Champaign County (east-central IL) – 80 acres of beans made 40 bpa. Another 40 acres of beans made 34 bpa. This was corn last year, and it made 260 bpa.

Northern Champaign County (east-central IL) - 300 acres of 114-day corn planted on May 18th averaged 172 bpa dry vs APH 210 bpa.

Northern Champaign County (east-central IL) – 78 acres of corn made 152 bpa. Last year corn in this area made 256 bpa (over 100 bpa decline).

Champaign County (east-central IL) – 80 acres of corn made 180 bpa, which is below the APH.

Champaign County (east-central IL) – 40 acres of corn made 240 bpa, which is above the APH.

Champaign County (east-central IL) – 80 acres of corn made 228 bpa, which is above the APH.

Champaign County (east-central IL) – 70 acres of beans made 76 bpa, which is above the APH.

Champaign County (east-central IL) – 75 acres of beans made 50 bpa. Another 85 acres of beans made 49 bpa. Another 75 acres of beans made 55 bpa. All of these are well below the APH.

Piatt County (east-central IL) - 300 acres of May-planted beans made 64 bpa. Another 60 acres of May-planted beans made 56 bpa. Last year, his beans made 84 bpa. Producer has June-planted beans that won’t be ready for 10 days.

Piatt County (east-central IL) – Test plot was harvested this week. 12 varieties of corn. Average yield was 243 bpa this year, vs. 272 bpa last year.

Piatt County (east-central IL) - 160 acres of soybeans made 82 bpa. Another 80 acres of soybeans made 73 bpa.

Piatt County (east-central IL) – A field of May-planted corn made 250 bpa, which is 15 bpa below last year.

Piatt County (east-central IL) – 3 fields of corn made 249 bpa, 235 bpa, and 205 bpa. A field of beans made 69 bpa.

Douglas County (east-central IL) – A field of beans made 73 bpa.

Vermilion County (east-central IL) – First field of beans went 63 bpa. Second field went 45 bpa. Same producer. Both fields are well below last year, and shows the variability vs. excessive rains at planting and lack thereof in June/July.

Vermilion County (east-central IL) – 100 acres of corn average 230 bpa, which was better than expected. Last year his corn average 250 bpa.

Vermilion County (east-central IL) - 150 acres of corn averaged 220 bpa, which was better than expected.
Southern Vermilion County (east-central IL) - Southern Vermilion County – 160 acres of 114-day corn planted on May 19th made 248 bpa, which is a record for that field. Another 50 acres of corn only 10 miles away made 180 bpa (the lowest yield for this field since the drought of 2012). Both results shocked the producer.

Decatur (central IL) - First field of soybeans made 62 bpa. Second field of beans made 75 bpa. Both fields made 81 bpa last year. The APH is 72 bpa.

Douglas County (east-central IL) - 350 acres of soybeans made 63 bpa. 2 years ago this farm made 72 bpa. Adjoining farms last year made 84 bpa.

Douglass County (east-central IL) – 160 acres of beans made 70 bpa, which is 9 bpa below average.

Southern Champaign County (east-central IL) Soybeans made 68 bpa, which is 8 bpa below average. Field had lots of water on it and beans were very short.

Peoria (central IL) – 150 acres of soybeans made 62 bpa, vs 90 bpa last year.

Stark County (north-central IL) - 200 acres of beans made 66 bpa. Producer pleased.

Effingham County (central IL) – 130 acres of soybeans in 3 fields ran 70.5 bpa. Producer thought they might be better than that.

Moultrie County (east-central IL) – 60 acres of corn made 183 bpa, vs. 231 bpa in 2017 went 231. This is rumored to be common in the area.

Moultrie County (east-central IL) – 100 acres of non GMO beans made 66.6 bpa, vs. 84 bpa last year. Coffee shop putting the range in Moultrie at 50 to 74 on averages so far.

Saline County (southeast IL) - 160 acres of non-GMO Beans came in at 73.5 bpa, vs. an APH of 60 bpa. Producer was very pleased.

Saline County (southeast IL) - Producer is 55% complete on corn harvest. So far, his corn average is 170 bpa, which is slightly above average. Producer believes that the balance of his corn/late planted corn will slip to or below 160-bpa.

Southwest IL - First field of corn went 220 bpa vs 260 bpa last year. Producer said this will be the best corn he shells (earliest planted).

Southwest IL - First field of soybeans went 66 bpa vs 80 last year. Producer said this will be the best beans he cuts.

St. Louis area (southwest IL) - Early yields on beans are between 35 bpa and 50 bpa. Last year beans yielded 70 bpa.

St. Louis area (southwest IL) – Early yields on corn are between 125 bpa and 200 bpa. Last year the corn yielded 200 bpa.



INDIANA

Decatur County (southeast IN) - 78 acres of beans planted on April 22nd made 73.5 bpa. Another 18 acres of beans planted on May 5th made 71.7 bpa. Both from same field. Beans on beans. Last year they made 82.8 bpa last year.

Henry County (east-central IN) - 25 acres of soybeans planted June 4th made 47 bpa, vs. 67 bpa last year.

Grant County (east-central IN) - First 80 acres of beans made 67.5 bpa. This is below last year’s averages, but much better than expectations on a small sample size.

North-central IN – Beans made 65 bpa, vs. 75 bpa last year.

Vermillion County (west-central IN) – 300 acres of corn averaged 227 bpa, which is about 20 bpa better than expected. 450 acres of beans averaged 80 bpa. He was hoping for 65-70. Said fungicide was a big key.
Vermillion County (wewst-central IN) – First field of soybeans madse 50 bpa. Expected as low as 30 bpa. This was a sandy/lighter soil farm.
Southeast IN - 306 acres of corn planted on May 7th and 8th went 220 bpa vs. 231 bpa in 2017.

Southeast IN - 51 acres of soybeans planted May 8th went 71.6 bpa vs. 78 bpa last year.



IOWA

Craig (northwest, Iowa) - Three different producers reporting early bean yields 70-72 bpa, in line with a year ago. Area received 3.5 inches of rain earlier this week. Will be rolling hard once fit again.

West-central Iowa - 1000 acres of beans averaged 70 bpa vs. 69 bpa last year. Producer was very pleased.

West-central Iowa - 100 acres of corn averaged 260 bpa vs. 230 bpa last year.

Grundy County (central Iow) – 268 acres of Group 2.0 soybeans planted on May 2nd made 70 bpa, which is about the same as last year.

Worth County (north-central Iowa) –First 2 fields of beans went 60 bpa & 62 bpa. Two years ago they went 64 bpa.

Cerro Gordo County (north-central Iowa) - 450 acres of beans made 50 bpa, which was 2 bpa below the APH.

Cerro Gordo County (north-central Iowa) – 54 acres of beans made 47 bpa. This was light ground and was short on late season water.

Floyd County (north-central Iowa) -74 acres of beans made 70 bpa. Another 19 acres of beans made 56 bpa. Another 29 acres of beans made 62 bpa.

Kossuth County (north-central Iowa) - 114 acres of Liberty soybeans, 1.8 , planted May 15th made 65 bpa. Better than last year (too many drowned out areas last year)

Kossuth County (north-central Iowa) -70 acres soybeans, 2.0 maturity planted May 16 yielded 59.5 bpa (no fungicide applied). Conditions were ideal this year ( no drowned out or stunted areas in the field)

Kossuth County (north-central Iowa) - 110 acres of Group 2.0 soybeans, planted May 16th, made 63 bpa. Ideal conditions. Producer a bit disappointed, as they did 70 bu last year.

Kossuth County (north-central Iowa) – 500 acres of Group 1.8 soybeans planted in mid-May, made 61 bpa.

Washington County (southeast Iowa) - 60 acres of corn planted April 19th made 245 bpa, which was a little off of the historical average, but producer was pleased.

Washington County (southeast Iowa) – A small field of corn yielded 247 bpa dry. Good quality. Pleased.



KANSAS

West of Hiawatha, KS – 160 acres of corn made 209 bpa, vs. an APH of 190 bpa.



KENTUCKY

Southwest KY – Corn Is averaging 190 bpa, vs. 170 bpa normal. About done.


MICHIGAN

Huron - 25 acres of soybeans ran 32 bpa, vs. last year’s 52 bpa.



MINNESOTA

Clinton (west-central MN) – 50 acres of Group 1.1 beans made 46.5 bpa, vs. an APH of 50 bpa. Another 65 acres of Group 1.1 beans made 49 bpa, vs. an APH of 50 bpa.

Elbow Lake (west-central MN) - First field of soybeans made 43 bpa, vs. an APH of 45 bpa. Some white mold in the beans.

Cottonwood (southwest MN) – This was a heavy Prevented-Planting area. Corn planted on June 5th was appraised for silage at 152 bpa, vs. an APH of 182 bpa.

Elbow Lake (west-central MN) – 125 acres of Group 0.5 soybeans planted on June 5th made 46 bpa, vs. an APH of 43 bpa. Farmer was pleased, although there was some white mold.

Elbow Lake (southwest MN) - 300 acres of silage made 22 ½ tons/acre, converts to 169 BPA (not the best ground in area). APH is 188 bpa.

Ulen (northwest MN) – 800 acres of Group 0.6 soybeans made 43 bpa, vs. 50 bpa last year and an APH of 48 bpa. Too wet. White mold and bugs.

Waseca County (south central MN) - 43 acres of beans made 54.3 bpa, vs. last year’s 61 bpa.

Waseca County (south central MN) - 50 acres of beans made 48 bpa vs. last year’s 61 bpa.




MISSOURI

Buchanan County - Corn yielded 250 bpa. Good test weight.

Sunflower County - Whole farm average of soybeans was 72 bpa, vs. last year’s 78 bpa. Land leveled, irrigated.



NEBRASKA

Phelps County (south-central Neb) - 80 acres of dryland corn did 224 bpa. Customer was hoping for 200 bpa.

East-central Nebraska - A field of non-irrigated corn made 100 bpa vs. expecattions of 145 bpa. Too much heat. A field of irrigated corn made 215 bpa, vs 255 bpa last year.

East-central Nebraska - Beans made 71 bpa, vs. 84 bpa last year. Almost done

West-central Nebraska – Dryland beans made 55 bpa, vs. 35 bpa last year and an APH of 23 bpa. Irrigated beans made 72 bpa, vs. 80 bpa last year.

Central Nebraska - 157 acres of soybeans (135 irrigated) went 64.75 bpa across the scale.



NORTH DAKOTA

Forman (southeast ND) – First 80-acre field of beans made 35 bpa. The second 80-acre field made 37 bpa. APH on these farms is 44 bpa. Mud and mold.

Paige – 80 acres of Group 0.3 soybeans made 50 bpa, vs. an APH of 44 bpa.

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