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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

by Main Street Data | Aug 27, 2020 | Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Corn, Crop Forecasting, Crop Yields

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...

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by Main Street Data | Aug 6, 2020 | Agriculture Technology, Corn, Crop Yields, In The News

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

by MainSt Data | Jul 27, 2020 | AgriBusiness, Commodities, Corn, Crop Forecasting, Crop Yields

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...

Growing season is underway as USDA publishes 2020/21 outlook

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,...

Corn Ethanol Demand, in Perspective

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...

Data Science is More than Just Data and Science. There’s Also the Human Touch.

by Main Street Data | Feb 19, 2020 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Corn, Crop Forecasting

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...