Researcher doubts USDA soybean yield estimates

A soybean researcher has doubts about the accuracy of USDA’s projected soybean yields this year.  Shawn Conley with the University of Wisconsin says, “I think these yield estimates for NASS are overexagerated.” Conley tells Brownfield his boot-on-the-ground observations combined with nationwide satellite imagery don’t support USDA’s soybean yield expectations. “I’ll just use last year as […]

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