# Crop Quality in 2019: Another Unusual Year | Integrated Crop Management

> Iowa State extension notes that a late, uneven season has produced a wide range of corn maturity, with test weights expected at 54-55 lb/bu against a long-term average of 56-58. Frost is expected in northern Iowa between October 11 and 13.

- Date: 2019-10-10 · published 2019-10-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56417-crop-quality-in-2019-another-unusual-year-integrated-crop-management
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lighter test weights raise handling, storage and drying costs and mean the lightest grain should be sold first, which adds quality-driven variability to corn supplies.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-11-04 | [Winter Weather Outlook for 2019-2020 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55982-winter-weather-outlook-for-2019-2020-integrated-crop-management.md) | +0.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2021-10-25 | [November and Winter Weather Outlooks for 2021 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44468-november-and-winter-weather-outlooks-for-2021-integrated-crop-management.md) | +3.5% | +9.0% |
| CORN | 2020-06-30 | [Regional Crop Update: June 22- June 30, 2020 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52453-regional-crop-update-june-22-june-30-2020-integrated-crop-management.md) | +3.3% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2021-12-06 | [NW Iowa Subsoil Moistures Improved with Fall Rainfall \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13401-nw-iowa-subsoil-moistures-improved-with-fall-rainfall-integrated-crop-management.md) | +6.1% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2019-03-13 | [Weather at key growth stages predicts US Midwest corn yield and grain quality - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59917-weather-at-key-growth-stages-predicts-us-midwest-corn-yield-and-grain-quality.md) | +4.3% | -1.0% |
| SOY | 2020-06-30 | [Regional Crop Update: June 22- June 30, 2020 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52453-regional-crop-update-june-22-june-30-2020-integrated-crop-management.md) | +3.3% | +3.5% |
| SOY | 2021-12-06 | [NW Iowa Subsoil Moistures Improved with Fall Rainfall \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13401-nw-iowa-subsoil-moistures-improved-with-fall-rainfall-integrated-crop-management.md) | +0.0% | +6.1% |
| SOY | 2017-11-27 | [Low-quality U.S. soy crop hurts meal, oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68079-low-quality-u-s-soy-crop-hurts-meal-oil.md) | +0.1% | -4.4% |

## Sources

- crops.extension.iastate.edu: https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2019/10/crop-quality-2019-another-unusual-year

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