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Mark your calendars for the 2017 6th Annual US Corn Belt Crop Tour!

U.S. Corn Belt Crop Tour is back!

Join us from June 24th – July 10th, 2017, as we go through 12 U.S. states  with “Marketing Man” Moe Agostino, to provide farmers with an indication of where grain prices may be headed and provide a selling advantage:- http://riskmanagement.farms.com/events/us-cornbelt-tour-2017

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Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 24, 2017 at 2:51pm

Day 1 June 24, 17 Hwy 68 near Wilmington, OH still dealing with too much moisture corn 2-4 weeks behind, no tassels by July 4

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 24, 2017 at 2:55pm

End of Day 1 June 24, 17 in the state of OH crops are late on average and behind like 2015 but "rain makes grain." 2017 vs. 2015

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:15pm

Start of day 2 June 25, 2017 in state of IN SW Hwy 50 past Aurora very short corn below knees vs. 2015 Thanks

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:18pm

Day 2 June 25, 17 SW Hwy 50 late planted soys very short near Dillsboro behind compared to 2015 Thanks Silver Sponsor

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:24pm

Day 2 Jun 25, 17 more ankle high corn USDA rated at 45% G-E, 19% P-VP wet fields but worse than 15 Thanks Alpinepfl, NACHURS

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:26pm

Day 2 Jun 25, 17 better soys Seymour, IN lots of variability past summer solstice & soys should be blooming Thanks rcmAlts

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:29pm

Day 2 June 5, 17 more corn acres under water from E Fork White River near Seymour, IN flooding Thanks FieldView Canada

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:31pm

Day 2 June 25, 17 near Perry, IN SW on Hwy 50 finally tasseled corn now this is what corn should look like this time of the year

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:34pm

Day 2 June 25, 17 ankle high soys near Willisville, IN S Hwy 69 Thank You Platinum sponsors ontag, BetterFarmingON, FramsNews

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:36pm

Day 2 Jun 25, 17 east HWY 168 near Barton, IN uniformity may threaten yield potential in 17  Thank you GreenfieldGlobal

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 25, 2017 at 4:39pm

Day 2 Jun 25, 17 tasseled & silking corn & blooming knee high soybeans S Hwy 69 near Fort Branch, IN Thank You GreenfieldGlobal

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on June 27, 2017 at 6:48am

3 June 26, 17 in the state of Illinois #cornbelt17 Thanks to all of our Platinum sponsors

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