# How will climate change affect the 2017 growing season? | Feed Strategy

> USDA Midwest Climate Hub director Dennis Todey outlined recent climate changes affecting agriculture at a Wisconsin organic farming conference. He said extreme events are increasing and the Corn Belt's growing zones are changing.

- Date: 2017-02-15 · published 2017-02-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72347-how-will-climate-change-affect-the-2017-growing-season-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The discussion covers general climate trends and their risks to crops, without a specific supply shock that would move feed grain prices in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-25 | [Winter crop 2024-25 harvest expectations from state growing regions - Australasian Farmers' & Dealers' Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29195-winter-crop-2024-25-harvest-expectations-from-state-growing-regions.md) | -5.3% | -7.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-05-05 | [Looking around the grounds at Australia's winter crop prospects \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53072-looking-around-the-grounds-at-australia-s-winter-crop-prospects-nsw.md) | -1.7% | -1.0% |
| WHEAT | 2018-01-30 | [Late season rain helps Australian wheat crop \| World-grain.com \| January 30, 2018 19:43 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66943-late-season-rain-helps-australian-wheat-crop-world-grain-com-january-30-2018-19.md) | +2.0% | +2.0% |
| WHEAT | 2020-12-03 | [Australia to Harvest Second Biggest Wheat Crop on Record \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49623-australia-to-harvest-second-biggest-wheat-crop-on-record-feed-and-grain.md) | +9.8% | +9.8% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-16 | [Growers optimistic as winter crop sowing gets underway \| The Land \| NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30665-growers-optimistic-as-winter-crop-sowing-gets-underway-the-land-nsw.md) | -0.6% | +2.0% |
| SOY | 2017-03-03 | [How is the 2017 Growing Season Shaping Up?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71836-how-is-the-2017-growing-season-shaping-up.md) | -2.6% | -6.2% |
| SOY | 2018-03-06 | [Outlook for the 2018 growing season \| Climate and Agriculture in the Southeast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65927-outlook-for-the-2018-growing-season-climate-and-agriculture-in-the-southeast.md) | -3.1% | -2.7% |
| SOY | 2017-09-18 | [How El Niño and La Niña affect the winter jet stream and U.S. climate \| NOAA Climate.gov](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68878-how-el-nino-and-la-nina-affect-the-winter-jet-stream-and-u-s-climate-noaa.md) | +1.6% | +3.3% |

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/record-wheat-foodgrain-output-likely-in-2016-17-117021501141_1.html
- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/animal-feed-manufacturing/article/15439092/how-will-climate-change-affect-the-2017-growing-season

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