Collected Publications for Scott Irwin

Just How Surprising Was the Prospective Plantings Report for Corn and Soybeans?

Was the Final USDA Estimate of the 2020 U.S. Corn Yield an Outlier?

The Impact of Preseason La Niña Episodes on Corn and Soybean Yields in Brazil and Argentina

Revisiting South American Corn and Soybean Yield Trends and Risks

Using Preliminary FSA Data to Project Final Planted Acreage for Corn and Soybeans

Using Preliminary FSA Data to Project Final Prevented Plant Acreage for Corn, Soybeans, and All Crops

The Accuracy of Early Season Crop Weather Model Forecasts of the U.S. Average Soybean Yield

The Accuracy of Early Season Crop Weather Model Forecasts of the U.S. Average Corn Yield

Understanding the WAOB Crop Weather Model for Soybeans

Understanding the WAOB Crop Weather Model for Corn

Unconditional vs. Conditional Trend Estimates for U.S. Corn and Soybeans

How Sensitive Are Trend Yield Projections for U.S. Soybeans to the Starting Year of the Estimation Period?

How Sensitive Are Trend Yield Projections for U.S. Corn to the Starting Year of the Estimation Period?

The Impact of Late Planting on U.S. Average Soybean Yield

The Impact of Late Planting on U.S. Average Corn Yield

A Simple Method of Forecasting Weekly U.S. Corn Planting Progress

Further Evidence on the Time It Takes to Plant the U.S. Corn Crop

An Update on How Many Days It Takes to Plant the U.S. Corn Crop

Another Look at Late Planting of the 2019 Soybean Crop

Another Look at Late Planting of the 2019 Corn Crop

Late Planting and Projections of the 2019 U.S. Soybean Yield

The Implications of Late Planting for the 2019/20 Corn Balance Sheet

Late Planting and Projections of 2019 U.S. Corn and Soybean Acreage

Late Planting and Projections of the 2019 U.S. Corn Yield

Prospects for Timely Planting of the 2019 Corn Crop

Here We Go Again: How Many Days Does It Take to Plant the U.S. Corn Crop?

Measuring the Accuracy of Forecasting Corn and Soybean Yield with Good and Excellent Crop Condition Ratings

Does the Bias in Early Season Crop Condition Ratings for Corn and Soybeans Vary with the Magnitude of the Ratings?

What to Make of High Early Season Crop Condition Ratings for Soybeans

What to Make of High Early Season Crop Condition Ratings for Corn?

Prospects for Timely Planting of the 2018 Soybean Crop

Prospects for Timely Planting of the 2018 Corn Crop

How Many Days Does It Take to Plant the U.S. Corn Crop?

Should We Be Surprised about the U.S. Average Yield of Corn and Soybeans in 2017?

How Should We Use Within-Season Crop Condition Ratings for Corn and Soybeans?

When Should We Start Paying Attention to Crop Condition Ratings for Corn and Soybeans?

What’s Driving the Non-Linear Trend in U.S. Average Soybean Yields?

U.S. Soybean Yield Trends for Irrigated and Non-Irrigated Production

Will the Shift in Soybean Acreage Impact National Yield in 2017? A State-Level Trend Analysis

Forming Expectations for the 2017 Brazil and Argentina Corn and Soybean Yields: The Impact of La Niña

Assessing Argentina Soybean Yield Risks: Historical Deviations from Trend

Assessing Brazilian Soybean Yield Risks: Historical Deviations from Trend

Assessing Argentine Corn Yield Risk: Historical Deviations from Trend

The RFS and Domestic Consumption of Conventional Ethanol and Biomass-Based Diesel to 2022

The EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Rulemaking for 2017 Was More Aggressive than Expected

Assessing South American Soybean Yield Risks: Estimating the Yield Trend

Assessing South American Corn Yield Risks: Estimating the Yield Trend

Assessing South American Corn and Soybean Yield Risks: Exploring the Data Sources

Big Corn and Soybean Crops Get Bigger is a Myth!

Opening Up the Black Box: More on the USDA Corn Yield Forecasting Methodology

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