Corn is a multipurpose crop. We use its derivatives every day in products like pharmaceutical, textiles, sweeteners and is blended in fuel for our vehicles, making it an indispensable asset for the U.S. economy. Therefore, it is important to know how extreme weather evetns like drought, affect the production, yield and price of corn.
National Drought Mitigation Center- Weekly Drought Report
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration- Monthly Drought GeoJson
National Integrated Drought Information System- County Product and State Boundaries GeoJson
United States Department of Agriculture -Quick Stats Site
To Replicate this project from the start you will need: Python, Pandas and Plotly
$ pip insall plotly==4.1.0
or
conda install -c plotly=4.1.0
As well as..
Research, Data Gathering, Data Cleaning, CSV Conversion to SQLite, Map Visualizations, Domestic Use Visualization and Overall Concept.
Data Cleaning, Corn Subsidies and Corn Yield Visualization
Corn Planted vs Yield Visualiztion, Flask Setup, HTML transfer and Connection to Heroku.