# Weather patterns mostly favorable for crops | Food Business News | April 04, 2017 13:42

> The USDA March 31 Prospective Plantings report set out 2017 row crop and spring wheat intentions, and the market's focus has shifted to spring and season weather. Conditions are mostly favorable, with California moving from drought concerns to flood control after heavy rains and snowpack.

- Date: 2017-04-04 · published 2017-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71340-weather-patterns-mostly-favorable-for-crops-food-business-news-april-04-2017-13
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Favorable planting weather points to adequate crop supplies, which is bearish for feed grain prices, though the season is still open to weather risk.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bearish ▼
- CORN: bearish ▼
- WHEAT: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-04-02 | [Favorable Weather Pattern for Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59424-favorable-weather-pattern-for-brazil.md) | -1.2% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2018-06-12 | [Weather forecast: Summer Corn Belt weather outlook seen as promising \| 2018-06-12  \| Food Business News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64464-weather-forecast-summer-corn-belt-weather-outlook-seen-as-promising-2018-06-12.md) | -2.1% | -4.6% |
| CORN | 2017-06-21 | [Favorable Corn Belt weather in most locales - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70342-favorable-corn-belt-weather-in-most-locales-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -2.4% | +2.1% |
| CORN | 2016-11-18 | [Favorable weather outlook for South America - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73776-favorable-weather-outlook-for-south-america-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +2.1% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2017-01-11 | [Favorable Weather for South America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72858-favorable-weather-for-south-america.md) | +0.0% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2019-04-02 | [Favorable Weather Pattern for Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59424-favorable-weather-pattern-for-brazil.md) | +0.4% | -6.1% |
| SOY | 2018-06-12 | [Weather forecast: Summer Corn Belt weather outlook seen as promising \| 2018-06-12  \| Food Business News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64464-weather-forecast-summer-corn-belt-weather-outlook-seen-as-promising-2018-06-12.md) | -4.7% | -10.6% |
| SOY | 2017-06-21 | [Favorable Corn Belt weather in most locales - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70342-favorable-corn-belt-weather-in-most-locales-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.8% | +7.8% |

## Sources

- foodbusinessnews.net: https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/10463-weather-patterns-mostly-favorable-for-crops

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