# Little nutrients mean a lot

> Late-season rains improved nutrient uptake in 2016, but tissue sampling of 21,250 corn samples from Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa showed widespread zinc, boron, manganese and nitrogen deficiencies. Sulfur was also deficient late in the season.

- Date: 2016-12-13 · published 2016-12-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73329-little-nutrients-mean-a-lot
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Nutrient limitations trim achievable yields at the margin, a modest supportive factor for corn prices and fertilizer demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-02-11 | [February WASDE Provides Little New Input](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54557-february-wasde-provides-little-new-input.md) | +0.7% | +0.7% |
| CORN | 2020-03-10 | [March WASDE Held Few Surprises With Little Reaction](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54095-march-wasde-held-few-surprises-with-little-reaction.md) | -3.4% | -3.3% |
| CORN | 2025-02-26 | [CF Industries and Nutrien Q4 market outlooks - Genesis Fertilizers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26368-cf-industries-and-nutrien-q4-market-outlooks-genesis-fertilizers.md) | -6.0% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2022-02-09 | [WASDE 'caught trade a little off guard' \| Profitability \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42676-wasde-caught-trade-a-little-off-guard-profitability-farmweeknow-com.md) | +0.5% | +15.2% |
| CORN | 2020-08-21 | [Higher cattle inventory numbers could pressure market \| Livestock \| farmweeknow.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51747-higher-cattle-inventory-numbers-could-pressure-market-livestock-farmweeknow-com.md) | +3.5% | +11.2% |
| UREA | 2024-11-14 | [Fertilizer market developments](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27318-fertilizer-market-developments.md) | -0.4% | +2.6% |
| UREA | 2026-01-23 | [Natural-gas prices have overshot as deep freeze hits the U.S., says Goldman - MarketWatch](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4407-natural-gas-prices-have-overshot-as-deep-freeze-hits-the-u-s-says-goldman.md) | +1.5% | +12.9% |
| UREA | 2023-05-21 | [Fertilizer Prices Mixed- Urea Climbs, Anhydrous Lower \| Farm Policy News \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5366-fertilizer-prices-mixed-urea-climbs-anhydrous-lower-farm-policy-news-illinois.md) | -14.9% | -20.2% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/little-nutrients-mean-a-lot

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