Climate forecasts for corn producer decision making

Eugene S. Takle; Christopher J. Anderson; Jeffrey Andresen; James Angel; Roger W. Elmore; Benjamin M. Gramig; Patrick Guinan; Steven Hilberg; Doug Kluck; Raymond Massey; Dev Niyogi; Jeanne M. Schneider; Martha D. Shulski; Dennis Todey; Melissa Widhalm

doi:10.1175/2013EI000541.1

Climate forecasts for corn producer decision making

Eugene S. Takle, Christopher J. Anderson, Jeffrey Andresen, James Angel, Roger W. Elmore, Benjamin M. Gramig, Patrick Guinan, Steven Hilberg, Doug Kluck, Raymond Massey, Dev Niyogi, Jeanne M. Schneider, Martha D. Shulski, Dennis Todey, Melissa Widhalm

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Earth Interactions
Volume	18
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/2013EI000541.1
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Agriculture forecast
Agriculture systems
Climate forecast
Decision calendar
Forecasting
Seasonal forecast

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Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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