Pro Farmer Crop Tour Hits the Fields to see if Corn and Soybean Yields are on a Record-Setting Pace

August 20, 2024

Pro Farmer Crop Tour Hits the Fields to see if Corn and Soybean Yields are on a Record-Setting Pace

Lenexa, Kan. (Aug. 19, 2024) — Scouts will travel across the Corn Belt this week to measure this year’s corn and soybean yield potential during the 32^nd annual Pro Farmer Crop Tour. The tour runs Aug.19-22, covering seven states and capturing the attention of the agriculture industry and national media. Observations and results of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour will be shared nightly at in-person events throughout the tour and streamed live online at AgWeb.com.

“Heading into this year’s tour, we knew there were areas that received excessive moisture through June in northwestern parts of the Corn Belt that resulted in some lost acres due to flooding and washouts,” said Brian Grete, Pro Farmer editor. “We also know southern and eastern areas of the Corn Belt that trended drier through June received timely rains ahead of pollination.”

Pro Farmer Crop Tour is the most thorough and most followed inspection of yield potential during a critical time in the growing season. Crop industry stakeholders watch results closely for insights around projected grain supplies and the effects on commodity markets.

“USDA no longer collects objective yield samples in August, so Crop Tour will be the first to broadly measure ear populations and pod counts from actual fields across the Corn Belt,” said Chip Flory, “AgriTalk” host and Western tour director. “The objective is to find a representative sample of yield potential across the seven Corn Belt states. We’ll pull more than 1,600 corn and 1,600 soybean samples this week, which should provide significant insight into this crop and how it may finish.”

Farmer-scouts and industry experts will cover fields across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota on the tour. A summary of findings will be presented nightly at 8 p.m. CDT, through a live-streamed broadcast hosted by Clinton Griffiths, Tyne Morgan, Chip Flory and Brian Grete. Registration is required to attend nightly meetings and to access live-streamed results each night. Registration is available at ProFarmer.com/register.

Each day’s official findings and results will be published on ProFarmer.com, where subscribers have exclusive access to comparative data of past tour results.

Robust daily coverage also will be delivered on Farm Journal’s industry-leading media platforms including AgWeb.com and “AgDay” TV. Grete and Flory will join tour scouts on “AgriTalk” radio at 10:06 a.m. and 2:06 p.m. CDT to share the latest crop observations each day of the tour. Real-time reports will cascade across social media at #PFTour24. Pro Farmer’s national crop production estimates will be published in the Aug. 24 issue of the Pro FarmerNewsletter. Coverage wraps this weekend with a special edition of “U.S. Farm Report.”

Pro Farmer thanks the scouts that make this event possible: platinum sponsors Pioneer, BASF and NewLeaf; gold sponsors Case IH, Meristem, RCIS and SweetWater Technologies; and silver sponsors BW Fusion, Farm Credit Services of America, Firestone Ag, Morton Buildings, Smart Nitrogen and U.S. Soybean Export Council for their partnership in the 2024 Pro Farmer Crop Tour.

Founded in 1973, Pro Farmer is the leading subscription-based market advisory organization in agriculture and serves members across the U.S. and Canada.

About Farm Journal

Farm Journal is the nation’s leading business information and media company serving the agricultural market. The company serves the row crop, livestock, produce and retail sectors through branded websites, eNewsletters and phone apps; business magazines; live events including conferences and tradeshows; nationally broadcast television and radio programs; and an array of data-driven, paid information products. Farm Journal is also the majority shareholder of the online equipment marketplace, Machinery Pete LLC. Trust In Food is a Farm Journal division dedicated to accelerating the adoption of climate-smart and regenerative agriculture in ways that work for producers and enhance connection to consumers. In 2010, the company established the non-profit, public charity, Farm Journal Foundation, dedicated to sustaining agriculture’s ability to meet the vital needs of a growing population through education and empowerment.

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