Corn Crop Belies U.S. Forecast as Tour Finds Weather Damage
- Tour participants find fields showing effects of hot weather
- Midwest crop ‘looks a lot better from the road’ than up close
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Participants in an annual tour of the U.S. corn belt are finding evidence that a recent U.S. government forecast for record production this year may be overstated and that hot weather has harmed the crop.
Dozens of people -- among them farmers, agronomists and journalists -- inspecting fields on this week’s Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour are reporting corn yields that trail projections made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture less than two weeks ago.