USDA Corn Expert Explains Yield Numbers From NASS Report

August 22, 2017 01:39 PM

TAGS: Marketing, Overseas

December 18, 2014

By Ashley Davenport
Farm Journal Broadcast
Multimedia Editor

Chris Hawthorn, USDA-NASS corn expert, has faced questions on how he came up with the Aug. 1 corn estimate compared to the crop conditions reports released on a weekly basis.

Hawthorn is on the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour and he explains his findings.

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