Pro Farmer Crop Tour
For more than 30 years, Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts have been providing the agriculture industry with insights into potential corn and soybean production, gathering scout reports from 2,000+ fields across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota.
The next Pro Farmer Crop Tour takes place August 17-20, 2026.
As yield results start rolling in from the 25th annual Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour (formerly Pro Farmer), farmers are watching markets in anticipation. Slight shifts from USDA Aug.1 predictions could impact corn and soybean prices.
Do your soybeans stack up? Get to scouting to check for yield potential and identify areas of weakness to target next year.
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour found some fields with pod counts 20% above last year, and reports a 44.9-bu. national yield, versus USDA’s 44 bu.
The Minnesota crop looks average, at best, according to Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour western leg lead Jeff Wilson.
Watch live as the Pro Farmer 2019 Crop Estimate is announced.
A USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service employee, slated to speak at one of the tour’s events, received a threat by phone.
It’s the tale of two crops in Illinois this year: what was planted early and what was planted late. Scouts so a variable crop, from maturity to yield, on the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.