# Agronomy Team Debuts New Weather Tool for FACTS | News

> Iowa State University Extension launched a new Weather Tool on its FACTS website, providing monthly weather benchmarks from 1984 onward for every crop reporting district across 12 Midwest states. The tool aggregates weather data at the district level using 100 grids per district.

- Date: 2020-09-10 · published 2020-09-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50972-agronomy-team-debuts-new-weather-tool-for-facts-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

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## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-04-15 | [Weather a driver for the grain markets - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13196-weather-a-driver-for-the-grain-markets-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.2% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2024-02-09 | [Weather market for grains - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13206-weather-market-for-grains-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.2% | +2.9% |
| CORN | 2019-05-19 | [Markets finally respond to wet weather - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5629-markets-finally-respond-to-wet-weather-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news.md) | +3.2% | +10.8% |
| CORN | 2026-09-25 | [Summer is over, but the weather market isn't - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12962-summer-is-over-but-the-weather-market-isn-t-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture.md) | -0.3% | -6.1% |
| CORN | 2016-11-18 | [Favorable weather outlook for South America - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73776-favorable-weather-outlook-for-south-america-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.1% | +4.0% |
| SOY | 2024-04-15 | [Weather a driver for the grain markets - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13196-weather-a-driver-for-the-grain-markets-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.0% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2024-02-09 | [Weather market for grains - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13206-weather-market-for-grains-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.6% | -1.9% |
| SOY | 2019-05-19 | [Markets finally respond to wet weather - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5629-markets-finally-respond-to-wet-weather-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture-news.md) | +1.0% | +11.1% |

## Sources

- extension.iastate.edu: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/agronomy-team-debuts-new-weather-tool-facts

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