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.
My observations and comments from the first day of Crop Tour.
From the Rows | August 16, 2021 Crop Tour Day 1 shows South Dakota corn, soybeans under dryness stress.
Mark Bernard’s Day 1 observations and comments from the eastern leg of Crop Tour.
Emily Carolan shares a recap of Day 1 of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour from the data bunker.
Tour leaders share preliminary comments and results from their routes through South Dakota, Nebraska, Indiana and Ohio.
Because USDA no longer collects objective yield samples in August, this will be the industry’s first broad look at field data from across the Corn Belt.
While we’re scouting fields across the Corn Belt Aug. 16-19 on the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, you can scout your own fields.
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