Spring Floods, Droughts, & USDA Shutdown Creates Unprecedented Uncertainty in U.S. Corn Market; Genscape Invokes NASA Big Data Initiative to Forecast 13.3 Billion Bushels
Louisville, KY (PRWEB) October 17, 2013 -- While industry analysts point to a strong crop yield, the predictions show an unusually wide gap ranging from 13.2 to 14.2 billion bushels of corn produced during the 2013 growing season – with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasting 13.8 billion bushels.
A unique combination of spring floods and flash droughts, coupled with an unusually and long growing season, have conspired to make this year’s annual corn forecast the most difficult on record. However, Genscape simplifies the complexity with an online October forecast: http://info.genscape.com/oct-landviewer-corn-forecast
“Given the unusual circumstances around this year’s growing season, we feel our NASA satellite and big data initiatives are even more important,” says Dr. Steffen Mueller, director of spatial grain analytics at Genscape. “We are back to our original prediction of 13.3 billion bushels, and we have the hard data to back it up.”
The lack of USDA data further delays many modeling efforts. Genscape’s LandViewer model offers next generation data acquisition techniques, integrates NASA satellite imagery, and the industry’s most unified ground-based crop yield verification – called “ground truthing – with extensive analysis by experienced soil/agricultural scientists.
Normally at this time of year, the USDA incorporates Farm Service Agency (FSA) lost acreage data, however this year that analysis is not available to market participants due to the government shutdown. Because Genscape is able to incorporate NASA satellite imagery with best-in-the-industry ground truthing data, the latest Genscape forecast is the only known model to account for this market intelligence.
Additional information about the Genscape LandViewer model is available by visiting: http://info.genscape.com/landviewer-oct
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