# How to prepare for an El Niño winter | Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast

> A University of Georgia extension article notes NOAA's Climate Prediction Center sees about a 70 percent chance of El Niño by winter. It points to a University of Florida guide on expected impacts for farmers in the Southeast, including northwest Florida, southern Alabama and Georgia.

- Date: 2018-10-06 · published 2018-10-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62472-how-to-prepare-for-an-el-nino-winter-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Southeast US crop and livestock producers may face drier conditions, which could affect local feed grain availability. The effect on national feed prices is modest.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-05-02 | [Agroclimatic information helps prepare for El Niño in Central America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59010-agroclimatic-information-helps-prepare-for-el-nino-in-central-america.md) | -0.5% | +9.7% |
| CORN | 2026-02-17 | [Climate Prediction Center: La Niña Likely to Fade, El Niño May Develop by Summer - Southeast AgNET](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20522-climate-prediction-center-la-nina-likely-to-fade-el-nino-may-develop-by-summer.md) | -1.0% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2018-10-22 | [Managing El Niño And La Niña In Lao Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/62469-managing-el-nino-and-la-nina-in-lao-agriculture.md) | -1.2% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2026-02-19 | [Forecast from the São Paulo Department of Agriculture indicates a climate transition with the rainy season extending until the end of April. - DATAGRO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13452-forecast-from-the-sao-paulo-department-of-agriculture-indicates-a-climate.md) | +0.6% | +7.4% |
| CORN | 2025-10-16 | [Harvest season in full swing in the Midwest - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13047-harvest-season-in-full-swing-in-the-midwest-agweek-1-source-for-agriculture.md) | -0.0% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- site.extension.uga.edu: https://site.extension.uga.edu/climate/2018/10/how-to-prepare-for-an-el-nino-winter/

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