# Lessons learned from the 2018 growing season

> Beck's agronomists review the 2018 Minnesota growing season, which had a late snowy spring, delayed planting by up to two weeks, heavy July rain and flash flooding, and late-summer rain that interfered with harvest. They describe resulting problems such as poor stand uniformity and herbicide damage in wet soils.

- Date: 2019-01-23 · published 2019-01-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60953-lessons-learned-from-the-2018-growing-season
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Stand losses and harvest disruption from a wet season can reduce yields and crop quality in affected areas. The article looks back at 2018 and offers limited new price information.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-12-27 | [Big Lessons Learned During 2019 Crop Season - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55432-big-lessons-learned-during-2019-crop-season-proag.md) | -0.3% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2026-02-24 | [The 2025 growing season in Illinois: good but not great - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13014-the-2025-growing-season-in-illinois-good-but-not-great-farmdoc.md) | +1.5% | +7.0% |
| CORN | 2026-02-01 | [El Nino Expected to Influence US 2026 Growing Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20955-el-nino-expected-to-influence-us-2026-growing-season.md) | +0.2% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2022-03-29 | [Corn yield winners look to new growing season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13375-corn-yield-winners-look-to-new-growing-season.md) | +2.7% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2018-01-01 | [The 2018 Illinois Corn Crop at Mid-Season](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66845-the-2018-illinois-corn-crop-at-mid-season.md) | +0.3% | +2.5% |
| SOY | 2019-12-27 | [Big Lessons Learned During 2019 Crop Season - ProAg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55432-big-lessons-learned-during-2019-crop-season-proag.md) | -0.8% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2018-03-06 | [Outlook for the 2018 growing season \| Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65927-outlook-for-the-2018-growing-season-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast.md) | -3.1% | -2.7% |
| SOY | 2026-02-24 | [The 2025 growing season in Illinois: good but not great - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13014-the-2025-growing-season-in-illinois-good-but-not-great-farmdoc.md) | +1.4% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/lessons-learned-from-the-2018-growing-season

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