# Illinois corn yields seen below average but improve as tour scouts go West

> Scouts on the annual Illinois corn yield tour reported potentially smaller yields in west-central Illinois after extreme weather and heavy rains delayed planting across the Midwest. Yields were projected to improve as the tour moved west.

- Date: 2019-08-21 · published 2019-08-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57430-illinois-corn-yields-seen-below-average-but-improve-as-tour-scouts-go-west
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Yields below average in a major corn state tighten the supply outlook and support corn prices, though the improving western estimates limit the upside.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-07-21 | [Is U.S. corn yield headed for a below-average result?  \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13343-is-u-s-corn-yield-headed-for-a-below-average-result-reuters.md) | -5.2% | -0.3% |
| CORN | 2023-09-14 | [2023 Corn Yield Forecasts: End-of-season Forecasts Suggest Near to Below-average Yields for the Region \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13247-2023-corn-yield-forecasts-end-of-season-forecasts-suggest-near-to-below-average.md) | -6.5% | -5.7% |
| CORN | 2017-07-18 | [Corn market figures in lower yields \| Illinois Extension \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69795-corn-market-figures-in-lower-yields-illinois-extension-illinois.md) | +0.4% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-10-21 | [Ohio corn, soybean yields to be lowest in 10-plus years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56418-ohio-corn-soybean-yields-to-be-lowest-in-10-plus-years.md) | -1.0% | -2.5% |
| CORN | 2019-12-03 | [Michigan expects lowest corn, soybean crop yields in over a decade - mlive.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55430-michigan-expects-lowest-corn-soybean-crop-yields-in-over-a-decade-mlive-com.md) | -3.7% | +0.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-grains-tour/illinois-corn-yields-seen-below-average-but-improve-as-tour-scouts-go-west-idUSKCN1VB2EL/

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