Unusually Wet
Rush River Seed and Chemical Sales Agronomist Terry Bruns is based at Amenia, North Dakota. "We had a bit of a break after a lot of moisture and a little chillier conditions earlier in the year for about three weeks,…
Articles tagged under: Crop Tour
A Very Good Crop Coming
The crops in the Tower City, North Dakota area look excellent. "We've had a lot of rain and that contributed to some planting delays and tougher conditions but also some of the rain has been very timely throughout the summer,"…
Pro Farmer Tour Underway
Participants on two legs of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour are taking a closer look at more than 2,000 corn and soybean fields in the eastern and western Corn Belt. The multi-state tour wraps up Thursday in Rochester, Minnesota. Follow…
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour Results Are In
The Pro Farmer Crop estimates have U.S. corn production at more than 15.1 billion bushels, with an estimated average yield of 177 bushels per acre. These numbers take into account the data gathered during this past week's tour. The U.S.…
Pro Farmer Crop Tour Takes ‘Boots on Ground’ Look at the Corn Belt
This week, about 100 tour participants will take a closer look at the crops growing in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota. The Pro Farmer Crop Tour is divided into two tour routes: east and west. Pro…
DTN Digital Yield Tour Projects Large U.S. Crops
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…
Satellite Imaging Playing a Role in August Yield Tour
Analyzing crop data to estimate yields is what Gro Intelligence and DTN/Progressive Farmer did in their August yield tour. Gro Intelligence Senior Vice President of Agribusiness James Heneghan says the data is more than just satellite imaging. "We take a…
A Late Start Encouraged Weed Growth
M&S Seed co-owner Greg Selzer says because of the late planting start, there were some weed control challenges. "The fields vary, depending on how it canopied early on and how the crop developed. We struggled, and struggle would be an…
