CropProphet quantifies the impact of weather on corn yield. This post discussed a new quantification: direct calculation of the corn yield forecast implied by the 12Z GFS Operational weather model forecast. The corn yield forecast implied by the 12Z GFS Operational is calculated in 5-day increments as the data is made available from NOAA. The[…]
The mission of CropProphet is to quantify the impact weather has on grain crops. A substantial amount of data and information is required to achieve our mission. The information available enables us to provide unique analytics to better inform the decisions CropProphet customers make. In this post, we discuss the importance of calculations showing the[…]
The mission of CropProphet is to quantify the impact weather has on crop yield and production as objectively as possible. The #1 request for product improvement during 2018 while discussing our mission with customers was to add ECWMF analysis. ECMWF is the weather forecast model from the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts. It[…]
We all had to wait a bit because of the government shutdown, but the 2018 Crop Yield and Production results from the USDA NASS are in. We are happy to say that CropProphet performed very well for 2018 as summarized by the table below. Below is a bit more information regarding some of the details[…]
Weather and Corn Yield Forecasts – Year over Year GrainBridge has an article discussing if historical corn prices can help to predict future corn prices. In fact, it’s titled “Can Historical Corn Prices help us Predict where Corn Prices will go in the Near Term?“ The article states “A few of the factors driving the[…]