Collected Publications for Scott Irwin

Do Big Soybean Crops Always Get Bigger?

Are USDA Soybean Yield Forecasts Getting Better or Worse over Time?

Are USDA Corn Yield Forecasts Getting Better or Worse over Time?

What Can We Learn About Corn and Soybean Yields From Crop Tours?

Do Big Corn Crops Always Get Bigger?

Rolling Back the Write Down of the Renewable Mandate for 2014: The RINs Market Rings the Bell Again

The 2014 U.S. Average Soybean Yield: Headed for a New Record?

The 2014 U.S. Average Corn Yield: Big or Really Big?

Shifting Trade Patterns and Higher Crude Oil Prices Brighten Prospects for U.S. Ethanol and Corn

Why Are Ethanol Prices and Production Profits So High?

Recent Ethanol Blending Margins

Accuracy of USDA Forecasts of Corn Ending Stocks

Off-the-Chart Profitability of Ethanol Production

Prospects for Timely Planting of the 2014 Corn Crop

The Relationship between Planting Intentions, Actual Plantings, and Prevented Plantings over 2007-2013

Are There Acres Missing from the USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report?

Recent Trends in the Profitability of Biodiesel Production

Recent Trends in the Profitability of Ethanol Production

Implying the Probability of an EPA Reversal on the Write Down of the Renewable Mandate from the RINs Market

Who Wins if the EPA Reverses Itself on the Write Down of the Renewable Mandate in 2014?

Will the EPA Reverse Itself on the Write Down of the Renewable Mandate for 2014? The Message from the RINs Market

The Role of Sampling Errors in Explaining Recent Surprises in USDA Corn Stocks Estimates: Part II

The Role of Sampling Errors in Explaining Recent Surprises in USDA Corn Stocks Estimates: Part I

Explanations for Recent Surprises in USDA Corn Stocks Estimates: How Well Do they Hold Up?

Is There a Problem with USDA Grain Stocks Estimates in Corn?

Evaluation of Selected USDA WAOB and NASS Forecasts and Estimates in Corn and Soybeans

IFES 2013: The RFS and Crop Markets: Where to from Here?

Estimating the Biomass-Based Diesel Supply Curve

Potential Impact of Alternative RFS Outcomes for 2014 and 2015

How Long Should We Expect Corn and Soybean Prices to Remain Above or Below Average?

More on Ethanol RINs Pricing

More on Biodiesel RINs Pricing

Biodiesel Supply, Demand, and RINs Pricing

Estimating the Biodiesel Supply Curve

Corn Prices Pressured by Both Supply and Demand Factors

What’s Behind the Plunge in RINs Prices?

Ethanol Prices Drive Corn Prices, Right?

The Remarkable Foresight of Biodiesel RINs Traders

Biodiesel Supply Response to Production Profits

Recent Trends in Biodiesel Prices and Production Profits

Decision Time for the RFS?

USDA Corn and Soybean Production Forecasting Procedures Revisited With a Focus on Derived Ear Weights

Solving the Commodity Markets’ Non-Convergence Puzzle

RINs Gone Wild?

Understanding the Pricing of Distillers’ Grain Solubles

Is the U.S. Corn Boom Ending?

E85 Pricing and Recent Consumption Trends

An Updated Look at the Profitability of Ethanol Production

What Combination of Corn and RINs Prices Makes E85 Competitive?

What Price of Corn is Required to Make E85 Competitive?

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