In the 2020 digital yield tour with DTN, Gro Intelligence is forecasting a national average U.S. corn yield of 183.9 bushels per acre, more than two bushels per acre above the USDA’s August estimate. However, this estimate doesn’t account for last week’s damage from Derecho. The estimated corn yield for Minnesota is 200 bushels per acre. “There’s the potential for record corn yields and really phenomenal conditions in Minnesota,” said Katie Dehlinger, farm business editor, DTN/Progressive Farmer. South Dakota’s corn yield estimate is 174 bushels per acre. The national soybean yield estimate is 53.1 bushels per acre, with Minnesota’s yield at 52 bushels per acre and South Dakota’s soybean estimate at 49 bushels per acre. Both are slightly above the USDA’s August estimates.
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