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Afternoon Comments 05/21


The weekly Crop Progress report released Monday afternoon obviously depressed corn futures Tuesday, since the indicated surge in U.S. corn plantings easily exceeded expectations. Concurrent developments in the financial markets, particularly equity index slippage and U.S. dollar strength may have weighed upon prices early, but late mitigation of those moves seemed to take pressure off of commodities. Talk that recent old-crop price strength had sparked active farmer selling apparently weighed upon nearby futures. July corn fell 9.5 cents to $6.40/bushel Tuesday afternoon, while December ended the day unchanged at $5.2025.
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Corn production drops 13% to 10.8 billion bushels

USDA  |   August 10, 2012
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According to the USDA's Crop Prodution report, corn production is forecast at 10.8 billion bushels, down 13 percent from 2011 and the lowest production since 2006. Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average 123.4 bushels per acre, down 23.8 bushels from 2011. If realized, this will be the lowest average yield since 1995. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 87.4 million acres, down 2 percent from the June forecast but up 4 percent from 2011.

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B Posch    
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Canada  |  August, 10, 2012 at 07:56 AM

Do these numbers sound accurate? Especially that the acres harvested for grain will be down only 2% from the
June numbers? The Doane crop tour sounded more in line with reality.

R Kinney    
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illinios  |  August, 10, 2012 at 12:02 PM

usda isn't considering additional acreage to be chopped for feed because low hay supplies and reduced tonage of corn silage being made

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