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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)
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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