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Crop Tour is a fact-finding mission with a goal of getting a strong, objective view of corn yield potential from one big field across seven states.
The goal of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour is to get an objective view of corn yield potential and count pods in a 3' square for soybeans. One of the keys this year will be how much damage the drought caused through June.
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Since 2008 Pro Farmer has designated veteran scouts on Crop Tour as Master Scouts.
A theme during the 2021 Pro Farmer Crop Tour, which ran Aug. 16-19, was record ear counts as scouts pulled samples in seven states.
In an effort to head-off some of the questions about Crop Tour sampling, here’s our answers to a few “Crop Tour FAQs!”
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Report also signals the herd rebuilding phase has ended.
The end of March appears to be the next chance for approval, though some speculate China won’t take action until its domestic stockpiling program concludes at the end of April.
The China Cotton Association fears cotton acreage will decline if subsidies aren’t given to all Chinese cotton producers.