by Main Street Data | May 12, 2020 | AgriBusiness, Commodities, Corn, Crop Forecasting, Soybeans
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,...
by Main Street Data | Apr 9, 2020 | AgriBusiness, Commodities, Corn, Ethanol
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...
by Bob McClure | Jan 13, 2020 | AgriBusiness, Commodities, Crop Yields, Soybeans
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...
by Bob McClure | Jan 10, 2020 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Crop Yields
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...
by Bob McClure | Dec 19, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Corn, Crop Forecasting, Crop Yields
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...
by Main Street Data | Nov 12, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Commodities
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...
