Pro Farmer Crop Tour News & Analysis
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. This year’s Pro Farmer Crop Tour takes place August 17-20, 2026.
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Tune in all day for Pro Farmer Crop Tour coverage. We’ll follow along as scouts spread out across the Corn Belt, providing real-time analysis, weather and market information for viewers each day starting at 8 a.m. CT and ending with our nightly results broadcast at 7:55 pm CT.
Day 3 observations and comments from Brian Grete, director of the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Day 2 observations and comments from Mark Bernard, consultant on the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Day 2 observations and comments from Brian Grete, director of the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Emily highlights key data points from day 1 of the western leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Day 1 observations from Brent Judish on the western leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Day 1 thoughts from Chip Flory on the western leg of Crop Tour.
Day 1 observations and comments from Mark Bernard, consultant on the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Day 1 observations and comments from Brian Grete, director of the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
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.