Take Our Poll: How Optimistic Are You About Your Corn Yields

After a record-breaking planting pace for a lot of farmers, optimism seems to be shifting as the drought expands across the Midwest.

Take our poll: How optimistic are you now about your corn yields compared to when you planted?
Take our poll: How optimistic are you now about your corn yields compared to when you planted?
(Farm Journal)

On Friday, June 30, USDA will release its annual acreage report. In its March 31 Prospective Plantings report, the agency pegged corn acres at 91.9 million and corn yield at 181.5 bu. per acre.

After a record-breaking planting pace for a lot of farmers, optimism seems to be shifting as the drought expands across the Midwest.

With June 30 just days away, we’re curious how your optimism about corn yields has changed since planting.

QuizMaker

Share how your crop is doing as the season progresses, and see what your fellow farmers have to say, by visiting AgWeb’s Crop Comments.

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