Crop Conditions
Some market analysts say the May 20 crop progress report from USDA will show the potential for trendline corn yields this year is now gone.
Estimates ranged from a high of 200 bpa to a low of 102 bpa, averaging 160-plus.
The area hit encompasses 14 million acres of insured crops, including 8.2 million corn acres and 5.6 million acres of soybeans
Dryness remains the biggest concern in the West, but moisture may be making its way to those areas this week. For crops in the Midwest looking for a drink, the forecast doesn’t look very promising.
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The report, which is the first of the season to include silking and blooming data, shows just how far behind the corn and soybean crops continue to be.
Crop conditions are so variable this year, analysts say we won’t have an accurate grasp of the impact on both yield and abandonment until later this summer.
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