# Study: Climate effects on ag yields vary by location, crop

> A University of Nebraska-Lincoln study of 1968-2013 data found that temperature and precipitation shifts explained about 25 percent of yield variability in corn, soybeans and sorghum across the Great Plains. The effects varied by county and crop, reaching up to 52 percent of variance in some counties and almost none in others.

- Date: 2018-04-03 · published 2018-04-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Great Plains, US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65364-study-climate-effects-on-ag-yields-vary-by-location-crop
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

The findings point to location-specific climate risk rather than a uniform national yield shift, so they add little near-term price signal. They do suggest that regional weather shocks can affect supply in ways a national average would miss.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: neutral
- SORGHUM: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-12-07 | [Corn Yield Losses to ‘Edge Effect’ Elevated by Contrary Micro-Climate and Weather Patterns - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13316-corn-yield-losses-to-edge-effect-elevated-by-contrary-micro-climate-and-weather.md) | +1.6% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2021-07-22 | [ENSO as a climate conductor for global crop yields \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45979-enso-as-a-climate-conductor-for-global-crop-yields-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -2.8% | -2.1% |
| CORN | 2024-03-04 | [ERS Research Models Future Effects of Climate Change on Corn and Soybean Yields, Production, and Exports \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13199-ers-research-models-future-effects-of-climate-change-on-corn-and-soybean-yields.md) | +5.1% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2019-05-30 | [Expert indicates how to minimize climate effects on soybeans and corn - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58928-expert-indicates-how-to-minimize-climate-effects-on-soybeans-and-corn-revista.md) | -0.9% | +6.0% |
| CORN | 2023-02-10 | [Climatologist to Crop Insurers: Corn Yields up, But Likely to go Down](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13300-climatologist-to-crop-insurers-corn-yields-up-but-likely-to-go-down.md) | -0.6% | -6.0% |
| SOY | 2021-07-22 | [ENSO as a climate conductor for global crop yields \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45979-enso-as-a-climate-conductor-for-global-crop-yields-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -0.5% | -5.6% |
| SOY | 2024-03-04 | [ERS Research Models Future Effects of Climate Change on Corn and Soybean Yields, Production, and Exports \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13199-ers-research-models-future-effects-of-climate-change-on-corn-and-soybean-yields.md) | +2.4% | +3.7% |
| SOY | 2019-05-30 | [Expert indicates how to minimize climate effects on soybeans and corn - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58928-expert-indicates-how-to-minimize-climate-effects-on-soybeans-and-corn-revista.md) | -0.3% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/management/study-climate-effects-on-ag-yields-vary-by-location-crop

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