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Purdue agronomist Bob Nielsen addresses whether warm nights during the grain fill period harm corn yields. He explains that higher maintenance respiration does not necessarily reduce kernel growth, and that high yields can coexist with warm temperatures.
The analysis suggests warm nights are not a clear threat to yields, so it does little to change the bearish-to-neutral corn supply outlook.
agry.purdue.eduAug 15, 2018After 445 past neutral weather events, Corn moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.4% to +1.6%), and +0.7% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
