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Crop Tour, Eastern Leg: Day 1 Audio Reports

By Sara Schafer
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November 17, 2020 01:20 AM

Listen to audio reports as Farm Journal Media’s Sara Muri interviews three attendees as they recap Day 1 on the Eastern Leg of the 2008 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.

Chuck Roth, Pro Farmer Senior VP, discusses the large number of Crop Tour participants on the Eastern Leg of the tour.
Byron Jones, Illinois farmer and crop tour veteran, discusses the yields he saw in Ohio and Indiana.
Roger Bernard, Pro Farmer News Editor and Eastern Crop Tour director, gives corn and soybean yield results for Ohio.

Click here for complete 2008 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour Coverage.



You can e-mail Sara Muri at smuri@farmjournal.com.

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