It's Not the Sins of the Spring, It's a Forced Error

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.

Ho-Hum Average Nebraska

Day 2 of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour takes scouts into Nebraska in the West and Indiana in the East.

And So It Begins

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 Fa…

A Week to Go, Will The Crop Be Ready?

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.

We'll Learn a Lot About Genetics This Year

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 …

Are Corn and Soybeans Catching Up? Can They Catch Up?

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 Wils…

Eastern Belt Continues to Drag Corn Crop

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.

Good Growing Days Not Enough to Catch Up

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…

Crop Tour 19 - Clearing the Confusion in a Crazy Crop Year

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 t…

Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour Podcast - Wrapup

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.