# La Niña: forecasted drier than usual season poses risks to crops and livestock in some parts of the region  | IGAD Resilience

> IGAD warned that a drier-than-usual October-December season, linked to La Niña, could hurt crops and pastures in parts of East Africa. Poorer harvests and reduced pasture could lower milk and meat output and livestock prices.

- Date: 2020-11-11 · published 2020-11-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region East Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50066-la-nina-forecasted-drier-than-usual-season-poses-risks-to-crops-and-livestock
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

East African feed demand and maize imports could rise if harvests fall short, but the regional scale is small relative to global feed grain markets.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-05-23 | [Rare, Third Year of La Niña Poses Another Season of Extreme Weather Risks for Crops – The Van Trump Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41335-rare-third-year-of-la-nina-poses-another-season-of-extreme-weather-risks-for.md) | +0.0% | -1.2% |
| CORN | 2024-10-10 | [US forecaster sees 60% chance of La Niña weather in September-November](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27778-us-forecaster-sees-60-chance-of-la-nina-weather-in-september-november.md) | -2.6% | +0.4% |
| 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 | 2024-02-26 | [964. Convergence of El Niño and Expected Transition to La Niña \| Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences \| JIRCAS](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31587-964-convergence-of-el-nino-and-expected-transition-to-la-nina-japan.md) | +0.5% | +7.8% |

## Sources

- resilience.igad.int: https://resilience.igad.int/la-nina-forecasted-drier-than-usual-season-poses-risks-to-crops-and-livestock-in-some-parts-of-the-region/

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