# New climate, new challenges for farmers » Yale Climate Connections

> Yale Climate Connections reports that the Midwest and Plains are warming, with a growing season about two weeks longer since 1950. It describes unusual spring extremes and heavier storms in Nebraska and the Dakotas, with the southern Plains projected to get drier.

- Date: 2017-05-17 · published 2017-05-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70855-new-climate-new-challenges-for-farmers-yale-climate-connections
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

This is long-term background on climate trends rather than a new supply shock, so it has little near-term price effect on feed grains.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-08-12 | [July 2022: Earth's 6th warmest July on record » Yale Climate Connections](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39965-july-2022-earth-s-6th-warmest-july-on-record-yale-climate-connections.md) | -0.7% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2017-04-19 | [New climate data assessment tools for US grain farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71337-new-climate-data-assessment-tools-for-us-grain-farmers.md) | +1.2% | +2.3% |
| CORN | 2024-01-31 | [Will La Niña return this fall? The tea leaves are unusually strong » Yale Climate Connections](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32044-will-la-nina-return-this-fall-the-tea-leaves-are-unusually-strong-yale-climate.md) | -4.0% | -7.3% |
| CORN | 2019-01-15 | [Challenging year ahead for South African beef cattle farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61042-challenging-year-ahead-for-south-african-beef-cattle-farmers.md) | +0.5% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2017-04-20 | [Climate change is hurting U.S. corn farmers – and your wallet \| CNN Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71342-climate-change-is-hurting-u-s-corn-farmers-and-your-wallet-cnn-business.md) | +0.2% | +3.0% |
| SOY | 2022-08-12 | [July 2022: Earth's 6th warmest July on record » Yale Climate Connections](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39965-july-2022-earth-s-6th-warmest-july-on-record-yale-climate-connections.md) | -12.5% | -12.9% |
| SOY | 2017-04-19 | [New climate data assessment tools for US grain farmers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71337-new-climate-data-assessment-tools-for-us-grain-farmers.md) | +0.9% | +3.2% |
| SOY | 2024-01-31 | [Will La Niña return this fall? The tea leaves are unusually strong » Yale Climate Connections](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32044-will-la-nina-return-this-fall-the-tea-leaves-are-unusually-strong-yale-climate.md) | -1.6% | -7.0% |

## Sources

- yaleclimateconnections.org: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2017/05/new-climate-new-challenges-for-farmers/

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