date:Nov 14, 2012
al prices will be influenced by a large number of factors. The final estimate of the size of the 2012 crops to be released on January 11, 2013 is one of those factors. For soybeans, the pattern of 2012 yield forecasts to date, lower in September and higher in October and again in November, was experienced six other times in the previous 30 years.
The yield estimate released in January following harvest in those six years was above the November forecast three times and below the forecast three