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​​Climate-Induced Reduction in US-Wide Soybean Yields Underpinned by Region- and in-Season Specific Responses

​Mitigating crop yield loss due to weather variability has been a challenge to farmers since the day we planted the first cultivated seed. Over the last several decades however farmers and crop consultants alike have noted that weather extremes seem to occur more frequently and to a greater duration. This presentation will help consultants, farmers, and other practitioners in the Midwest and Mid-south soybean production regions better understand the role of climate variation and weather extremes on soybean productivity. Specifically in this presentation, practitioners will learn: how in-season weather variability affects soybean yield, what impact climate variation has had on annual realized net yield gain at the farm level, what the farm gate cost of climate variability has been to U.S. growers over the last 20 years, and lastly we begin to put forward strategies farmers can consider to mitigate climate reduced production in U.S. soybean yields.​​