The results from the first day of Pro-Farmer’s annual Midwest Crop Tour are lower than last year. About a thousand scouts- including our own Andy Petersen- headed out into Midwestern corn and soybean fields on Monday to objectively determine the final projections. Eastern leg Tour Leader and Pro Farmer Editor Brian Grete said they had several samples of over 200 bushels in Ohio.
Overall, Ohio scouts found corn yield estimates to be the same as last year at 183.3 bushels per acre, just four-tenths of a percent lower than 2023. Soybeans in Ohio were a little lower as well with pods in a three-by-three area down 1.8 percent.
Over on the Western Leg, Brent Judisch is in his 12th year of scouting. Judisch said South Dakota has some issues, but things are looking good in Nebraska.
South Dakota’s results were similar to the Eastern Leg on corn at 156.6 bushels per acre- about half a percent lower. The soybean pod count was 1,026, which is up a little over one percent from 2023.
