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This is the cover image of the Evaluating U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Long-Term Forecasts for U.S. Harvested Area report.

Evaluating U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Long-Term Forecasts for U.S. Harvested Area

  • ERR-285

Overview

This report analyzes the accuracy of the historical baseline projections for U.S. corn, soybean, and wheat harvested area for the period from 1997 to 2017. The report finds that statistical modeling approaches have the potential to improve the performance of USDA’s baseline projections.

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