Source: Rhonda Brooks, AGWEB, 8/20/20


USDA predicts a record high 15.3-billion-bushel corn crop for 2020.  Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts say that won’t be achieved, based on what they’ve seen and counted this week. “There’s just too much variability out there; you need consistency to build a really big yield and break a national record,” contends Brian Grete, Pro Farmer Editor and the leader on the eastern leg of the tour. “You expect to see eye-popping numbers with that kind of prediction (from USDA), and I’ve just not seen that on this year’s tour,” adds scout Zach Egesdal, who is also working the eastern tour.

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