# Keeping corn strong despite weather extremes | CFAES On Sustainability

> A five-year USDA-funded project involving 12 teams and more than 100 scientists across nine Corn Belt states has produced sustainable corn practices. These include extended rotations, cover crops and tillage management, which aim to hold up better in drought and flooding.

- Date: 2017-02-14 · published 2017-02-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72341-keeping-corn-strong-despite-weather-extremes-cfaes-on-sustainability
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

This is a research finding with no immediate supply or price effect on feed grains, though it points to longer-term resilience in corn production.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-11-26 | [Corn prices weaken despite strong export figures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6061-corn-prices-weaken-despite-strong-export-figures.md) | -0.6% | +4.7% |
| CORN | 2024-11-13 | [Weather Extremes and Variability in Corn Yield \| Crop Science US](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13137-weather-extremes-and-variability-in-corn-yield-crop-science-us.md) | -0.5% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2022-09-14 | [Keeping an eye on wheat weather \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39520-keeping-an-eye-on-wheat-weather-world-grain.md) | -1.4% | -2.3% |
| CORN | 2018-05-04 | [Corn ETF Surged on Brazilian Weather Concerns](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64863-corn-etf-surged-on-brazilian-weather-concerns.md) | +0.8% | +0.6% |
| CORN | 2021-10-22 | [Midwest farmers are on track for a record-high harvest, despite a year of extreme weather \| KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44387-midwest-farmers-are-on-track-for-a-record-high-harvest-despite-a-year-of.md) | +3.5% | +10.0% |
| SOY | 2017-01-30 | [Big Brazil crop coming, despite weather issues](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72857-big-brazil-crop-coming-despite-weather-issues.md) | -2.1% | -3.6% |
| SOY | 2026-01-30 | [Soybean Futures Surge on Strong Meal Demand, Argentina Weather](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21077-soybean-futures-surge-on-strong-meal-demand-argentina-weather.md) | +3.7% | +7.9% |
| SOY | 2021-10-22 | [Midwest farmers are on track for a record-high harvest, despite a year of extreme weather \| KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44387-midwest-farmers-are-on-track-for-a-record-high-harvest-despite-a-year-of.md) | +0.8% | +3.4% |

## Sources

- u.osu.edu: https://u.osu.edu/sustainability/2017/02/14/keeping-corn-strong-despite-weather-extremes/

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