# Mennonite and Amish farmers struggle with increasing rain in Illinois - Medill Reports Chicago

> Illinois Mennonite and Amish farmers describe how heavy rain delayed planting in 2019, with corn planted as late as Memorial Day weekend. Statewide Illinois corn yield fell nearly 19% and soybean yield about 20% from 2018 to 2019, according to USDA data.

- Date: 2020-03-16 · published 2020-03-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53971-mennonite-and-amish-farmers-struggle-with-increasing-rain-in-illinois-medill
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The 2019 yield losses and planting delays are already known and largely priced in, so this retrospective feature offers little new supply information for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-02-17 | [High Yield with Less Rainfall: Corn and Soybean in Illinois in 2022 - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13296-high-yield-with-less-rainfall-corn-and-soybean-in-illinois-in-2022-farmdoc.md) | -1.6% | -4.3% |
| CORN | 2026-06-30 | [Corn prices in Paris are rising and in Chicago are falling under the pressure of weather factors, but in Ukraine they remain stable in anticipation of increased demand from the EU](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18837-corn-prices-in-paris-are-rising-and-in-chicago-are-falling-under-the-pressure.md) | +5.7% | +8.7% |
| CORN | 2021-07-30 | [Wheat rose in Chicago, Black Sea origins caught up with bullish trend in Europe and North America — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46102-wheat-rose-in-chicago-black-sea-origins-caught-up-with-bullish-trend-in-europe.md) | -0.1% | -1.1% |
| CORN | 2023-11-16 | [Fall Rains Ease Midwest Drought and Replenish Mississippi River - Farmer Mac](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33358-fall-rains-ease-midwest-drought-and-replenish-mississippi-river-farmer-mac.md) | +0.0% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2022-12-01 | [The results are in: Southern Missouri struggled for corn yield \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13318-the-results-are-in-southern-missouri-struggled-for-corn-yield-farm-progress.md) | -3.3% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2023-02-17 | [High Yield with Less Rainfall: Corn and Soybean in Illinois in 2022 - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13296-high-yield-with-less-rainfall-corn-and-soybean-in-illinois-in-2022-farmdoc.md) | +0.2% | -3.3% |
| SOY | 2021-07-30 | [Wheat rose in Chicago, Black Sea origins caught up with bullish trend in Europe and North America — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46102-wheat-rose-in-chicago-black-sea-origins-caught-up-with-bullish-trend-in-europe.md) | -2.2% | -4.7% |
| SOY | 2026-02-24 | [The 2025 growing season in Illinois: good but not great - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13014-the-2025-growing-season-in-illinois-good-but-not-great-farmdoc.md) | +1.4% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- news.medill.northwestern.edu: https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/mennonite-and-amish-farmers-in-illinois-struggle-with-increasing-rain/

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