by Bob McClure | Oct 11, 2019 | AgriBusiness, Agriculture Technology, Commodities, Crop Forecasting, Soybeans
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
