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Aug. 26, 2024
By AgWeb.com Editors For four days this past week, more than 100 crop scouts sampled 2,000 to 3,000 fields in seven Midwest states as part of the one-of-a-kind Pro Farmer Crop Tour. Building on the boots-on-the-ground data and observations, Pro Farmer considers crop maturity and historical differences in Crop Tour data versus USDA's final yields to release its national production estimates. "One of the major questions heading into Crop Tour was whether the corn and soybean crops could live up to the lofty expectations," says Brian Grete, editor for Pro Farmer. "Of the two crops, I was more impressed with soybeans than corn, and the corn crop is stellar." Here are the 2024 Pro Farmer National Production Estimates. Corn Yield Estimates "The first two days of the tour all we did was move bushels from South Dakota and Nebraska to Ohio and Indiana compared with USDA estimates," says Chip Flory, host of "AgriTalk." "We had laid the groundwork for a really good crop in Iowa, but in northwest Iowa, we ran into problems, which we anticipated after too much rain during the planting season. In our final day running the routes, we've got a nice crop in Iowa, but Minnesota is another story." On the eastern side of the Corn Belt, Grete and fellow scouts found a strong corn crop. "USDA put a record yield on corn for five of the seven states," he says. "Ohio isn't one of those -- but if we weren't talking about last year's record crop in Ohio, this year would be up there. This year is comparing to last year's gold standard." Soybean Yield Estimates "Soybeans could be spectacular as long as there isn't a weather event that derails the crop ahead of harvest," Grete says. "Typically, there's some concern with either the corn crop, soybean crop or both coming out of Crop Tour. There aren't concerns this year." To read the entire report click here.
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