Darrel Good Quotes


With the growing season coming to an end, most observers believe that the South American crop will be record large, with more uncertainty about the Argentine crop than the Brazilian crop. U.S. soybean oil stocks at the end of the most recent reporting month--January 2006--were estimated at 2.477 billion pounds, nearly 60 percent larger than stocks of a year ago. Stocks were at the highest level since August 2002. - Darrel Good



Those intentions are widespread geographically, with the exception of Minnesota and North Dakota, where intentions are unchanged and up 240,000 acres, respectively. - Darrel Good



This is contrary to the view that the markets are inefficient and provides substantial opportunities for farmers to gain additional profits through marketing. - Darrel Good



There was tremendous variability among services. - Darrel Good



There appeared to be no trend in the size or direction of forecast errors over the study period. - Darrel Good



The USDA generates crop production forecasts based on estimates of planted and harvested acreage and two types of yield indications--a farmer-reported survey and objective measurements. - Darrel Good