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Hog Outlook: 2014 Pork Production Forecast Lowered
2014-09-16 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The September USDA crop report estimated the US average corn yield at a record 171.7 bushels per acre. They estimated soybean yield at a record 46.6 bushels per acre. The old yield records for both crops were set in 2009 at 164.7 bushels for corn and 44.0 bushels for soybeans, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, University of Missouri.
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