# Dust Bowl would devastate today’s crops, study finds | University of Chicago News

> A University of Chicago study published in Nature Plants finds a Dust Bowl-scale drought would cut US maize, soybean and wheat output as severely today as in the 1930s. Warming could produce similar losses even in normal rainfall years by mid-century.

- Date: 2016-12-19 · published 2016-12-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73333-dust-bowl-would-devastate-today-s-crops-study-finds-university-of-chicago-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

The findings highlight long-term drought vulnerability of US crops, a risk premium argument but with no immediate supply change.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-09-23 | [Weather Challenges Still Plague Missouri Farmers // Integrated Crop and Pest Management News Article // Integrated Pest Management, University of Missouri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56910-weather-challenges-still-plague-missouri-farmers-integrated-crop-and-pest.md) | +1.9% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2023-05-15 | [Cow-Calf Corner \| May 15, 2023 \| Oklahoma State University](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35880-cow-calf-corner-may-15-2023-oklahoma-state-university.md) | -8.8% | -9.3% |
| CORN | 2022-10-06 | [Parts of the Midwest started out too wet for crops, but now they’re too dry \| KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13323-parts-of-the-midwest-started-out-too-wet-for-crops-but-now-they-re-too-dry-kcur.md) | +0.8% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2023-06-29 | [Central US is now getting worst of the drought. Corn crops are stressed, rivers are running low \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13270-central-us-is-now-getting-worst-of-the-drought-corn-crops-are-stressed-rivers.md) | -2.5% | +2.0% |
| CORN | 2017-07-11 | [Heat stress on its way \| UT Crops News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69812-heat-stress-on-its-way-ut-crops-news.md) | -4.3% | -4.6% |
| SOY | 2019-09-23 | [Weather Challenges Still Plague Missouri Farmers // Integrated Crop and Pest Management News Article // Integrated Pest Management, University of Missouri](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56910-weather-challenges-still-plague-missouri-farmers-integrated-crop-and-pest.md) | +0.0% | +5.8% |
| SOY | 2022-10-06 | [Parts of the Midwest started out too wet for crops, but now they’re too dry \| KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13323-parts-of-the-midwest-started-out-too-wet-for-crops-but-now-they-re-too-dry-kcur.md) | +1.9% | +5.1% |
| SOY | 2017-07-11 | [Heat stress on its way \| UT Crops News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69812-heat-stress-on-its-way-ut-crops-news.md) | -3.5% | -5.9% |

## Sources

- news.uchicago.edu: https://news.uchicago.edu/story/dust-bowl-would-devastate-todays-crops-study-finds

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