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Weather Outlook2015 & Beyond

Elwynn TaylorIowa State University

Corn/Soybean Market

• Market @9am 4 Jun 2015

ELEC. CORN[10] Jul-15 360'4 -0'4 Dec-15 378'4 -0'4 expect Dec @ $ 385' ELEC. SOYBEANS[10] Jul-15 942'4 -1'2 Nov-15 921'0 -1'0 expect Nov @ $ 825'

• SOI 3 Jun 2015 = -9.2 (-10 is full strength El Niño)

High risk Moderate High

Beyond

El Niño

Friend of the Midwest farmer.

Better friend of the Argentine farmer (El Nino tends to be a Christmas event that may or may not persist through the Midwest growing season).

StrongLa Niña

ModerateEl Niño

Summer Temperature 2010

• This is OPPOSITE of past 3 years

La Niña : Extremes

El Niño: 70% chance of yieldgreater than the trend.

La Niña: 70% chance of yieldsmaller than the trend.

Neutral: 52% chance of yieldgreater than the trend.

(Oct to date)

Extensive Flooding in Northeast IA

October 2009

October 2010 to 2012

.

El Niño

To

La Niña

Return to El Niño

159 $4.85

162.3178

19581

146

170 $3.85 *165 $4.15

Example Yield-Price “Risk Wheel”

* Central. IA $3.35

US CornWisner

41 $10.70

4550

5923

40

46 $8.25 *44 $8.50

Example Yield-Price “Risk Wheel”

* Central. IA $7.70

US Soybean Wisner

Weather Volatility

Climate RISK in Agriculture is likely to be greater during thenext 20 years

Management of RISK is of increasing importance

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/season.JFM.nao.gif

stable period 2 stable period 3 stable period 4

137

Beyond

A Little on the USA:Continental Divide Anomaly

• Boundary is the Continental Divide, do NOT expect change

Elwynn TaylorIowa State University

Climatologist

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