WHAT WILL BE THE
1996 CORN CROP?
The weather across the Com
Belt this year was anything but
uniform.
Much of the western Com
Belt saw a dry spring followed
by a cool, wet summer. The
eastern Com Bell experienced
just the opposite—a wet spring
followed by a dry summer.
The eastern belt was so wet
this spring that much of the
com never got planted until
June and some never got
planted at all.
USDA’s August Crop
Report predicted a 118.7 bushel
per acre national average com
crop and the September crop
report predicted a 120.2 bushel
per acre average com crop. If
the September report proves
accurate, it would be the third
highest yielding com crop on
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President’s Message
Curt Rakestraw
President, PMCGA
record!
I emphasized the word if in
the previous sentence because
USDA’s August and Septem
ber com crop estimates have
not been very accurate in past
years, where a lot of com got
planted late, such as this year.
For example, in 1974 USDA’s
August and September report
predicted a S billion bushel
crop. The actual crop ended up
at 4.65 billion bushels.
In 1993, USDA’s August
and September com crop report
estimated the crop at approxi
mately 7.3 billion bushels. The
1993 final crop ended up at 6.3
billion bushels.
Even last year, USDA’s
August and September reports
showed a 8.1 and 7.8 billion
bushel crop, respectively. The
actual crop size turned out to be
less than 7.4 billion bushels.
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Don’t be fooled by light duty look
alikes that will appear in the
aftermarketl
Even if USDA’s September
crop estimate is correct, we will
only add 100 million bushels to
next year’s com carryover
(which would be the second
lowest in history). If USDA has
overestimated this year’s late
crop by anywhere near as much
as they’ve overestimated previ
ous late planted com crops, we
will have the tightest com supp
ly in history.
Prices as I write this do not
reflect a tight supply situation.
However, com is still slightly
higher than it was last year at
this time.
USDA’s projected national
average price is slightly higher
for the 1996 crop than the actu
al price was for the ’95 crop
and that’s assuming we have a
120-bushel per acre crop!
Don’t be too suiprised if we
see a strong rally in prices this
winter, followed by another
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An upcoming conference,
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The conference will be held
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Thirty-five presentations by
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harvesting season.
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