Who Had the Best #PFTour23 Tweet?

Here’s a list of tweets from the 2023 Pro Farmer Crop Tour that showcase how scouts kept things “interesting” on the road this year.

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Pro Farmer Crop Tour attendees traveled all corners of the Midwest last week, spending roughly 28-hours on the road to gather comprehensive crop data.

Here’s a list of tweets from #PFTour23 that showcase how scouts kept things “interesting” as they moved from field to field. Check out some of our favorite tweets.

Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge’s vice president and chief market strategist, has scouted Crop Tour for several years. This year, he shared a picture of the highest-yielding corn cob we’ve ever seen.

No Crop Tour, nor trek across the Midwest, would be complete without a slice of Casey’s pizza, according to Bruce Lantzky, Farmer’s Business Network crop insurance agent, who had his first bite this year.

The Crop Tour finale stage was shared with the tour’s youngest scout this year! Kristi Flory Carolina, Southeast Minnesota territory manager for Pioneer and daughter of AgriTalk Host Chip Flory, brought her two-week-old son, Easton, to hear the final yield estimates.

Incidences of sudden death syndrome popped-up in both legs of the tour this year, as did liquid death, according to Cale Carlson, Pro Farmer Crop scout and farmer in Laura, Nebraska.

Mark Bernard, Central Minnesota agronomist, returned home from Crop Tour to many eager faces, including friends, family and four-legged creatures.

In case you missed it, Pro Farmer’s final results aired on Friday. You can find results and more here.

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