Do you operate a business that depends on a cheap and abundant supply of corn for your production? Then here's some more potential good news courtesy of the USDA: the country is on a positive trend for corn growing, and since this crop is important not just in food manufacturing but other industries as well, there's a good chance that you can stand to benefit by accounting for this information with the help of manufacturing ERP software.

The government agency recently published a report identifying the "crop progress" of selected states and compared them to the corresponding numbers from this past October and November of 2012. The results are encouraging: Indiana placed among the top producers over a four year period with a 72 percent corn harvest rate and a prediction of more than a billion bushels of corn for 2013.

It's not just corn that this state has shown recent successes in, either. The same report also notes that soybeans are an area of strong production as well as reaching harvest levels of 87 percent. In the grand scheme of things, the entire country will supposedly be reaching a mark of 14 billion bushels. Other crops included in the report were such staples as cotton, sorghum and rice.

With manufacturing business software in place and ready to go, the specific results of surpluses, surges and positive numbers can be looked at in relation to a business' various components and partners. Is there proper communication between the different sectors of your business to account for the growth you plan to see? It could make a big difference when it comes to the final product.