# Will climate change cause food sources to dwindle? | Ort Lab

> Record March floodwaters in Nebraska are estimated to have destroyed crops and livestock worth more than $800 million, and NOAA expects flooding to persist through May. The article also links heat, drought and floods to lower yields and higher food prices over time.

- Date: 2019-04-14 · published 2019-04-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59444-will-climate-change-cause-food-sources-to-dwindle-ort-lab
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Flood losses in the Plains could cut local feed grain and cattle supplies, and continued spring flooding raises planting-delay risk. The long-term climate points are a slower-moving influence on prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- LCATTLE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2019-12-18 | [A Climate Change Double Whammy in the U.S. Corn Belt \| Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55426-a-climate-change-double-whammy-in-the-u-s-corn-belt-lamont-doherty-earth.md) | -0.1% | -1.9% |
| CORN | 2017-09-19 | [Climate change could dampen Argentina’s recovery. \| Climate Change](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68793-climate-change-could-dampen-argentina-s-recovery-climate-change.md) | +0.2% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2019-12-10 | [Climate change and the threat to global breadbaskets - IIASA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55501-climate-change-and-the-threat-to-global-breadbaskets-iiasa.md) | +4.3% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2020-10-26 | [Africa climate change report reveals heat rising north and south, Sahel getting wetter \| UN News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50565-africa-climate-change-report-reveals-heat-rising-north-and-south-sahel-getting.md) | +0.3% | +10.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-30 | [The source of high cattle and beef prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22522-the-source-of-high-cattle-and-beef-prices.md) | -3.8% | -8.7% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-03-02 | [Fed cattle prices climb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60221-fed-cattle-prices-climb.md) | +0.8% | -0.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-22 | [Trump calls for cheaper cattle, more grazing lands in effort to trim beef prices \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6336-trump-calls-for-cheaper-cattle-more-grazing-lands-in-effort-to-trim-beef-prices.md) | -3.8% | -7.9% |

## Sources

- ortlab.igb.illinois.edu: https://ortlab.igb.illinois.edu/news/will-climate-change-cause-food-sources-dwindle

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