USDA Updates Corn Yield Estimates

Who's Hot and Who's Not?

Alan Brugler
By  Alan Brugler , DTN Contributing Analyst
USDA found record ear counts (about 29,600 per acre), but using the third-largest assumed ear weight in history, came up with a 167.4 bushel per acre national average yield for its August estimate. (DTN file photo by Pamela Smith)
DTN Contributing Analyst Alan Brugler looks at who's hot and who's not among key corn-growing states in USDA's first survey-based estimates of 2014 crop production.

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Alan Brugler