Day 1 - Pro Farmer Crop Tour

2023 Pro Farmer Crop Tour - Day 1

Eastern Route - Monday August 21

Map - Day 1 Crop Tour  - Eastern Route

  • Begins in Columbus, Ohio.
  • Ends in Noblesville, Indiana.
  • Tuesday - Day 2
  • Wednesday - Day 3
  • Thursday - Day 4

East-Central Indiana">Leader - Brian Shrader, Pioneer Field Agronomist, East-Central Indiana

Leader - Brian Shrader, Pioneer Field Agronomist, East-Central Indiana

  • As of August 21: Corn crop ranges from R2-R4 development stages in much of eastern Indiana. Soybean crop growth stages range from R3-R7.
  • Wildfire smoke and haze have impacted development to some extent for both corn and soybeans.
  • Find more updates & photos .

Crop Updates - East-Central Indiana

- Brian Schrader

  • Early season drought conditions as well as the impact of isolated heavy rain fall events accompanied by wind and hail are contributing factor to crop development and potential yields.
  • Disease pressure, specifically GLS and NCLB remains lower then expected at this time.
  • Tar spot has moved south and east more aggressively than in prior seasons.
  • Soybean growth has been slower due to both weather impact as well as wildfire smoke and haze .
  • Disease levels remain low in soybean, especially foliar disease such as frogeye leaf spot.
  • SDS remains surprisingly low in most areas of state.

Weather Extremes

  • Early drought stress appears to have had some impact on overall yield in some areas of Indiana.
  • Isolated areas with severe hail and rain damage during early development.

drought stress in soybeans

Disease Pressure Levels

corn plants in field closeup - later in season

  • While moisture and temperature have been adequate GLS and NCLB remain relatively low.
  • Tar spot levels are increasing and confirmation of disease has been made further south and east in the state earlier then previous years at this stage of crop development.
  • Soybean disease pressure continues to be low, isolated areas of frogeye leaf spot are being reported and SDS remains at low levels.

Western Route - Monday August 21

Map - Day 1 Crop Tour  - Western Route

  • Begins in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
  • Ends in Grand Island, Nebraska.

South-Central Nebraska">Leader - Calvin Rupe, Pioneer Field Agronomist, South-Central Nebraska

Leader - Calvin Rupe, Pioneer Field Agronomist, South-Central Nebraska

  • Moisture stress and irrigation management are going to prove to be a limiting factor in the 2023 crop in central Nebraska. We experienced some timely rains at the end of June and first part of July, but the end of July and early August have made for some struggles. Yield potential will be directly proportional to the depth of the pivot tracks.
  • Drought is going to continue to be a factor on how well our soybean crop finishes out. We will need to be watering well into September on soybeans and August is going to be mission critical.

2023 Updates - South-Central Nebraska

- Calvin Rupe

  • Very minimal disease pressure this year. Northern corn leaf blight seems to be the most readily observed disease especially hybrid specific. Lots of fungicide applications were made for the respiration and water use efficiency benefits, especially with lows being in the 80’s at the tail end of July shortly after pollination.
  • We have seen a significant amount of HPPD flashing in corn this year due to the drier conditions during pre-emerge applications across several acres.
  • With our current state of drought, there has been a higher call load of ammonia burn on corn, especially under no-till environments where high-speed applicators were used at an angle. Just as so with coulter machines less than 6” from the furrow. 
  • Pollination window was very good prior to the heat. We did have some pockets with wind damage due to some July storms which has posed the conversation about the potential for some abnormal ear development.
  • Pre-watering and irrigation over pre-plant herbicide applications have proven to be the best management practice for irrigated soybeans in 2023 to date. We achieved activation of herbicides and mitigated our risk of injury at emergence by doing so.
  • We have observed some carryover herbicide in soil samples from late replanted acres of corn in June last year due to weather events. This has caused some concerns when we have replanted soybeans. Tank contamination still seems to prevail as the predominant issue.
  • Herbicide applications made after planting consisting of Group 14 and 15 herbicides have been an issue with our dry soil conditions, especially when watered in to try and achieve emergence. Make sure to apply anything with a PPO 10-14 days prior to planting.
  • Enlist E3 ® soybeans are showing very good potential in terms of nodes, pod and flower clusters compared to Roundup Ready 2 Xtend ® (RR2X) varieties in our geography. We cannot continue to abuse a good technology such as dicamba past June 30th.

HPPD Flashing from Pre-Emerge Herbicides

HPPD Flashing from Pre-Emerge Herbicides.

Leaves can look bleached or purely “white” when these symptoms surface.

Anhydrous Ammonia Burn

Anhydrous Ammonia Burn

Carryover Herbicides

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Tank Contamination

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Pioneer Agronomy Sciences Leader Ken O'Brien

Setting the Stage for Crop Tour Week.

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August 21-24, 2023

The Pro Farmer Crop Tour provides insights into potential corn and soybean production and gathers scout reporting from 2,000+ fields across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota. 

In addition to coverage of the Tour on AgWeb, AgDay and social media, you have the opportunity to attend nightly meetings in person or watch the nightly broadcast online where you’ll receive daily results, scouting observations and historical comparison data from our Tour leaders. 

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August 21 – Noblesville, IN Embassy Suites Noblesville Indianapolis Conference Center 13700 Conference Center Drive South Noblesville, IN 46060 *note all times above are CST. This location takes place 1 hour later.

August 22 – Bloomington, IL DoubleTree by Hilton 10 Brickyard Drive Bloomington, IL 61701

August 23 – Iowa City, IA Hyatt Regency Coralville 300 East 9th Street Coralville, IA 52241

August 24 – Rochester, MN Mayo Civic Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE Rochester, MN 55902 

WESTERN TOUR

August 21 – Grand Island, NE Riverside Golf Club 2820 Riverside Drive Grand Island, NE 68801

August 22 – Nebraska City, NE Lied Lodge and Conference Center 2700 Sylvan Road Nebraska City, NE 68410

August 23– Spencer, IA Clay County Fair and Events Center 800 West 18th Street Spencer, IA 51301  

August 24 – Rochester, MN Mayo Civic Center 30 Civic Center Drive SE Rochester, MN 55902

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USFR-FJR 8/19/23 Crop Tour Preview

Just as the temperatures top triple digits in places across the Midwest this week, the 2023 Pro Farmer Crop Tour is taking off. Iowa and Illinois will be closely watched as scouts set out on the annual tour this week.

Each year, the Pro Farmer Crop Tour happens the third week of August. It's one of the largest and longest-running crop tours in the U.S.

“I think the biggest question marks heading into tour are in Illinois and Iowa, and because the eastern tour covers Illinois and the eastern half of Iowa, the two biggest corn- and soybean-producing states, I think the eastern leg probably has more question marks this year,” says Brian Grete, editor of Pro Farmer.

Fact-Finding Mission

Grete leads the eastern leg of the tour. He says the ultimate goal of crop tour is to span across seven states and measure yield potential for both corn and soybeans.

“It's the same every year. We go into it with no preconceived notions, in terms of what we will expect to find,” says Grete. “It’s a fact-finding mission. At the end of the week, we'll have a really good representative sample across the seven Corn Belt states that cover roughly 1,700 corn and 1,700 soybean samples. We turn those into basically one big cornfield across those seven states.”

Scouts will cover South Dakota and Ohio, then wade through fields in Indiana and Nebraska, with the tour crossing into Illinois and Iowa, and wrapping up in Minnesota. 

“We don't cover all areas across each state. Iowa is the only state that we cover entirely. We're in all 99 counties there, but the other six states, we talk to producers that we know around those areas, and we reach out to other sources within the industry to get a good representative sample of those areas outside of where we sample,” Grete explains.

Drought Covers Iowa 

There’s no doubt about it, there are portions across Iowa, especially northeast and southeast Iowa, that are extremely dry.

“Right now, to try to pinpoint a yield is nearly impossible,” says Troy Deutmeyer, an agronomist with Pioneer who’s located in northeast Iowa. “And part of that reason is we haven't seen a drought of this intensity in so long.”

He says the main theme this year is just how variable this crop could be.

“We're going to have some guys with the best crop they've ever raised and eight miles down the road, it might be the worst one since 1988 or 2012,” he says.

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The latest U.S. Drought Monito r paints the picture, showing nearly 99% of Iowa is faced with dry and drought conditions. Even with rains in late July, 3% of the state is still in extreme drought.

“Probably some of the driest areas are probably around that Cedar Rapids-Iowa City area and working down towards southeast Iowa," Deutmeyer says.

He says some of that region did catch rains in early August, but it’s still dry.

“Those are some of the areas that are really hurting with just 1 to 2 inches of rain since planting,” Deutmeyer says.

Corn Plants Still Lush and Green

Yet even in those drought-stricken fields, he says plants are still green.

“I tip my hat a lot to farmers improving their fertility management. The equipment's gotten better. And obviously, genetics can can do a lot more than what they used to," Deutmeyer says.

Another factor that helped were summer temperatures a shade below normal.

“The good part was with the super dry air and low humidity, we were allowed to really cool off at night,” says Deutmeyer. “So, it wasn't uncommon for us to get down into the upper 50s sometimes, and a lot of low 60s. That gave those plants a breather overnight, just like when we go into the air conditioning.”

The smoke from Canada also helped provide a layer from the heat, but it didn’t impact photosynthesis. In fact, Deutmeyer says Iowa was able to see what he describes as Nebraska sunlight, which produced quite a few stalks with two ears. He says most of those ears won’t be able to be counted for yield, but in some areas, they will.

The Potential Garden Spot in Iowa 

While Iowa farmers face dry conditions across much of the state, the garden spot in the state may be along I-35.

“They started catching rains in June, and they've kind of had them throughout the growing season,” says Deutmeyer. “Des Moines toward Mason City area, I think is probably sitting in overall good good shape. But even within that area, there are pockets that are extremely dry.”

Mother Nature Turns Up the Heat

Those cool temperatures are not in store for Crop Tour scouts this week. With extreme heat, combined with high humidity, this will be one of the hottest Crop Tours scouts have ever endured. That may draw even more attention to the tour this year, especially considering crop watchers are going to want to see how the crops hold up to the heat.

For Grete, it means scouts will be measuring a mature crop, which is something that plays into Pro Farmer’s favor when estimating yields.

“We're going to push this crop to maturity and we will be measuring more yield, actual yield and yield potential in a lot of these areas, and our our corn formula works better in years when it's a more mature crop than a less mature crop,” Grete explains.

There’s no question variability will be the headline during Crop Tour, but between advancements in genetics and producers propelling their production practices, it’s a question of how well this crop stood up to this year’s weather extremes.

“And with producers upping their game with management and the improvements in genetics, it's really hard to put a number on and we're probably just going have to wait till October to see how it turns out,” says Deutmeyer.

Crop Tour Results Each Night Vs. Final Pro Farmer Estimate 

Each night, Pro Farmer Crop Tour will release the daily findings, but at the end of the week, Pro Farmer will utilize the data and crop conditions they saw this week, as well as information from states they didn’t tour, to come up with their official Pro Farmer estimates.

Grete says that’s also where historical data plays a key role.

“The other thing is we know how much historically we miss each state by and there are reasons we miss states. Like in Minnesota, for example, we tour the southern tier of counties, and that's the highest producing area in that state. So, we know we're going to be high. But the important thing is we know how much, and that all comes into play at the end of the week when Pro Farmer releases our crop estimates on Friday at 1:30 CT,” says Grete.

While scouts search fields during the day, nightly meetings will give farmers the unique opportunity to hear those results firsthand. Below is a schedule of the nightly meetings. You can attend by registering here:   Click here to register.

2023 IN-PERSON CROP TOUR MEETINGS

WESTERN TOUR Grand Island, Neb. Monday, Aug. 21 Riverside Golf Club  | 2820 Riverside Drive  |  Grand Island, NE 68801   Nebraska City, Neb. Tuesday, Aug. 22 Lied Lodge and Conference Center  |  2700 Sylvan Road  |  Nebraska City, NE 68410   Spencer, Iowa Wednesday, Aug. 23 Clay County Fair and Events Center  |  800 West 18th Street  | Spencer, IA 51301

EASTERN TOUR Noblesville, Ind. Monday, Aug. 21 Embassy Suites Noblesville  |  13700 Conference Center Drive S.  |  Noblesville, IN 46060   Bloomington, Ill. Tuesday, Aug. 22   DoubleTree by Hilton  |  10 Brickyard Drive  |  Bloomington, IL 61701   Iowa City, Iowa Wednesday, Aug. 23   Hyatt Regency Coralville  |  300 East 9th Street  |  Coralville, IA 52241

FINALE Rochester, Minn. Thursday, Aug. 24 Mayo Civic Center  |  30 Civic Center Drive SE  |  Rochester, MN 55902

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2023 Ohio Crop Tour results

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By Matt Reese and Dusty Sonnenberg The 2023 Ohio’s Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net Crop Tour is sponsored by Ohio Field Leader, a project of the Ohio Soybean Council and the soybean checkoff. The 2023 Ohio Crop Tour included both samples from our group and input from Ohio State University Extension. A good deal of variability was expected on this year’s tour given the weather this growing season. The tour was held Aug. 8 and Aug. 9 with one group heading north and one group heading south. Each group sampled a representative corn and soybean field in 12 to 14 counties. 

This year’s participants were:

• Matt Burkholder, Allen County farmer

• Mike Theil, Wyandot County farmer

• Lawrence Onweller, Fulton County farmer

• Jon Everett, Shelby County farmer

• Eric Tipton, Fayette County farmer

• Don Jackson, Preble County farmer

• Osler Ortez, Ohio State University Extension

• Greg LaBarge, Ohio State University Extension

• Dusty Sonnenberg, Ohio Field Leader/Ohio Ag Net.

• Matt Reese,  Ohio’s Country Journal.

On the north leg of the tour, corn yields averaged 194 bushels per acre and soybeans averaged 63 bushels per acre. The corn on the south leg of the tour averaged 208 bushels per acre and soybeans averaged 59 bushels per acre. OSU Extension submissions averaged 206.5 bushels per acre for corn. Those combined averaged 203 bushels per acre. We multiplied this number by .9 to get a realistic state average yield number, particularly if rains shut off and hinder this corn crop that still has a long way to go for a state average yield of around 183 bushels. The state soybean average looks to be 61 bushels per acre based on what we saw in the 2023 Ohio Crop Tour.  

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Pro Farmer Crop Tour: Day 3 results

Scouts on this year’s Pro Farmer Crop Tour have been dealing with at or near triple-digit heat for most of their trip. However, as they movedhad across each leg of the tour, they found the crops have been showing less signs of stress.

On the Eastern side, the group estimates nearly 194 bushels per acre in Illinois, up slightly from last year. Soybean estimates are up as well with an expected 1,270 pods per three-by-three square. To the West in Nebraska, they estimate 167.2 bushels per acre of corn, which is up 5.5 percent over a year ago but nearly 3 percent below the three-year average in the state. Scouts say there was not as much disease on day three but it is still something to be closely watching for.

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