Crop Watch 2025: Corn Yield Threats

Several threats are impacting corn yields this season, including overly tight tassel wrap, Southern Rust and tar spot.

Unscripted: ‘Overly Tight Tassel Wrap’ Affecting Pollination?

Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal field agronomist, joins Tyne Morgan and Clinton Griffiths to shed light on crop conditions, particularly pollination issues.

Crop Condition News
This lined up with trader ideas that these figures were likely headed higher.
Several inches of rain are possible from the southern Rockies into the Upper Midwest later this week.
The group pegged Australia’s wheat crop at an eight-year low.
Cool, breezy weather for the Midwest and Northern Plains contrasts with a heat wave in the West.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
Meanwhile, a late-season heatwave for the Northern Plains contrasts with cool weather across much of the Midwest.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
This should help push the lagging crop toward maturity.
Hot weather on the Northern Plains contrasts with cool weather in the Midwest.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows improvement in most Midwest states offset a decline in soybean ratings for Iowa.
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