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Home / Top News / Climate Change Could Cut Corn Belt Crop Yields by Up To 40 Percent by Increasing Unfavorable and Extreme Weather by Mid-Century, According to a New Report Climate Change Could Cut Corn Belt Crop Yields by Up To 40 Percent by Increasing Unfavorable and Extreme Weather by Mid-Century, According to a New Report Considering that 13 states in the U.S. are responsible for nearly 30 percent of global corn crop, Verisk, Brookings Institution Scholarship and experts at AXIS Capital collaborated to quantify the impact from climate change on agricultural risk Boston, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Thirteen states in the United States, known as the Corn Belt, are responsible for 90 percent of the corn grain and produce in the country and almost 30 percent of the global corn crop. Using climates projected by four climate models as inputs, simulated yields across the Corn Belt during the decade 2046–2055 were 20–40% less than yields simulated during the 1991–2000 deca

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