# Warm Soil Temperatures Delay Fall Nitrogen Applications Across Midwest

> Unusually warm soil temperatures across much of the Corn Belt are keeping conditions unfavorable for fall ammonia and manure nitrogen applications. Agronomists say the 50-degree-and-falling soil threshold may not be reached until well into December.

- Date: 2026-11-04 · published 2026-11-05T06:11:27.655Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/81217-warm-soil-temperatures-delay-fall-nitrogen-applications-across-midwest
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed fall nitrogen application could shift fertilizer demand into spring and affect planting-season ammonia purchases, while the warm, wet fall linked to a strengthening El Niño adds weather uncertainty for the next corn crop.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- UREA: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-08-18 | [U.S. Midwest cool temperatures slow crop stress \| World-grain.com \| August 18, 2017 19:19 \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69306-u-s-midwest-cool-temperatures-slow-crop-stress-world-grain-com-august-18-2017.md) | -2.2% | -2.8% |
| CORN | 2024-03-29 | [Mapping Out Soil Moisture Conditions Around the Midwest Ahead of Planting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13200-mapping-out-soil-moisture-conditions-around-the-midwest-ahead-of-planting.md) | -4.2% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2018-06-14 | [Weather impacts still being felt in the Midwest \| Farm Progress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64384-weather-impacts-still-being-felt-in-the-midwest-farm-progress.md) | -3.8% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2018-07-11 | [Favorable weather pattern across much of the Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63870-favorable-weather-pattern-across-much-of-the-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +0.5% | +9.5% |
| CORN | 2021-01-25 | [Drought not a big worry across much of Upper Midwest - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49000-drought-not-a-big-worry-across-much-of-upper-midwest-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +8.0% | +4.2% |
| UREA | 2023-06-12 | [ANZ and Rabobank look at the costs of fertiliser for 2023 \| Farm Weekly \| WA](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35431-anz-and-rabobank-look-at-the-costs-of-fertiliser-for-2023-farm-weekly-wa.md) | +1.4% | +5.6% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2026/11/04/warm-soil-temperatures-delay-fall

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