# Weather the changing storm | Farm Progress

> Farm Progress reports that Illinois corn yields are rising about 2 bushels per year, and that Answer Plot yields are higher than before. The article argues that farmers must prepare soils for heavier rainfall and retain water during droughts as weather patterns change.

- Date: 2018-03-23 · published 2018-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65855-weather-the-changing-storm-farm-progress
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The story is about management practices and long-run yield trends rather than a new supply event, so it has little immediate effect on feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-06-14 | [Weather impacts still being felt in the Midwest \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64384-weather-impacts-still-being-felt-in-the-midwest-farm-progress.md) | -3.8% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2018-07-25 | [A change in the weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63939-a-change-in-the-weather.md) | +3.5% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2025-06-25 | [Change to Weather Pattern Starting This Weekend](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13081-change-to-weather-pattern-starting-this-weekend.md) | +2.3% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2019-02-01 | [How Crops May Be Changing Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60454-how-crops-may-be-changing-weather.md) | -0.3% | -0.8% |
| CORN | 2017-08-30 | [Cool weather continues to slow corn and soybean maturity levels \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69303-cool-weather-continues-to-slow-corn-and-soybean-maturity-levels-farm-progress.md) | +2.3% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2018-06-14 | [Weather impacts still being felt in the Midwest \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64384-weather-impacts-still-being-felt-in-the-midwest-farm-progress.md) | -5.0% | -11.3% |
| SOY | 2018-07-25 | [A change in the weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63939-a-change-in-the-weather.md) | +5.3% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2016-04-19 | [South America weather, politics push soybean prices higher \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10298-south-america-weather-politics-push-soybean-prices-higher-farm-progress.md) | +4.8% | +11.6% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/weather-the-changing-storm

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