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S Illinois | And what makes RMA data superior? Don't they have something like a 3-5% tolerance when reporting yields before changes need to be made. At the small 3% error, it would mean their yield last year could have been anywhere between 169.4 bu and 179.8 bu for corn and for beans 50.5 and 53.7. Estimating yields this early may not be productive, but I am not sure that crop insurance yields are exactly the best either.
RMA https://www.rma.usda.gov/handbooks/18000/2016/16_18010.pdf
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