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...
by Bob McClure | Jul 2, 2020 | Agriculture Technology, Crop Forecasting, Crop Yields
Now is a good time to review yield forecast models for your corn and bean crops It’s nearly the Fourth of July, and along with flag-waving and family picnics comes the mid-summer estimates of corn and bean yields. While the knee-high adage is no longer as accurate as...
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 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...
