# 2017 Summer U.S. Agricultural Outlook

> WeatherTiger's 2017 summer outlook expects a warmer and drier than average July and August in the central U.S., centered on the Plains. The forecast notes a wetter, milder modulation from an active Pacific jet, following a spring of extremes with heavy rain in the central states.

- Date: 2017-06-09 · published 2017-06-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70413-2017-summer-u-s-agricultural-outlook
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

A hot, dry Plains and western Corn Belt summer raises the risk of yield loss for corn, sorghum and wheat during pollination. Traders may add a weather premium if the forecast verifies.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-01-12 | [Weather clouds agricultural outlook in Argentina](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72843-weather-clouds-agricultural-outlook-in-argentina.md) | +0.1% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2023-01-26 | [Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37705-agricultural-business-chamber-of-south-africa.md) | +0.1% | +0.0% |
| CORN | 2018-03-06 | [Outlook for the 2018 growing season \| Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65927-outlook-for-the-2018-growing-season-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast.md) | +2.7% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2024-05-24 | [Summer Weather Outlook for Corn Belt \| The More You Grow \| Corteva Agriscience](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13184-summer-weather-outlook-for-corn-belt-the-more-you-grow-corteva-agriscience.md) | +0.6% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2025-05-23 | [Uncertainty Defines Summer Weather Outlook \| The More You Grow \| Corteva Agriscience](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24589-uncertainty-defines-summer-weather-outlook-the-more-you-grow-corteva-agriscience.md) | -2.1% | -5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2025-06-01 | [Outlook for crops \| Agricultural Commodities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24121-outlook-for-crops-agricultural-commodities.md) | +2.9% | +1.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-06-14 | [Canadian Drought Outlook - agriculture.canada.ca](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46481-canadian-drought-outlook-agriculture-canada-ca.md) | +5.8% | -5.4% |
| WHEAT | 2023-08-01 | [Tough summer hits EU grain production outlook - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34513-tough-summer-hits-eu-grain-production-outlook-grain-central.md) | +0.4% | -7.2% |

## Sources

- weathertiger.com: https://weathertiger.com/agricultural/2017-summer-u-s-agricultural-outlook/

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