I didn't want to hijack the thread below. I'm .... I don't know what I am.... if someone says "it's better than I expected" regarding yield at this time of year then I "assume" (that's dangerous I know) that it's better than what he thought the yield would be when he pulled the combine into the field. If someone actually means it's better than he had "planned" or "budgeted" for I would "assume" (there's that word again) that he would have stated so. I don't know about anyone else but I have a beginning budget starting now (or some earlier) for the next year and adjust or tweak it throughout the year to reflect reality as to costs and returns based on "expected" yields due to wx to date x forward sales plus then current prices on the balance. I guess I just don't get all of the confusion regarding the phrase "better than expected".

With all that said I will say that my corn yields (for the most part) so far are "better than I expected".

Go ahead and rip on me I can take it.