Protected: Once Again, the USDA Adjusts Yield to Match Main Street Data Forecasts. What Do These Adjustments Tell Us About the 2019 Flood Year, Especially When We Compare it to 1993?

by Ken Cassman | Sep 19, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Corn, Corn Prices, Crop Forecasting, Crop Yields, Flooding, Nitrogen

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Main Street Data will attend September 12th NIBA conference as new member.

by Main Street Data | Sep 3, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Corn Prices, Crop Forecasting

Main Street Data recently joined the National Introducing Brokers Association (NIBA) and will attend its “Future of Brokerage” conference on September 12th in Chicago. Main Street Data is the agriculture industry’s leading independent technology firm, working at the...

2019 US Harvested Corn: Substantial Acres Lost to Wet Conditions

by Bob McClure | Aug 19, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Corn, Corn Prices, Crop Forecasting, Crop Yields, Flooding

Main Street Data is now forecasting that 1.9M acres of harvested corn will be lost to this historic 2019 flood year (compared to the July projections). Our Progressive WeatherYield product uses satellite images, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to...

Late Planting and Corn Yield Loss from Early Frost

by Ken Cassman | Aug 12, 2019 | Agriculture Technology, Corn, Crop Forecasting, Crop Yields, Soybeans

Main Street Data reports elevated risk of corn yield loss from early frost, due to late planting of the 2019 corn crop where flooding and waterlogged soils prevented timely sowing. In these flooded areas it was not uncommon to see fields silking in late July and early...

Corn prices dropped, and Progressive WeatherYield forecast users knew over two weeks ago.

by Bob McClure | Aug 12, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Corn, Corn Prices, Crop Forecasting

How? Because Progressive WeatherYield forecasts state and national corn yields 15 days in advance.Based on the below Progressive WeatherYield forecast, supply increased over the past two weeks, with corn prices dropping accordingly. While the August 12 USDA WASDE...

Corn Crop Yields: After the Flood — Beware the Heat

by Ken Cassman | Jul 17, 2019 | Corn, Crop Forecasting, Crop Yields

After a rough planting season with widespread delayed or prevented corn planting due to floods and waterlogged soils, the remaining crop is growing rapidly with return to normal weather. With reasonably good soil moisture in most of the Corn Belt, and no drought...