# Late-season weather robbed corn yields

> Excessive rainfall and flooding across Indiana during key corn reproductive stages led to ear rot and yield losses in the hardest-hit areas. Cloudy, wet late-season conditions reduced sunlight and oxygen to roots and developing ears.

- Date: 2026-11-04 · published 2026-11-04T09:11:45.864Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/79534-late-season-weather-robbed-corn-yields
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Yield losses concentrated in Indiana, a major corn state, tighten the US crop outlook at the margin and could support corn prices if losses prove widespread. The effect is local so far, with no sign of a national shortfall.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2024-09-20 | [Small Seed Size Could Be the Unexpected Late-Season Robber of Soybean Yields This Year - AgWeb](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13156-small-seed-size-could-be-the-unexpected-late-season-robber-of-soybean-yields.md) | +0.0% | -0.9% |
| CORN | 2024-11-13 | [August Through October Weather Affected Corn, Soybean Yields](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13140-august-through-october-weather-affected-corn-soybean-yields.md) | -0.5% | +1.0% |
| CORN | 2019-07-16 | [110˚F. Weather to Take Toll on Late-Planted Corn, Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57922-110-f-weather-to-take-toll-on-late-planted-corn-soybeans.md) | -2.3% | -9.8% |
| CORN | 2022-06-28 | [Dry weather stresses US corn yields 28.06.2022 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13356-dry-weather-stresses-us-corn-yields-28-06-2022-ukragroconsult.md) | +4.0% | -16.7% |
| CORN | 2020-10-21 | [Crop yields cut short by lack of late-season rains - The Globe \| News, weather, sports from Worthington, Minnesota](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50495-crop-yields-cut-short-by-lack-of-late-season-rains-the-globe-news-weather.md) | +4.6% | +11.5% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/corn/late-season-weather-robbed-corn-yields

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