date:May 07, 2014
erage (yield) was appropriate for the 3 days we looked at it, but will likely be too high. With the heat and winds the crop has experienced since last Thursday, I believe we have already lost some yield potential. The 10-year average (production) for Kansas is around 332 million bus. Our estimators, at 260.7 million, are well below that number, and I believe even that number is too high.
Ratings as of May 4 declined in all hard red winter states except Texas, which had dismal ratings coming int