date:Aug 21, 2013
sted for silage or abandoned. This year, NASS estimates the difference at 8.244 million acres. There is potential for the difference to vary from that estimate, depending on how the growing season ends.
The NASS August forecast of the U.S. average corn yield of 154.4 bushels per acre was three to four bushels less than expected. The initial reaction was that the forecast would be larger in subsequent reports.
However, weather conditions have become less favorable as large areas of the Dakotas,