# Lessons from 2019 shape preparations for another wet planting season

> Ceres Imaging agronomist John West says Midwest farmers are preparing for another wet planting season, comparable to the record-wet 2019 season. He advises planting corn through early May and notes yields could fall 10 to 50 percent for planting after mid-May.

- Date: 2020-04-15 · published 2020-04-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53486-lessons-from-2019-shape-preparations-for-another-wet-planting-season
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Wet conditions that delay planting raise the risk of prevented planting and lower yields, which could support corn prices. The effect is still speculative at this stage.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-04-20 | [A Late Planting Season Lesson](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65370-a-late-planting-season-lesson.md) | +0.5% | +3.3% |
| CORN | 2024-08-26 | [Hot and Dry Weather Forecast for Central Brazil's Planting Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13550-hot-and-dry-weather-forecast-for-central-brazil-s-planting-season.md) | +2.6% | +6.4% |
| CORN | 2020-03-24 | [Another wet spring looms for growers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53972-another-wet-spring-looms-for-growers.md) | +6.1% | -4.7% |
| CORN | 2019-08-15 | [AccuWeather forecast warns of another soggy harvest season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57497-accuweather-forecast-warns-of-another-soggy-harvest-season.md) | +0.5% | -2.9% |
| CORN | 2018-03-16 | [Cooler, Wetter for Spring Planting in Midwest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65853-cooler-wetter-for-spring-planting-in-midwest.md) | -2.0% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- ceres.ai: https://ceres.ai/blog/lessons-from-2019-shape-preparations-for-2020-wet-planting-season

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