Will USDA forecast of soybean crop keep climbing?

Since its first forecast of a record-large soybean crop, the first to top 4 billion bushels, the USDA has twice boosted its estimated size of the crop, now pegged at 4.269 billion bushels. Economist Darrel Good of U-Illinois says history suggests the estimate will keep climbing as the harvest progresses and production data become more… » Read More

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