# Study Reveals Farming Becoming Riskier Under Climate Change- Crop Biotech Update (March 29, 2017) | Crop Biotech Update - ISAAA.org

> A University of Illinois study projects that field working days in Illinois will decline under climate change scenarios, splitting the corn planting window into an early and a late period. Both windows carry increased risk from frost, heavy rain, or late-summer drought.

- Date: 2017-03-29 · published 2017-03-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71831-study-reveals-farming-becoming-riskier-under-climate-change-crop-biotech-update
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Greater planting and yield risk in the Corn Belt over the long term supports a higher risk premium for corn, but the study is a long-range projection with no immediate supply impact.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-10-26 | [Africa climate change report reveals heat rising north and south, Sahel getting wetter \| UN News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50565-africa-climate-change-report-reveals-heat-rising-north-and-south-sahel-getting.md) | +0.3% | +10.2% |
| CORN | 2020-07-15 | [Climate change may affect second corn crops in Brazil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51946-climate-change-may-affect-second-corn-crops-in-brazil.md) | -2.3% | -3.2% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2022-07-14 | [July 2022 La Niña update: comic timing \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40391-july-2022-la-nina-update-comic-timing-noaa-climate-gov.md) | -12.5% | -12.4% |
| CORN | 2021-04-16 | [Farming News - Wheat and OSR market update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9791-farming-news-wheat-and-osr-market-update.md) | +5.1% | +18.3% |
| SOY | 2025-05-30 | [Illinois Crop Update - May 30, 2025 - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13087-illinois-crop-update-may-30-2025-farmdoc.md) | -0.0% | -2.3% |
| SOY | 2025-09-12 | [Illinois Crop Update - September 12, 2025 - farmdoc](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13057-illinois-crop-update-september-12-2025-farmdoc.md) | +2.2% | +0.7% |
| SOY | 2019-02-19 | [Maryland Today \| Growing Climate Risks to Crops](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60452-maryland-today-growing-climate-risks-to-crops.md) | +0.5% | -0.2% |

## Sources

- isaaa.org: https://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=15296

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