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Pro Farmer Crop Scouts Finding Really Good Corn and Soybean Crops in Midwest- But Probably Not a Record
Thu, 25 Aug 2016 05:53:55 CDT
Day three of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour found crop scouts in the mud and sampling fields in western Iowa and across Illinois. Both legs of the tour reported seeing a really good crop- but maybe not quite at record levels as has been suggested in the USDA August Crop Production report from earlier in the month.
The eastern leg scouts came up with an estimated Illinois corn crop of 193.5 bushels per acre- short of the 200 bushels per acre predicted by USDA- it is a much bigger Illinois crop than in 2015, when the state average ended up being 171.64 bushels per acre.
There will not be a total for all of Iowa until this evening- but the scouts saw an "ok" crop in northwest and west central Iowa- but did find a much better corn crop in southwest Iowa versus 2015. Chris Clayton with DTN tweeted on southwest Iowa "SW Iowa results are impressive. SW Iowa pulled an average 191.87 in district that tour averaged 169 over last 3 years." Again, the western leg, led by Chip Flory, reported seeing a really good crop- but likely not quite as good as what USDA was projecting in their 2016 August Crop Production Report.
We have two reports- one from each of the tour legs. Ohio Farm Broadcaster Ty Higgins has been traveling with scouts on the eastern leg, while Iowa Farm Broadcaster Ben Nuelle has covered the western leg of the 2016 tour. You can hear their updates from after the report sessions on Wednesday evening by clicking on the LISTEN BAR here.
You can review the Illinois Crop Numbers as compiled by the Pro Farmer tour by clicking here.
You can review the western Iowa Crop Numbers as compiled by the Pro Farmer Tour by clicking here.
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