S. Corn Belt more strongly than soil moisture does. The authors note that Corn Belt agriculture is mostly rainfed, which makes it more exposed to year-to-year climate swings.

- Date: 2021-10-25 · published 2021-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44389-study-explores-how-climate-change-may-affect-rain-in-u-s-corn-belt-penn-state
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The research is long-term and does not describe a new supply shock, so it has no direct effect on current feed prices. It may matter for future risk assessments of Corn Belt yields.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-02-21 | [Warming climate to result in reduced corn production; irrigation blunts effect \| Penn State University](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13387-warming-climate-to-result-in-reduced-corn-production-irrigation-blunts-effect.md) | +2.1% | +15.0% |
| CORN | 2020-07-15 | [Climate change may affect second corn crops in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51946-climate-change-may-affect-second-corn-crops-in-brazil.md) | -2.3% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2020-05-04 | [Warming Midwest conditions may result in corn, soybean production moving north \| Penn State University](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52961-warming-midwest-conditions-may-result-in-corn-soybean-production-moving-north.md) | +1.9% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2020-06-26 | [Climate change could affect the second corn harvest in Brazil - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52440-climate-change-could-affect-the-second-corn-harvest-in-brazil-revista-cultivar.md) | +4.6% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2017-04-04 | [A Concrete Way To See How Climate Change Will Affect Farming - Modern Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71343-a-concrete-way-to-see-how-climate-change-will-affect-farming-modern-farmer.md) | -0.2% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2020-05-04 | [Warming Midwest conditions may result in corn, soybean production moving north \| Penn State University](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52961-warming-midwest-conditions-may-result-in-corn-soybean-production-moving-north.md) | +0.2% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2019-12-18 | [A Climate Change Double Whammy in the U.S. Corn Belt \| Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55426-a-climate-change-double-whammy-in-the-u-s-corn-belt-lamont-doherty-earth.md) | +0.8% | -0.5% |
| SOY | 2017-01-27 | [New models suggest U.S. harvests will suffer from climate change \| University of Chicago News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72839-new-models-suggest-u-s-harvests-will-suffer-from-climate-change-university-of.md) | -1.2% | -3.4% |

## Sources

- psu.edu: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/study-explores-how-climate-change-may-affect-rain-us-corn-belt

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