# A Climate Change Double Whammy in the U.S. Corn Belt | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

> New research led by Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory finds climate change is raising soil evaporation and pulling summer storm moisture away from the Midwest Corn Belt. The study forecasts this drying trend will worsen over the next decade.

- Date: 2019-12-18 · published 2019-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55426-a-climate-change-double-whammy-in-the-u-s-corn-belt-lamont-doherty-earth
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A long-term decline in summer rainfall and soil moisture in the top corn and soybean region would tighten future supply and support prices over time. The effect is a multi-year outlook rather than a near-term shock.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-08-26 | [The US Corn Belt is in ‘uncharted territory’ as experts focus on 2 key weather factors](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57436-the-us-corn-belt-is-in-uncharted-territory-as-experts-focus-on-2-key-weather.md) | +2.1% | +1.6% |
| CORN | 2020-07-15 | [Climate change may affect second corn crops in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51946-climate-change-may-affect-second-corn-crops-in-brazil.md) | -2.3% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2020-06-26 | [Climate change could affect the second corn harvest in Brazil - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52440-climate-change-could-affect-the-second-corn-harvest-in-brazil-revista-cultivar.md) | +4.6% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2017-05-19 | [El Niño again? This is why it’s hard to tell. \| Climate Change](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70915-el-nino-again-this-is-why-it-s-hard-to-tell-climate-change.md) | +1.3% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2022-06-27 | [Hot and Dry Weather Tees Up a Tense July in the US Corn Belt](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13352-hot-and-dry-weather-tees-up-a-tense-july-in-the-us-corn-belt.md) | +1.8% | -12.0% |
| SOY | 2019-08-26 | [The US Corn Belt is in ‘uncharted territory’ as experts focus on 2 key weather factors](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57436-the-us-corn-belt-is-in-uncharted-territory-as-experts-focus-on-2-key-weather.md) | +1.6% | +5.8% |
| SOY | 2017-05-19 | [El Niño again? This is why it’s hard to tell. \| Climate Change](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70915-el-nino-again-this-is-why-it-s-hard-to-tell-climate-change.md) | -0.6% | -0.6% |
| SOY | 2018-07-25 | [A change in the weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63939-a-change-in-the-weather.md) | +5.3% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- lamont.columbia.edu: https://lamont.columbia.edu/news/climate-change-double-whammy-us-corn-belt

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