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U.S. farmers face a tough harvest after record spring flooding damaged grain stockpiles and delayed planting across the Midwest and Great Plains. Low commodity prices, the trade war and rising farm bankruptcies add to the strain.
Concerns center on a weak fall harvest and early frost risk in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
A weak harvest in key northern states could tighten local supply, but the story mainly describes farm-sector hardship rather than a direct new price driver.
marketwatch.comJoy WiltermuthSep 11, 2019After 2,467 past weather events, Corn moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -1.5% to +1.7%), and +0.6% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
