# Iowa State Climatologist Discusses La Nina and Crop Production at Peoria Farm Show this week | WMIX

> Iowa State climatologist Elwynn Taylor told producers at the Peoria Farm Show that La Niña tends to lower trend-line yields. He also said South American climate brings volatility to the Midwest crop.

- Date: 2017-12-01 · published 2017-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67404-iowa-state-climatologist-discusses-la-nina-and-crop-production-at-peoria-farm
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Lower trend-line yield expectations under La Niña could support corn and soybean prices if the market prices in smaller crops.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-05-04 | [The Dry April That Wasn't \| Illinois State Climatologist Illinois State Water Survey 
 PRI 
 Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52966-the-dry-april-that-wasn-t-illinois-state-climatologist-illinois-state-water.md) | +1.9% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2019-06-03 | [May 2019: Exceptionally Wet and Stormy Across Illinois \| Illinois State Climatologist Illinois State Water Survey 
 PRI 
 Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58457-may-2019-exceptionally-wet-and-stormy-across-illinois-illinois-state.md) | -1.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2022-12-30 | [Third La Nina Year Influenced Lower Production, Forage Shortages and Higher Grain Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38160-third-la-nina-year-influenced-lower-production-forage-shortages-and-higher.md) | -2.1% | -0.5% |
| CORN | 2018-02-15 | [Outlook for Spring and Summer from NWS – Illinois State Climatologist](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66348-outlook-for-spring-and-summer-from-nws-illinois-state-climatologist.md) | -0.2% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2021-03-17 | [Why La Niña and “Western V” Climate Conditions Continue to Appear Conducive to Poor Eastern East Africa March-to-May 2021 Rains and Crop Production – CHC Blog](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48024-why-la-nina-and-western-v-climate-conditions-continue-to-appear-conducive-to.md) | +11.0% | +14.2% |
| SOY | 2020-05-04 | [The Dry April That Wasn't \| Illinois State Climatologist Illinois State Water Survey 
 PRI 
 Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52966-the-dry-april-that-wasn-t-illinois-state-climatologist-illinois-state-water.md) | +0.2% | -0.8% |
| SOY | 2019-06-03 | [May 2019: Exceptionally Wet and Stormy Across Illinois \| Illinois State Climatologist Illinois State Water Survey 
 PRI 
 Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58457-may-2019-exceptionally-wet-and-stormy-across-illinois-illinois-state.md) | -2.4% | +2.5% |
| SOY | 2018-02-15 | [Outlook for Spring and Summer from NWS – Illinois State Climatologist](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66348-outlook-for-spring-and-summer-from-nws-illinois-state-climatologist.md) | +1.4% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- wmix94.com: https://www.wmix94.com/2017/12/01/iowa-state-climatologist-discusses-la-nina-and-crop-production-at-peoria-farm-show-this-week/

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