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Mark’s observations and comments from the final day of Crop Tour.
Get preliminary route reports from Crop Tour leaders as they make their way through Iowa and Minnesota on the final day of the tour.
The northwest Corn Belt has been particularly hard-hit.
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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.
Aggressive buying by China (much of which was known) powered the strong showing.
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.
Mark’s observations and comments from Day 3 of Crop Tour.
My observations and comments from Day 3 of Crop Tour.
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.
Nebraska soybean pod counts down 5.5% from year-ago, rain needed soon; state’s estimated corn yield up over 4%.
My observations and comments from Day 2 of Crop Tour.
Ear counts indicate bigger Nebraska, Indiana corn yields.
Mark’s comments and observations from Day 2 of Crop Tour.
Stream our nightly Crop Tour meetings here. The video begins at 7:00 p.m. CT.
Get preliminary updates from Tour leaders as they make their way through Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois.
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.