Articles tagged under: Pro Farmer

Pro Farmer Corn Estimate Falls Below USDA Forecast

Published August 21, 2026

Pro Farmer is estimating the 2026 U.S. corn crop at 15.3 billion bushels. That compares to USDA’s latest estimate of 16 billion bushels. The average corn yield is projected at 173.2 bushels per acre. The soybean crop is in line…

Top StoriesLatest NewsMarketsAg BusinessCrops

Crop Maturity Issues in ECB

Published August 19, 2026

The Pro Farmer Crop Tour identified significant variability in the Eastern Corn Belt, with crop maturity emerging as a major concern. U.S. Farm Report host Tyne Morgan participated in the eastern leg of the tour and said Illinois was her…

Top StoriesLatest NewsCrops

An Objective Analysis

Published August 23, 2025

Zaner Ag Hedge Chief Market Analyst Karen Braun has been a part of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour for a dozen years. "This is the big story, of course, this year was USDA coming out with 188.8 (bushel per acre…

Latest News

Pro Farmer Crop Estimate: Strong Potential, But Influenced by Disease

Published August 22, 2025

Pro Farmer is forecasting a 16.2 billion bushel corn crop nationwide and a 4.2 billion bushel soybean crop. After its weeklong crop tour, Pro Farmer analysts project the average corn yield of 182.7 bushels per acre. That’s far below the…

Top StoriesLatest NewsMarketsAg BusinessCrops

A Big Crop, Despite Disease Pressure

Published August 22, 2025

Pro Farmer crop scouts found a huge corn crop in Minnesota. The yield estimate of nearly 203 bushels per acre was up from 165 bushels per acre last year and a three-year average of 179 bushels. Soybean pods in a…

Top StoriesLatest NewsCrops

‘Big Yields, Yeah; Huge Yields, No’

Published August 22, 2025

Recapping the Iowa numbers on the Pro Farmer tour, corn yields are estimated at more than 198 bushels per acre. That’s up from 193 bushels per acre last year and 186 bushels per acre for the three-year average. It could…

Latest NewsCrops

Grete Exits Pro Farmer

Published July 26, 2025

After 29-plus years with the company, Brian Grete is no longer with Pro Farmer. Grete, who has been Pro Farmer's editor for the last dozen years, wrote it was time to move on. "Change is inevitable," said Grete.

Latest NewsAg Business

Budget Reconciliation on the ‘To Do’ List

Published March 21, 2025

Hope remains for a new farm bill in 2025, but Pro Farmer Washington DC policy analyst Jim Wiesemeyer thinks there might be too much partisanship in the way. "There are very low odds you'll have a stand-alone farm bill for…

Top StoriesLatest NewsPolicy

Pro Farmer Forecasts a Big Crop

Published August 24, 2024

Pro Farmer wrapped up the week with the release of its national corn and soybean estimates. Corn production is forecast at 14.9 billion bushels with an average yield of 181.1 bushels per acre. For soybeans, production is expected to total…

Top StoriesLatest NewsMarketsCrops

Crop Scouts Found ‘a Tough’ Corn Crop in MN

Published August 23, 2024

The Pro Farmer Crop Tour wrapped up Thursday night in Rochester. Pro Farmer's Minnesota’s corn yield estimate is just shy of 165 bushels per acre. That compares to 181 bushels per acre a year ago. The soybean pod count is…

Top StoriesLatest NewsCrops