date:Aug 13, 2013
mixed but mostly lower.
Based on Aug. 1 conditions, corn yield was forecast at 154.4 bus an acre, up 31 bus from 123.4 bus an acre in 2012 and the highest average yield since 2009, the U.S.D.A. said. Harvested area was forecast at 89,135,000 acres, unchanged from the June Acreage report but up 2% from 87,375,000 acres in 2012.
Soybean yield was forecast at 42.6 bus an acre, up 3 bus from 39.6 bus an acre in 2012 and the fifth highest on record if realized. Harvested area was forecast at 76,37