Episode 257: 2025 DTN Digital Yield Tour Results

In the middle of the 2025 DTN Digital Yield Tour, the U.S. Department of Agriculture dropped a bombshell — predicting a record-breaking corn crop in the August WASDE. As the fallout continued throughout the week DTN data scientists, analysts, and reporters were keeping up with the latest data coming not from USDA but directly from the field, just as beans are starting to fill and corn enters its final stages before harvest. DTN Farm Business Editor Katie Dehlinger was in the thick of it all, connecting with farmers as she published her daily stories on state-by-state conditions across the country. Katie joins us today to talk more about the yield tour results, going beyond the corn and soybean yield estimate to share what she was hearing about crop conditions in different regions and what growers think might still leave room for numbers to shift. As she takes us through predictions for each state, she’ll offer her insight on what worked and what didn’t during this season, and what farmers she spoke with are thinking about as they reflect on everything from marketing plans to fungicide applications.Finally, we’ll hear what she’s keeping an eye on as harvest comes into view, and get a first look at the 2025 DTN Ag Summit Event this December.