# Cool weather continues to slow corn and soybean maturity levels | Farm Progress

> Cool weather in the Corn Belt has slowed corn and soybean crop maturity, with weekly temperatures at least 5°F below normal in parts of the upper Midwest. Hurricane Harvey brought 10 to 30 inches of rain to southeast Texas and Louisiana.

- Date: 2017-08-30 · published 2017-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69303-cool-weather-continues-to-slow-corn-and-soybean-maturity-levels-farm-progress
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed maturity raises frost risk and lengthens the window for yield losses before harvest, a modest bullish factor for corn and soybeans.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-02-10 | [La Nina Continues to Affect South American Corn and Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13744-la-nina-continues-to-affect-south-american-corn-and-soybeans.md) | -0.0% | +11.8% |
| CORN | 2025-01-29 | [Will the Bull Market in Corn Continue to Pull Up Soybeans and Wheat? - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6895-will-the-bull-market-in-corn-continue-to-pull-up-soybeans-and-wheat-agweb.md) | +1.0% | -1.0% |
| CORN | 2024-06-21 | [Stress and the 2024 corn and soybean crops - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13176-stress-and-the-2024-corn-and-soybean-crops-farmdoc.md) | -5.5% | -8.4% |
| CORN | 2025-10-28 | [Cops Analysis \| Soymeal continues to surge - Pro Farmer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4787-cops-analysis-soymeal-continues-to-surge-pro-farmer.md) | +0.6% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2017-08-02 | [Weather continues to dominate market sentiment -  Premium](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12265-weather-continues-to-dominate-market-sentiment-premium.md) | +1.2% | -7.4% |
| 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% |
| SOY | 2022-02-10 | [La Nina Continues to Affect South American Corn and Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13744-la-nina-continues-to-affect-south-american-corn-and-soybeans.md) | -0.5% | +6.6% |
| SOY | 2024-06-21 | [Stress and the 2024 corn and soybean crops - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13176-stress-and-the-2024-corn-and-soybean-crops-farmdoc.md) | -0.3% | -5.0% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/cool-weather-continues-to-slow-corn-and-soybean-maturity-levels

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