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Pro Farmer Crop Estimates Far Below USDA Expectations

Pro Farmer shared its much-anticipated production estimates today for the 2022 U.S. corn and soybean crops after analyzing information from the 30th annual Pro Farmer Crop Tour and other sources. The estimates are informed by Crop Tour data and observations collected this past week by more than 100 crop scouts who sampled nearly 3,400 fields across Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.
 
“The question heading into Crop Tour was whether there would be enough bushels in the eastern Corn Belt to offset the bushels lost in the drier western areas,” says Brian Grete, Pro Farmer editor. “After Crop Tour, the answer is: Clearly, there won’t be enough in the east to offset the west, not nearly enough.”
 
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