# U2U program wrapping up, brought useful climate tools to farmers - Purdue University News

> Researchers at nine universities and USDA celebrated the completion of a six-year, $5 million program called Useful to Usable (U2U) that developed climate data products for farmers. The team learned how farmers use climate data and built tools to help decide what, when and where to plant and how to manage crops.

- Date: 2017-03-07 · published 2017-03-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71829-u2u-program-wrapping-up-brought-useful-climate-tools-to-farmers-purdue
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Better climate-to-farm decision tools may modestly improve planting and yield management over time, but the effect on near-term feed grain prices is negligible.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-08-30 | [Perdue, farmers tout study supporting river infrastructure investment - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57490-perdue-farmers-tout-study-supporting-river-infrastructure-investment-brownfield.md) | -2.4% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2020-02-27 | [Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability \| EurekAlert!](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54445-big-data-helps-farmers-adapt-to-climate-variability-eurekalert.md) | +2.6% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2017-05-26 | [USDA crop condition ratings useful for projecting yield - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70857-usda-crop-condition-ratings-useful-for-projecting-yield-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -0.1% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2022-01-04 | [USDA Market Facilitation Program: Oversight of Future Supplemental Assistance to Farmers Could Be Improved \| U.S. GAO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43140-usda-market-facilitation-program-oversight-of-future-supplemental-assistance-to.md) | +3.4% | +5.7% |
| CORN | 2016-11-11 | [Farming News - Global wheat production up - leads to new record stocks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73799-farming-news-global-wheat-production-up-leads-to-new-record-stocks.md) | -3.6% | -0.7% |
| SOY | 2019-08-30 | [Perdue, farmers tout study supporting river infrastructure investment - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57490-perdue-farmers-tout-study-supporting-river-infrastructure-investment-brownfield.md) | -1.3% | +3.1% |
| SOY | 2020-02-27 | [Big data helps farmers adapt to climate variability \| EurekAlert!](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54445-big-data-helps-farmers-adapt-to-climate-variability-eurekalert.md) | +2.0% | +0.1% |
| SOY | 2017-05-26 | [USDA crop condition ratings useful for projecting yield - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70857-usda-crop-condition-ratings-useful-for-projecting-yield-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.9% | -3.7% |

## Sources

- purdue.edu: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/archive/releases/2017/Q1/u2u-program-wrapping-up,-brought-useful-climate-tools-to-farmers.html

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.