Crop Tour Puts South Dakota Corn at 124.8 BPA, Nebraska Averaging 172.9 BPA
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Updated · Pro Farmer · Aug 17
Crop Tour Puts South Dakota Corn at 124.8 BPA, Nebraska Averaging 172.9 BPA
3 articles · Updated · Pro Farmer · Aug 17
Summary
South Dakota corn averaged 124.8 bpa on preliminary western Crop Tour stops, while Nebraska corn averaged 172.9 bpa across sampled counties; soybean pod counts averaged 1,131.9 and 1,241.2, respectively.
Hot, dry weather after a cold snap left South Dakota fields highly variable, with some drought-hit areas showing viable ears on only about 50% of stalks and crops already denting and shutting down early.
Nebraska fields looked better but still showed limits from heat, with tipback, pollination issues in Dodge County and diseases including bacterial leaf streak, northern leaf blight and some southern rust; brown stem rot stood out in soybeans.
August rains improved soybean prospects in parts of South Dakota, where scouts described beans as clean and well podded, reinforcing the broader tour theme that western heat and eastern flooding are keeping grain markets focused on yield risk.