# Day 3: Iowa Derecho Impact to Be Determined, But Record Yields Ahead for MN, WI

> DTN's digital yield tour, using Gro Intelligence satellite-based models, projects Iowa corn at 197.6 bushels per acre, below USDA's 202 estimate, with no derecho impact included. Minnesota and Wisconsin models show possible record yields. Iowa's crop has several open questions after the derecho and drought.

- Date: 2020-08-12 · published 2020-08-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51455-day-3-iowa-derecho-impact-to-be-determined-but-record-yields-ahead-for-mn-wi
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Mixed regional results show a smaller Iowa shortfall against record yields in the north, which leaves the national corn balance roughly unchanged.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-03-12 | [Wheat flat; set for second weekly drop as US weather improves - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5121-wheat-flat-set-for-second-weekly-drop-as-us-weather-improves-markets-business.md) | -9.6% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2025-11-03 | [Unpacking the Disappointment: 5 Reasons Some Iowa Growers Had Ho-Hum Corn Yields - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13042-unpacking-the-disappointment-5-reasons-some-iowa-growers-had-ho-hum-corn-yields.md) | -0.7% | +2.3% |
| 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 | 2018-11-01 | [Missouri yields vary widely from field to field - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61894-missouri-yields-vary-widely-from-field-to-field-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.6% | -4.4% |
| CORN | 2023-02-10 | [Climatologist to Crop Insurers: Corn Yields up, But Likely to go Down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13300-climatologist-to-crop-insurers-corn-yields-up-but-likely-to-go-down.md) | -0.6% | -6.0% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2020/08/12/day-3-iowa-derecho-impact-determined

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