Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour Podcast

Sins of the spring were evident as the Pro Farmer Crop Tour made its final run of 2019 through central Iowa and southern Minnesota.  USDA NASS Crops Chief Lance Honig joins the wrapup podcast of the 2019 crop tour.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Day 2 of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour takes scouts into Nebraska in the West and Indiana in the East.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour scouts find immature crops in Ohio and remarkable prevent plant and storm damage in parts of South Dakota. Get the state yield estimates and full observations from Day 1 of the Crop Tour in the Crop Tour Podcast with Chip Flory, Brian Grete and Jeff Wilson of Pro Farmer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's just one week before scouts fan out on the 2019 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour. Will the crop be ready? Lead scouts Brian Grete, Jeff Wilson and Chip Flory give one last preview of the crop and react to the bombshell numbers from USDA reports on Monday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This crop year will tell just what improved genetics can, and can not, provide in a very challenging growing year.  In this week's Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour Podcast, Pro Farmer editor Brian Grete and senior analyst Jeff Wilson discuss whether the advanced genetics can recover from late planting and low growing degree days.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 2019 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour is just three weeks away. The crop has been very behind in development this year. Have corn and soybeans caught up at all in the last week? Can they catch up with the days and weather left in this growing season? AgriTalk host Chip Flory, Pro Farmer's Jeff Wilson and Emily Carolan of Pioneer look at the race to the finish in this week's Crop Tour Podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While warm, muggy weather prompted rapid growth in corn, USDA reports only 35% is silked. Pro Farmer's Brian Grete and Jeff Wilson join AgriTalk Radio's Chip Flory to talk through the latest numbers that show this crop continues to lag far behind average.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite the warm weather last week, the corn crop still has a long way to go according to the crop condition reports issued by USDA Monday. AgriTalk Radio host Chip Flory and Pro Farmer Inputs Monitor editor Davis Michaelsen look at what it will take for the 2019 crop to catch up and what the yield loss will be by the end of the growing season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will the Crop Tour dates be moved this year? How will Crop Tour account for acres that weren't planted? What do crop conditions now tell us about the final crop? Pro Farmer Editor Brian Grete, analyst Jeff Wilson and AgriTalk Radio host Chip Flory answer the growing list of questions about how this crazy growing season will impact the 2019 Pro Farmer Crop Tour. Pro Farmer members get early, exclusive access to this podcast each Monday at ProFarmer.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Iowa and Minnnesota were full of surprises as the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour wrapped up in Rochester, Minnesota.  Listen to the podcast to get all of the final tour results and be sure to listen to AgriTalk After the Bell on Friday for the final Pro Farmer crop estimate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

USDA pegged the Illinois average corn yield at 207 bushels. The scouts on the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour say much of the Illinois crop is close to harvest and has little to no more growth potential. But does it have enough to hit USDA's 207 number? Find out in Wednesday's Crop Tour Podcast with tour leaders Brian Grete, Chip Flory and Jeff Wilson. The trio also review preliminary data from Iowa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

West Crop Tour leader Jeff Wilson finally dug himself out of the mud to join east leader Brian Grete and AgriTalk's Chip Flory to talk more big yields on day 2 of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour. Final numbers are in for Indiana and Nebraska. Do they hold up the big crops forecast by USDA? Listen to the Crop Tour Podcast to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crop Tour east leader Brian Grete joins AgriTalk Radio's Chip Flory with the numbers and observations from the Ohio leg of the 2018 Pro Farmer Crop Tour. Chip talks about the huge South Dakota crop while west side Crop Tour leader Jeff Wilson struggles to get unstuck from a field.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Flory, Brian Grete, Jeff Wilson and other tour leaders preview their expectations of the 2018 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour from Farm Journal on the AgriTalk After The Bell radio show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.