# Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability | EurekAlert!

> A Michigan State University study published in Scientific Reports uses big data to identify unstable yield zones within fields and quantify how climate variability affects yields. It estimates the US economy lost $536 million from yield variation on unstable Midwest farmland between 2007 and 2016.

- Date: 2020-02-27 · published 2020-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54445-big-data-helps-farmers-adapt-to-climate-variability-eurekalert
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Persistent within-field yield instability highlights climate risk to Midwest corn and soybean output, a long-run supply consideration for feed buyers, though the research itself does not move prices immediately.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2021-03-02 | [Grain prices trend higher with more demand and climate variability: ABARES \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48062-grain-prices-trend-higher-with-more-demand-and-climate-variability-abares-farm.md) | +6.1% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2018-12-01 | [Wetter springs, hotter summers: Climate change threatens Iowa farm economy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61897-wetter-springs-hotter-summers-climate-change-threatens-iowa-farm-economy.md) | +6.8% | +8.4% |
| CORN | 2017-01-20 | [County-by-county variability of bioenergy crop yields in the U.S.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72840-county-by-county-variability-of-bioenergy-crop-yields-in-the-u-s.md) | +0.4% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2020-03-11 | [Outside factors continue to dominate commodity markets \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54192-outside-factors-continue-to-dominate-commodity-markets-profitability.md) | -6.0% | -3.6% |
| CORN | 2018-03-26 | [Diversity of El Niño Variability Makes Prediction Challenging - Eos](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65928-diversity-of-el-nino-variability-makes-prediction-challenging-eos.md) | +3.8% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2021-07-08 | [Conab drops its Brazilian corn crop estimate to 93.4 - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45902-conab-drops-its-brazilian-corn-crop-estimate-to-93-4-pro-farmer.md) | +5.9% | +1.2% |
| SOY | 2018-12-01 | [Wetter springs, hotter summers: Climate change threatens Iowa farm economy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61897-wetter-springs-hotter-summers-climate-change-threatens-iowa-farm-economy.md) | +1.7% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2017-01-20 | [County-by-county variability of bioenergy crop yields in the U.S.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72840-county-by-county-variability-of-bioenergy-crop-yields-in-the-u-s.md) | -1.9% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- eurekalert.org: https://eurekalert.org/news-releases/826550

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