Iowa and Minnesota Crop Tour Results

corn and soybeans fields
corn and soybeans fields
(Commodity Update)

Scouts on day 4 of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour Thursday calculated an average corn yield of 183.81 bu. per acre in Iowa, down from last year’s 190.76 bu. per acre estimated and about even with the three-year Tour average of 183.80 bu. per acre. Soybean pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,174.43 for Iowa, down from an average of 1,217.80 in 2021 and but up from the three-year Tour average of 1,157.00.

For Minnesota, the Tour determined an average corn yield of 190.39 bu. per acre, up from a 177.44 bu. per acre estimate in 2021 and up from the three-year Tour average of 180.96 bu. per acre. Soybean pod counts in a 3’x3’ square averaged 1,100.75 for Minnesota, up from an average of 1,027.33 in 2021 and up from the three-year Tour average of 1,026.16.

 

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