# Drought-Tolerant Corn in the United States: Research, Commercialization, and Related Crop Production Practices

> USDA Economic Research Service published a report on drought-tolerant corn, noting that GE and non-GE drought-tolerant varieties became widely available between 2011 and 2013. By 2016, 22 percent of US corn acreage was planted to drought-tolerant varieties, concentrated in drought-prone regions.

- Date: 2019-04-01 · published 2019-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59923-drought-tolerant-corn-in-the-united-states-research-commercialization-and
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Wider adoption of drought-tolerant hybrids moderates yield volatility in dry years, a slightly bearish structural factor for corn risk premium, though the effect is gradual.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-03-11 | [How competitive is biofuel production in Brazil and the United States? – Analysis - IEA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59974-how-competitive-is-biofuel-production-in-brazil-and-the-united-states-analysis.md) | +3.0% | +0.5% |
| CORN | 2019-01-31 | [Drought-Tolerant Corn in the U.S., New Report from USDA’s Economic Research Service \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60958-drought-tolerant-corn-in-the-u-s-new-report-from-usda-s-economic-research.md) | -0.5% | -1.3% |
| CORN | 2021-08-17 | [Field research evaluates regional harvest and effects of the water crisis on corn production in Piauí - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45434-field-research-evaluates-regional-harvest-and-effects-of-the-water-crisis-on.md) | -2.8% | -11.4% |
| CORN | 2019-02-04 | [Drought-tolerant corn accounted for about 40 percent of corn acreage in drought-prone Nebraska and Kansas in 2016](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60455-drought-tolerant-corn-accounted-for-about-40-percent-of-corn-acreage-in-drought.md) | -1.0% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2018-04-12 | [KSU Assesses Yield Potential of Drought-Tolerant Corn \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65367-ksu-assesses-yield-potential-of-drought-tolerant-corn-cropwatch-nebraska.md) | +0.1% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- ers.usda.gov: http://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2019/march/drought-tolerant-corn-in-the-united-states-research-commercialization-and-related-crop-production-practices

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