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Climate Forecasts for Corn Producer Decision Making
Earth Interactions
  • Eugene S. Takle, Iowa State University
  • Christopher J. Anderson, Iowa State University
  • Jeffrey Andresen, Michigan State University
  • James Angel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Roger Elmore, Iowa State University
  • Benjamin M. Gramig, Purdue University
  • Patrick Guinan, University of Missouri
  • Steven Hilberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Doug Kluck, National Weather Service Central Region
  • Raymond Massey, University of Missouri
  • Dev Niyogi, Purdue University
  • Jeanne M. Schneider, United States Department of Agriculture
  • Martha D. Shulski, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • Dennis Patrick Todey, South Dakota State University
  • Melissa Widhalm, Purdue University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
3-1-2014
DOI
10.1175/2013EI000541.1
Abstract

Corn is the most widely grown crop in the Americas, with annual production in the United States of approximately 332 million metric tons. Improved climate forecasts, together with climate-related decision tools for corn producers based on these improved forecasts, could substantially reduce uncertainty and increase profitability for corn producers. The purpose of this paper is to acquaint climate information developers, climate information users, and climate researchers with an overview of weather conditions throughout the year that affect corn production as well as forecast content and timing needed by producers. The authors provide a graphic depicting the climate-informed decision cycle, which they call the climate forecast–decision cycle calendar for corn.

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This article is from Earth Interactions 18 (2014): 1, doi:10.1175/2013EI000541.1. Posted with permission.

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Citation Information
Eugene S. Takle, Christopher J. Anderson, Jeffrey Andresen, James Angel, et al.. "Climate Forecasts for Corn Producer Decision Making" Earth Interactions Vol. 18 Iss. 5 (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/eugene-takle/46/