Simulated state-level maize yields, 1979-2012

This dataset contains simulated county-level maize yields in the conterminous US for the year 2012 as well as hindcasts for maize yield from 1979-2011 for use in validation and analysis. The 2012 values are zero lead time forecasts estimated from simulations of pDSSAT, a gridded high-resolution version of the detailed biophysical crop growth model CERES-Maize (as part of DSSAT). The simulations were conducted in December 2012 and published to figshare in January 2013 in anticipation of the release of the official statistics on county-level US maize yields from USDA NASS in February 2013.