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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...

Historic 2019 Harvest Comes to a Close

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...

The Truth About Crop Yield Gains

by Ken Cassman | Nov 26, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Corn, Crop Yields, Nitrogen, Soybeans

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...

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?

by Ken Cassman | Oct 3, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Commodities, Corn, Flooding, Nitrogen

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,...

First Freeze Now Predicted for Late September. Since Every Warm Day Matters in This Year’s Corn Production – How Likely is an Early Frost in Your Area?

by Ken Cassman | Sep 17, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Corn, Crop Yields, Nitrogen

Corn production is a topic on everyone’s mind these days, and the big question is: when will the first freeze put an end to the 2019 growing season? The map below shows the first freeze possible in the Upper Midwest on September 29, which is later than the 30-year...