# Weather Ready Farms: Irrigation Water Management | CropWatch | Nebraska

> A Nebraska Extension article recommends irrigation scheduling based on soil water data to improve water use efficiency during drought and extreme weather. It notes that only 23 percent of Nebraska irrigators used soil sensors for scheduling, according to the 2013 Census of Agriculture.

- Date: 2018-03-21 · published 2018-03-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65851-weather-ready-farms-irrigation-water-management-cropwatch-nebraska
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

This is agronomic advice about water management with no new supply information, so it has no meaningful effect on feed commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-04-02 | [Get farms weather-ready](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65369-get-farms-weather-ready.md) | +2.3% | +3.1% |
| CORN | 2019-11-04 | [Winter Weather Outlook for 2019-2020 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55982-winter-weather-outlook-for-2019-2020-integrated-crop-management.md) | +0.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2025-09-17 | [2025 Corn Yield Forecasts: Cooler Weather at Season’s End Increased Forecasted Yields for Region \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13058-2025-corn-yield-forecasts-cooler-weather-at-season-s-end-increased-forecasted.md) | -0.9% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2021-10-25 | [November and Winter Weather Outlooks for 2021 \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44468-november-and-winter-weather-outlooks-for-2021-integrated-crop-management.md) | +3.5% | +9.0% |
| CORN | 2021-04-09 | [2021 Spring Weather Outlook for Iowa \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47524-2021-spring-weather-outlook-for-iowa-integrated-crop-management.md) | +1.1% | +23.4% |
| SOY | 2018-04-02 | [Get farms weather-ready](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65369-get-farms-weather-ready.md) | -1.1% | +0.0% |
| SOY | 2025-09-17 | [2025 Corn Yield Forecasts: Cooler Weather at Season’s End Increased Forecasted Yields for Region \| CropWatch \| Nebraska](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13058-2025-corn-yield-forecasts-cooler-weather-at-season-s-end-increased-forecasted.md) | -3.6% | -4.1% |
| SOY | 2021-04-09 | [2021 Spring Weather Outlook for Iowa \| Integrated Crop Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47524-2021-spring-weather-outlook-for-iowa-integrated-crop-management.md) | +0.2% | +13.4% |

## Sources

- cropwatch.unl.edu: https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2018/weather-ready-farms-irrigation-water-management/

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