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Tim Davis Chats with Chip Flory of AgriTalk about the Power of Ag Data Analytics
Tim Davis was recently interviewed by Chip Flory on Farm Journal's weekly AgriTalk show, where they discussed grain markets and the Main Street Data MarketVision tool.Here's a sampling of what Tim had to say when he and Chip discussed the power of data analytics and...
Main Street Data Sponsors Grain Market Chat at Top Producer Summit
Farm Journal Top Producer Summit Grain Market Lunchtime ChatThursday, February 25 at 12:00 Central Join Tim Davis, Chip Flory of AgriTalk, and top producers to discuss current grain markets, and where we're headed as we move into the 2021/22 season. The Top Producer...
Main Street Data Brings Valuable Insights to Growers
Main Street Data is constantly improving our grower solutions Main Street Data is a small company with a large ambition, to increase the productivity of the Ag Ecosystem by using data to drive better decisions. In order to bring that vision to scale we welcome...
The core performance truths of servicing retail growers
What are some of the core truths of servicing growers at the retail level? There are many challenges in working with today’s progressive growers, including grower consolidation, increasing grower size, a grower who can handle many previously outsourced services, a...
The game is in the final innings – do you know your score?
Our MarketVision grain marketing tool can help. It’s early November, and the harvest is done or nearing completion. The game is in the last quarter, and we’re rounding the 18th hole. It’s time to check the scoreboard and see how you did. Unfortunately, production...
Main Street Data estimates 185 million bushels of Iowa corn lost in recent derecho storm – national corn yield forecast still record-breaking at 179 Bu/A
Iowa corn crop takes a big hit, late in the season. The major derecho storm that damaged a huge swath of Iowa corn on August 10 clocked winds at 140 mph – a force not seen in the Corn Belt for almost a decade. Although winds greater than 74 mph can occur an average of...
Main Street Data Featured in the AgUpdated Minnesota Farm Guide
August 23, 2020 As seen in the Minnesota Farm GuideFollow Main Street Data Stay in the Know Sign up for alerts to our blog on crop...
Main Street Data Featured in the Lincoln Journal Star
Dry conditions expected to continue into 2021 As seen in the Aug 23, 2020 Lincoln Journal Star Main Street Data, an ag data science company that forecasts yield, forecasts dry conditions through January 31, 2021. The Minnesota Ag Statistics report for...
Main Street Data Featured on 580 WIBW Ag Issues Radio Program
580 WIBW/KAN Podcast: Bob McClure, Main Street Data Aired AUG 14, 2020 @ 6:53AM Friday on our Ag Issues program, we visited with Bob McClure, Chief Data Scientist with Main Street Data. The Kansas-based company formed in 2017 recently announced their projected corn...
Main Street Data Story Picked Up by CropLife
Main Street Data Indicated Record-Setting Corn Crop Yield for 2020 As seen on Croplife | August 11, 2020 The U.S. ag market will see record-setting 2020 corn yields of 183 bushels per acre, according to Main Street Data, an ag data science company. This forecast is...
Main Street Data Featured on BROWNFIELD Ag News — Bob McClure podcast
WEATHER-BASED FORECASTING SERVICE ESTIMATES CORN YIELD AT 183 As seen at BORNWFIELD August 11, 2020 By Ken Anderson Filed Under: Crops, Crops, News Several private firms are releasing their own crop yield estimates ahead of this Wednesday’s USDA production report....
Final crop yields can be dramatically affected by temperature and moisture – accounting for these factors, Main Street Data holds steady with 183.8 Bu/A corn forecast
Crop yields affected by temperature and moisture. As we exit the dog days of summer, crop yields begin to take their final shape. Corn, because it originated as a tropical grass in Mexico, can tolerate very high temperatures for short periods of time – especially if...
Main Street Data Featured in Michigan Farm News
Main Street Data indicates record-setting corn crop for 2020 season As seen on Michigan Farm News | August 10, 2020 The U.S. ag market will see record-setting 2020 corn yields of 183 bushels per acre, according to Main Street Data, the ag data science company with...
Main Street Data Featured on GRAINNET
Main Street Data Forecasts Bumper Corn Yield in 2020 GRIANNET.COM August 6, 2020 Mission, Kansas (August 5, 2020) – The U.S. ag market will see record-setting 2020 corn yields of 183 bushels per acre, according to Main Street Data, the ag data science company with the...
Main Street Data calculates bumper crop corn yield forecast of 179 – 184 bushels per acre, using precise weather-based model
Main Street Data calculates a bumper crop corn yield forecast at a record 179-184 bushels per acre for the 2020 corn harvest, using its sophisticated weather-based model that is superior to NDVI alone. Using this weather-based model to account for changes in weather...
Use a weather-based forecast model, for the most accurate crop yield forecasts
Now is a good time to review yield forecast models for your corn and bean crops It’s nearly the Fourth of July, and along with flag-waving and family picnics comes the mid-summer estimates of corn and bean yields. While the knee-high adage is no longer as accurate as...
Growing season is underway as USDA publishes 2020/21 outlook
Conditions are favorable for the 20/21 growing season, with higher-than-average plantings for both corn and soybeans.Today is a big day for U.S. crop data and the upcoming growing season as the USDA publishes the 2020/21 outlook for corn and soybeans. Conditions have,...
Grain marketing discipline is key for 2020 season
Grain market sell windows can help farmers increase revenue in 2020 Growers know that selling grain at profitable levels is the end goal, but it’s not always clear when to sell. In fact, it can be almost impossible to know peak sell times without access to actionable...
Corn Ethanol Demand, in Perspective
On April 9, the WASDE corn ethanol forecast was lowered by an astonishing 375 million bushels to 5.050 billion. This extraordinary drop is attributed to a worldwide decline in ethanol production and gasoline consumption due to coronavirus disruption. This lower...
Mega Risk Management Decisions Require Facts and Analysis Proportionate To the Risk
Big risk management decisions require big support. Between March 15 and April 15, crop insurers face the most important risk management decision of the year. While growers make “seeding decisions” in early spring, crop insurers make “ceding decisions,” or the...
When Faced with a Challenge, Farm Management Carries On
Good farm management and grower fundamentals are not altered by the pandemic While the world combats the spread of coronavirus, growers and co-ops move forward as always with their innovative ag management and spring planting preparation. Growing seasons don’t halt...
Leadership matters in times like these
Unselfish leadership, in this time of coronavirus, is being recognized for its paramount importance. Public safety officials, health care workers, and educational leaders are putting themselves last as they care for the most vulnerable among us. In recent times we...
Data Science is More than Just Data and Science. There’s Also the Human Touch.
While data science informs, human intelligence transforms. Main Street Data combines data science with human insights, for intelligence that goes beyond information. MSD's experts offer powerful wisdom that does more than inform decisions: it’s transforming the ag...
Final USDA Report Agrees With MSD’s Soybean Yield Forecast
Three months ago, Main Street Data forecast final USDA soybean yield.In addition to matching Main Street Data’s Progressive WeatherYield corn yield and harvested acres forecast, the final USDA report matches the soybean yield MSD forecast months ago.Progressive...
Final USDA Report Matches MSD Corn Yield & Harvested Acres Forecast
Main Street Data foretold final USDA corn yield and harvested acres – 5 months ago. Today was a big day for U.S. crop data, especially corn yield and harvested acres. The final numbers for the 2019 harvest – one of the most difficult in decades – were issued by the...
Historic 2019 Harvest Comes to a Close
Progressive WeatherYield Forecast Many of the 2019 Harvest Big Moments2019 ended as a run-of-the-mill harvest for corn in terms of area harvested, with 81.8 million acres in 2019 versus 81.7 million in 2018. While it’s a bit anticlimactic for such a tumultuous year to...
The Truth About Crop Yield Gains
How fast have crop yields been rising?Since the mid-1960s, average U.S. crop yields have been increasing. Corn yields have been increasing steadily at about 1.9 bu/ac per year. Soybean yields have increased as well, at about one third that rate. The slower rate of...
Tariffs, Floods, and Ethanol. It’s been one heck of a grain season.
With the recent delay of the mid-October 30% tariff increase, and the agreement by China to purchase more agricultural goods from the U.S., the heat of tariff concerns seems to have waned right along with the summer sun. Ironically, it was trade talks that actually...
Main Street Data Forecast Once Again Presages USDA Soybean and Corn Production Numbers
Once again, the USDA Crop Production report has tracked toward the soybean and corn numbers that Main Street Data has had in place for weeks.USDA soybean production numbers are now very close to PWY numbersThe USDA has adjusted soybean production numbers in...
What Can the Great Flood of 1993 Tell Us About 2019 Final Corn Yields? Will We See a Big Change in the Final Report for 2019?
Now termed the Great Flood of 1993, the flooding that occurred along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in April and May of that year was epic. Covering nine states and 400,000 square miles, it was the most costly natural disaster ever in the U.S. at the time,...
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