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How Could a Developing La Nina Affect Corn Yield?

Bryce Anderson
By  Bryce Anderson , Ag Meteorologist Emeritus
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Public and private seasonal forecasts, such as the International Climate and Research Institute (IRI), call for warm to hot weather and drier-than-usual conditions in the central U.S. during the corn-filling period of July, August and September because of a forming La Nina event in the Pacific Ocean. (IRI graphic)
Public and private seasonal forecasts, such as the International Climate and Research Institute (IRI), call for warm to hot weather and drier-than-usual conditions in the central U.S. during the corn-filling period of July, August and September because of a forming La Nina event in the Pacific Ocean. (IRI graphic)
Analog weather years suggest lower corn yields versus projections because of a building La Nina in the Pacific Ocean.

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Bryce Anderson

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