Crop Tour: Corn yields, soy pod counts below year ago in Minnesota
Corn yield potential and soybean pod counts in Minnesota were above average but lower than 2015, scouts on an annual tour found on Thursday.
Scouts on the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour found average corn yield potential across the state at 182.32 bushels per acre based on surveys of 205 fields. That compares with the tour's three-year average for the state of 180.91 bushels per acre and its 2015 findings of 190.87 bushels per acre.
Minnesota soybean pod counts in a 3-by-3 foot area were pegged at 1,107.60, according to the average of surveys taken from 199 fields. That compares with average pod counts of 1,119.22 in 2015 and the three-year average of 1,006.73.
The U.S. Agriculture Department has projected Minnesota corn yields at 184.0 bushels per acre.
