# Adaptation, not irrigation recommended for Midwest corn farmers  | MSUToday | Michigan State University

> Michigan State University researchers, publishing in Nature Communications on March 5, found that Midwest summer daily minimum temperatures have risen while maximum temperatures have fallen, so warming may not raise crop water demand. They recommend soil management adaptation rather than irrigation for Midwest corn farmers.

- Date: 2021-03-09 · published 2021-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47957-adaptation-not-irrigation-recommended-for-midwest-corn-farmers-msutoday
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Findings that irrigation expansion may be unnecessary reduce expected long-run cost pressures on Midwest corn and soybean production, a minor bearish consideration for prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-03-21 | [U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9645-u-s-farmers-face-devastation-following-midwest-floods-reuters.md) | -1.2% | -4.1% |
| CORN | 2021-03-02 | [Under current Midwest warming trends, models predict stable crop yields without need for more irrigation \| Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47954-under-current-midwest-warming-trends-models-predict-stable-crop-yields-without.md) | +6.1% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2020-12-08 | [OPINION: If corn price stays strong, so will wheat. If not, sell both \| FarmersForum.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5275-opinion-if-corn-price-stays-strong-so-will-wheat-if-not-sell-both-farmersforum.md) | +0.1% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2026-04-12 | [Brazil Soybean Harvest Nears Completion \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13442-brazil-soybean-harvest-nears-completion-red-river-farm-network.md) | +1.7% | +3.2% |
| 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 | 2026-06-15 | [Storms, flooding, hail test U.S. corn and soybean farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12990-storms-flooding-hail-test-u-s-corn-and-soybean-farmers.md) | +0.2% | +8.4% |
| SOY | 2026-04-12 | [Brazil Soybean Harvest Nears Completion \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13442-brazil-soybean-harvest-nears-completion-red-river-farm-network.md) | -0.7% | +1.6% |

## Sources

- msutoday.msu.edu: https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2021/03/adapt-not-irrigate-corn

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