# Agronomy eUpdate May 22nd, 2020 : Issue 800

> The Kansas State Agronomy eUpdate says May 2020 was cooler than normal across most of Kansas, delaying summer crop planting and stressing winter wheat with freezes. Precipitation is below normal in the west and above normal in the southeast, and the CPC summer outlook is neutral for most of the state.

- Date: 2020-05-22 · published 2020-05-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53049-agronomy-eupdate-may-22nd-2020-issue-800
- Commodities: [Wheat (HRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/KWHEAT.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Cool, uneven moisture in Kansas raises some risk to hard red winter wheat and sorghum yields in the western plains, which can support HRW and sorghum prices.

## Read by commodity

- KWHEAT: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KWHEAT | 2019-05-17 | [Agronomy eUpdate May 17th, 2019 : Issue 747](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59011-agronomy-eupdate-may-17th-2019-issue-747.md) | +2.0% | +14.3% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-05-18 | [Agronomy eUpdate May 18th, 2018 : Issue 694](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64960-agronomy-eupdate-may-18th-2018-issue-694.md) | +5.8% | +0.1% |
| KWHEAT | 2020-08-07 | [Agronomy eUpdate August 7th, 2020 : Issue 813](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51521-agronomy-eupdate-august-7th-2020-issue-813.md) | +1.9% | +13.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2018-01-26 | [Agronomy eUpdate January 26th, 2018 : Issue 671](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66921-agronomy-eupdate-january-26th-2018-issue-671.md) | +7.4% | +7.8% |
| KWHEAT | 2017-05-01 | [Agri Marketing Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7072-agri-marketing-update.md) | +3.1% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- eupdate.agronomy.ksu.edu: https://eupdate.agronomy.ksu.edu/article_new/summer-weather-outlook-for-kansas-388-6

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