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.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 173.25 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,172.48.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 187.54 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,409.02.
Brent’s perspective on the South Dakota corn and soybean crops and an early look at the crop in northeastern Nebraska.
Chip has details and perspective on the South Dakota corn and soybean crops.
Observations from Day 1 of the eastern leg of Crop Tour.
Observations from Day 1 of the eastern leg of Crop Tour.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 156.51 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,025.89.
Scouts measured average corn yield potential of 183.29 bu. per acre. Pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,229.93.
Crop Tour is a fact-finding mission with a goal of getting a strong, objective view of corn yield potential from one big field across seven states.
Pro Farmer estimates the U.S. corn crop at 14.960 billion bu. with an average yield of 172.0 bu. per acre. We estimate the U.S. soybean crop at 4.110 billion bu. with an average yield of 49.7 bu. per acre.