Corn yield potential and soybean prospects are significantly above average across Illinois and western Iowa, though plant diseases could threaten final yields, scouts on an annual crop tour of the Midwest said on Wednesday.
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Nebraska soy, Indiana corn show best potential in years, crop scouts say
Nebraska’s soybean pod count is the highest in at least 22 years, and its corn yield potential is the strongest in four years, scouts said on Tuesday during the second day of Pro Farmer’s annual tour of major grain-producing states.

Man. crops punch above their weight this year
Late season conditions appear to have given crops a boost as yields are higher than Statistics Canada’s earlier forecast
Glacier FarmMedia – Soybean yields could break a provincial record this year. According to the Oct. 8 Manitoba Agriculture crop report, with 70 per cent of the soybean harvest complete, reported yields are between 35 and 60 bushels an acre, with an average of 45. That was also the estimated yield range in the prior […] Read more
Man. soy yields near average
The Environment Canada weather station in Deerwood, Man., recorded 78 millimetres of rain from May 1 to July 31. Deerwood, near the town of Miami, is in south-central Manitoba. In a more normal year, Deerwood would receive 200 mm of rain in May, June and July. The lack of moisture explains the disappointing soybean yields […] Read more