Interview with Sen. John Hoeven

Good, but may have already peaked.

Day 3 observations from eastern Crop Tour Consultant Mark Bernard

Day 3 results and observations from eastern Crop Tour Director Brian Grete

Yields and pod counts were both down from the three-year average.

We'll release complete results for the state tomorrow.

Early observations indicate the western Iowa crop needs sunlight to finish strong.

Scouts sampled a lost of immature corn in Eastern Illinois, but maturity improved as the crew worked westward.

Get a quick recap of today's price action.

“For 27 years the Pro Farmer Crop Tour has been a public service for the benefit of agriculture, in good times and bad. And it’s clearly a stressful time right now,” said Andy Weber Farm Journal CEO, in a statement. ( Farm Journal )

As scouts press forward through a deluge of rain in southwestern Iowa, they’re finding mud—and decent crops.

Crop Tour methods take not just the good ears, but the bad ones, too, for a more accurate representation.( Bruce Lantzky )

Tour leaders share what they're seeing in Illinois and western Iowa.

Two members pushed for a larger rate cut.

As a precaution, all USDA employees have been pulled off the tour.

“Further east was less mature, as we move west it gets a little more maturity,” Brian Grete said on Wednesday morning. “I think we’ll find more maturity as we move into eastern Iowa this afternoon.”