# A Concrete Way To See How Climate Change Will Affect Farming - Modern Farmer

> A study using past climate data models Illinois field working days under three climate scenarios through the coming century. It projects wetter springs that could push planting earlier, and hotter, drier summers that raise the risk of kernel abortion, which can cut corn yield by up to half.

- Date: 2017-04-04 · published 2017-04-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71343-a-concrete-way-to-see-how-climate-change-will-affect-farming-modern-farmer
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The findings concern long-term yield risk rather than the current crop, so they have little direct effect on near-term feed grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-08-10 | [How will summer drought and this fall’s corn crop affect feeder cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69610-how-will-summer-drought-and-this-fall-s-corn-crop-affect-feeder-cattle.md) | -4.5% | -6.5% |
| CORN | 2017-01-27 | [New models suggest U.S. harvests will suffer from climate change \| University of Chicago News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72839-new-models-suggest-u-s-harvests-will-suffer-from-climate-change-university-of.md) | +2.2% | +1.2% |
| CORN | 2024-03-04 | [ERS Research Models Future Effects of Climate Change on Corn and Soybean Yields, Production, and Exports \| Economic Research Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13199-ers-research-models-future-effects-of-climate-change-on-corn-and-soybean-yields.md) | +5.1% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2019-05-30 | [Expert indicates how to minimize climate effects on soybeans and corn - Revista Cultivar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58928-expert-indicates-how-to-minimize-climate-effects-on-soybeans-and-corn-revista.md) | -0.9% | +6.0% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- modernfarmer.com: https://modernfarmer.com/2017/04/concrete-way-see-climate-change-will-affect-farming/

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