# Corn yield higher as temperatures warm - Spartan Newsroom

> A new study attributes 28 percent of Corn Belt maize yield gains since 1981 to warmer conditions, moderated hottest-season temperatures, and climate-driven planting and hybrid choices. The study covers 12 Corn Belt states using USDA data through 2017.

- Date: 2018-12-07 · published 2018-12-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61430-corn-yield-higher-as-temperatures-warm-spartan-newsroom
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Findings that climate trends have boosted yields support a larger long-run corn supply, a mildly bearish structural factor for feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2016-07-20 | [Near term weather forecasts pressure soybeans, corn - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10877-near-term-weather-forecasts-pressure-soybeans-corn-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.6% | -4.1% |
| CORN | 2022-08-16 | [Soybeans, corn see more weather pressure - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6531-soybeans-corn-see-more-weather-pressure-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -3.7% | +2.5% |
| CORN | 2023-04-21 | [As El Niño Makes Its Grand Return, Here's What It Tells Us About Summer Weather and Corn Yields - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13281-as-el-nino-makes-its-grand-return-here-s-what-it-tells-us-about-summer-weather.md) | -1.6% | -9.8% |
| CORN | 2026-01-15 | [Record 2025 Corn Yields Had a Big Assist From Summer Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13024-record-2025-corn-yields-had-a-big-assist-from-summer-weather.md) | -0.1% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2017-02-02 | [Minneapolis leads wheat complex higher - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8598-minneapolis-leads-wheat-complex-higher-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.1% | +0.9% |

## Sources

- news.jrn.msu.edu: https://news.jrn.msu.edu/2018/12/corn-yield-higher-as-temperatures-warm/

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