Pro Farmer Crop Tour
For more than 30 years, Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts have been providing the agriculture industry with insights into potential corn and soybean production, gathering scout reports from 2,000+ fields across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota.
The next Pro Farmer Crop Tour takes place August 18-21, 2025.
Day 3--Scouts took samples from Iowa districts 1, 4 and 7. Iowa’s full results will be posted at the end of day 4.
Pro Farmer estimates the U.S. corn crop at 15.116 billion bu. with an average yield of 177.0 bu. per acre. We estimate the U.S. soybean crop at 4.436 billion bu. on a national average yield of 51.2 bu. per acre.
This issue is all about our Crop Tour findings and our Pro Farmer crop estimates.
Tune in for coverage of the last day of coverage with scouts sampling fields in Iowa and Minnesota. Results for these states will be unveiled at 8:00 p.m. CT.
Get preliminary route reports from Crop Tour leaders as they make their way through Iowa and Minnesota on the final day of the tour.
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The 30- and 90-day forecast maps maintain concerns about drought-stressed crops in the northwest Corn Belt but they signal crops in the eastern Belt should have the moisture needed to finish strong.
Crop Tour Day 3 results show strong corn yield prospects for southwest Iowa.
Surprise, surprise: Illinois Crop Tour numbers raise questions over outsized yield expectations.
Watch this live broadcast as Tour leaders and scouts comment on what they found on routes through Illinois and western Iowa, with results unveiled at 8:00 p.m. CT.
Stream the nightly meetings here. The video begins at 7:00 p.m. CT.
Your Tour leaders share a midday update as they sample fields in Illinois and western Iowa.