date:Nov 14, 2012
ear. The bigger issue for corn production, however, may be the January estimate of acreage harvested for grain. There is a general expectation that the USDA's large December survey may reveal fewer acres than currently forecast.
On the supply side, the progress of the South American crops will be most important for the next three months. Weather conditions are currently improving somewhat from early wet conditions in Argentina and dry conditions in central and western Brazil. Some on-going dryn