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Some surprises on day 2 of Midwest Crop Tour
Aug 23, 2017, 17:23 PM
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The Midwest Crop Tour encountered some surprises as observers moved deeper into the Heartland Tuesday.
After finding extreme variability in corn and soybean fields on the east and west edges of the Corn Belt on day one, reports of better-than-expected yield potential were common in Nebraska.
Corn samples resulted in average yields of 165 bushels per acre, up four percent compared to last year’s tour.
Soybean pod counts were said to be slightly lower than 2016.
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