Agro-Geek/midwest-corn-weather-usda-sample

This is a small sample dataset shared to evaluate external interest.

Midwest Corn – Weather & USDA Crop Data (Sample)

This repository contains a small sample of cleaned, QA-validated agricultural data combining weather and USDA crop statistics.

What’s included

This sample covers:

• —State: Iowa (IA)
• —Crop: Corn
• —Years: 2018–2022

Datasets:

1. 1.Daily weather
2. 2.Sources: NOAA, ACIS, NLDAS
3. 3.Metrics: temperature, precipitation, soil moisture, evapotranspiration

1. 1.Weekly USDA crop progress
2. 2.% planted, emerged, harvested
3. 3.condition (good + excellent)

1. 1.Annual crop fundamentals
2. 2.planted area
3. 3.harvested area
4. 4.yield
5. 5.production

QA

Before export, the data passes automated checks for:

• —schema consistency
• —uniqueness of business keys
• —basic physical plausibility

This is an early sample. No guarantees on completeness or update frequency yet.

Why this exists

I’m trying to understand whether this kind of cleaned, aligned agricultural data is useful to anyone working with ag, weather, or commodity data.

If you use this or have feedback, feel free to open an issue or comment.