Pro Farmer Crop Tour 2026
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour provides insights into potential corn and soybean production and gathers scout reporting from 2,000+ fields across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota.
Watch Nightly Results
August 17-20, 2026: Tune in here to watch nightly results and analysis starting at 7:55 PM Central.
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour Route
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour 2026 takes place August 17-20, 2026. It simultaneously follows an Eastern and a Western route, with both scouting routes culminating in Rochester, Minnesota. Nightly meetings in each location review daily results, scouting observations and historical comparison data. Attend nightly meetings in person or watch the nightly broadcast online at AgWeb.com/croptour.
Pro Farmer Crop Tour News
Crop Tour leaders explain the Tour’s findings.
Across the board, tweets about the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour this week have been informational, snarky and eye-opening. Read our favorites from the past few days.
Today marks the start of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
The 2010 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour kicked off this morning, with crop scouts leaving Sioux Falls, S.D. on the western leg and Columbus, Ohio on the eastern leg
Crop Conditions News
Corn yield estimates in South Dakota are less than 1 bu. per acre lower than 2023 tour estimates while soybean pod counts are up. Ohio’s corn yield estimates are slightly lower than last year and soybean pod counts came in 1.84% lower.
As scouts set off for the 2024 Pro Farmer Crop Tour Monday morning, market watchers say there a few key things they’ll need to see out of next week’s tour. From ear counts to stands to kernel size, here are the biggest metrics to watch during tour.
The latest WASDE report from the USDA forecasts record-breaking yields in five of the states Pro Farmer Crop Tour will tour —Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. Illinois could see an amazing average corn yield of 225 bu. per acre.
Now on-demand: Re-watch each night of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour nightly meeting broadcast.
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.
Pro Farmer Analysis
A bipartisan group of senators urged USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on Monday to speed up the distribution of $20 billion in disaster relief.
Dr. Vince Malanga, President of LaSalle Economics, says that fortunately, the budget resolution passed the House by the narrowest of margins. However, he notes the Senate version is significantly different.
Price action and outlook for the next 5, 30 and 90 day segments.
This marked the 15th month of the past 16 in which agricultural trade posted a deficit.
Russia’s 2024-25 wheat exports are expected total 40.5 MMT.