# Hotter world threatens the breadbasket of the US

> An FT special report says record US corn, soybean and spring wheat yields were achieved in the past summer, but climate change is projected to pressure future crop yields. The article focuses on long-term productivity risks in the US breadbasket.

- Date: 2018-12-05 · published 2018-12-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61432-hotter-world-threatens-the-breadbasket-of-the-us
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Long-term yield pressure from warming is a structural consideration for future feed grain supply, though it has little immediate effect on near-term prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-07-11 | [Favorable weather pattern across much of the Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63870-favorable-weather-pattern-across-much-of-the-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.5% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2020-07-14 | [Rains on parts of the Plains, upper Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51957-rains-on-parts-of-the-plains-upper-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.1% | -3.2% |
| CORN | 2020-07-29 | [Will the United States produce a bumper crop? \| 2020-07-29  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51959-will-the-united-states-produce-a-bumper-crop-2020-07-29-world-grain.md) | -2.1% | +5.5% |
| CORN | 2023-02-02 | [Examining Climate Variability’s Impact on Simultaneous Breadbasket Yield Shocks - ESSIC](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37251-examining-climate-variability-s-impact-on-simultaneous-breadbasket-yield-shocks.md) | +1.5% | -4.0% |
| CORN | 2021-12-27 | [Weather will provide more market volatility in the coming year  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43513-weather-will-provide-more-market-volatility-in-the-coming-year-world-grain.md) | -1.3% | +3.3% |
| SOY | 2020-07-14 | [Rains on parts of the Plains, upper Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51957-rains-on-parts-of-the-plains-upper-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +3.0% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2020-07-29 | [Will the United States produce a bumper crop? \| 2020-07-29  \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51959-will-the-united-states-produce-a-bumper-crop-2020-07-29-world-grain.md) | -1.4% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2017-03-13 | [Warm weather could be hallmark of 2017](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71917-warm-weather-could-be-hallmark-of-2017.md) | +0.4% | -5.4% |

## Sources

- ft.com: https://www.ft.com/content/2eda777e-db68-11e8-b173-ebef6ab1374a?syn-25a6b1a6=1

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