# Maize Production Practices May Be Unprepared for Future Heat Stress, EAPS-led Study Finds - 
             Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences -  Purdue University

> A Purdue study finds crop models underestimate maize yield losses from heat stress when compared with observed satellite, survey and field data for Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, which together account for 40% of US maize output. The authors argue current adaptation practices may need revision.

- Date: 2019-05-14 · published 2019-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58937-maize-production-practices-may-be-unprepared-for-future-heat-stress-eaps-led
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The study points to greater long-run heat-related yield risk for corn, a modest supportive factor for corn prices and feed costs.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- eaps.purdue.edu: https://www.eaps.purdue.edu/news/articles/2019/maize.html

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