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Growing season is underway as USDA publishes 2020/21 outlook

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,...
Final USDA Report Agrees With MSD’s Soybean Yield Forecast

Final USDA Report Agrees With MSD’s Soybean Yield Forecast

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...
The Truth About Crop Yield Gains

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...
Main Street Data Forecast Once Again Presages USDA Soybean and Corn Production Numbers

Main Street Data Forecast Once Again Presages USDA Soybean and Corn Production Numbers

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...
Late Planting and Corn Yield Loss from Early Frost

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...
2019 Floods: Notes From the Field

2019 Floods: Notes From the Field

by Bob McClure | Jul 9, 2019 | Agriculture Technology, Corn, Flooding, Soybeans

Notes From the Field: Wednesday morning, June 19 — in the overwhelming flood year of 2019. Two colleagues and I are driving, northbound, from KC to Omaha on the recently-submerged Interstate 29 due to this historic flood year. Feeling quite a bit more like the Florida...

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