#PFtour19: Minnesota Corn ‘Needs a Miracle’

Green snap, tipback and immature plants seem to be the common theme as the 2019 Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts hit the fields in parts of Minnesota and Iowa this morning. Will this trend continue throughout the day? Follow along by searching #PFtour19 on Twitter.

Minnesota:

Murray County #Minnesota. Great looking corn for July 4th. Unfortunately, it's August 22nd. Has the potential of 214 bushels per acre. Needs a miracle to get that far. #pftour19 pic.twitter.com/L4bB6SzZsO

— Dustin Hoffmann, Iowa Ag Radio (@Dustin_IAAgBiz) August 22, 2019

Renville County, MN. 195. #pftour19 pic.twitter.com/g2ZxlZHDgz

— Jarod Creed (@JrodCreed) August 22, 2019

Stop 5 in Wantowan Co MN. Great looking ears, but widespread greensnap and hail damage. Average ear count 32.5. 😳🙁 #pftour19
Yield estimate - 105.2 pic.twitter.com/zLhppaZY7g

— Ted Seifried (@TheTedSpread) August 22, 2019

#pftour19 Stop 2. Floyd county. 157 corn and 1180. Some tipback. pic.twitter.com/lu9AOtkEPl

— Bruce Lantzky (@Lantzkyfarms) August 22, 2019

4 stops in Minnesota (Martin, Faribault Ctys). Avg 177 bu/acre on #corn. Last year the tour found 178 in this district, and the three year avg is 183. #pftour19 pic.twitter.com/fI036XS4Cn

— Karen Braun (@kannbwx) August 22, 2019

Pipestone County #Minnesota number two. Not very mature at all. Estimated yield of 160 bushels per acre, but will it make it? I guess is probably not. #pftour19 pic.twitter.com/KX5jF1SFoq

— Dustin Hoffmann, Iowa Ag Radio (@Dustin_IAAgBiz) August 22, 2019

Watonwan Co., MN - Pod counts are super low at 686.4 by 3 x 3 area. Corn has lodging and other problems, yield at 177.97 bushels per acre. #pftour19 pic.twitter.com/FiE7go83Fd

— Betsy Jibben (@BetsyJibben) August 22, 2019

Iowa:

There’s a noticeable difference in Iowa’s crops north if I-80. Still not seeing 100 pod counts like in past years, but plants are a little more loaded than what they say yesterday. And corn yields were north of 200 bu/a, which is expected in Iowa. #pftour19 pic.twitter.com/88UtfHV27G

— Tyne Morgan (@Tyne_Ag) August 22, 2019

'looked good from the road'#pftour19 #itsonlyiowa pic.twitter.com/DQkQEGa5Uj

— Zach Egesdal (@RealZachEgesdal) August 22, 2019

Mahaska County, IA corn at 172 bpa #PFTour19 pic.twitter.com/pOYXCbsLc9

— OCJ & Ohio Ag Net (@ocj_ohioagnet) August 22, 2019

Slightly below-average soy field just south of Fayette. Estimated pod count of 1,011, compared with 3-year average of 1,150. May have interrupted an afternoon delight between these two Japanese beetles. #pftour19 pic.twitter.com/Z9TewPeXrd

— Michael Hirtzer (@mhirtz) August 22, 2019

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Follow along with today’s coverage:

Scouts Anticipate Good Looking Crops In Eastern Iowa

First Look: Minnesota Corn Yields Disappoint

Crop Tour Day 3: Illinois Corn and Soybeans Yields Take a Nosedive

Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour: Illinois is the Take of Two Crops