Day Two Crop Tour Photos Shows Hail and Drought Damage
While analysts are seeing many fields with high yield estimates across the country, they are also noticing some areas affected by summer drought and storms. Scroll down to take a look at what these researchers are finding.
Bryan Coffman shares this photo of some disappointing ears in Pulaski County Indiana.
I have see a lot of good corn then I found this in Pulaski County Indiana #PFTour18 pic.twitter.com/NDEYKnQOGB — Bryan Coffman (@coffmanbry77) August 21, 2018
Hail damage hit Platte County Nebraska hard with corn yielding 83.6 bushels per acre and soybeans only producing 270 pods in a 3x3 foot plot.
We just went thru a 10-mile stretch of terrible hail damage in northern Platte Co., Nebraska. #Corn measured 83.6 bu/acre. #Soybeans had lost canopy entirely and notched 270 pods in a 3x3' plot. Very unfortunate for these producers. #pftour18 pic.twitter.com/AiGO3Hhd3D — Karen Braun (@kannbwx) August 20, 2018
Mitch Wentzlaff analyzed some impressive corn and soybean fields in Indiana and Illinois. Here are his results.
Recap of our route:
#Indiana: Corn 170-236; 207 avg
Soybeans 3x3 795-2498; 1333 avg#Illinois: Corn 175-241; 212 avg
Soybeans 3x3; 1151-1706; 1443 avg#PFTour18 pic.twitter.com/PCZkoM6a0E — Mitch Wentzlaff (@FarmerMitchW) August 21, 2018
“Fat little beans” were produced in several counties in Nebraska. This seems to be the common them despite some areas affected by hail.
Our Nebraska route (Hall, Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Saline, Gage, Otoe Counties) averaged 1,424 #soybean pods in a 3x3' plot, and 9/13 were dryland. Max was 2,659 and min 947. Here's some fat little beans in a field near Adams, NE. #pftour18 pic.twitter.com/cNtP2NueZh — Karen Braun (@kannbwx) August 21, 2018
According to Tyne Morgan, host of U.S. Farm Report, the beans were tall in McLean County, Illinois, and produced an average of 90 pods per plant
Bountiful beans in McLean County, Illinois. @WentworthFarms says he’s consistently seeing plants with 90 pods per plant. Tall beans, but loaded this year! #Pftour18 pic.twitter.com/vzBmYEYaOY — Tyne Morgan (@Tyne_Ag) August 21, 2018
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