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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

Thank you all Sponsors

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Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:35am

Day 9 July 2, 17 a good canola field to a bad one N Hwy 83 & 22nd St. SW Thank You to Silver Sponsor Canada

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:39am

Day 9 Jul 2, 17 #cornbelt17 N Hwy 83 & 86th Ave., N Minot unimpressed with growth in wheat N West ND Thank You @rmountaineer, @TravelOnly

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:42am

Day 9 July 2, 17 N Hwy 83 & 72nd St. NW later planted canola field Thank You Platinum sponsor

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:43am

Day 9 July 2, 17 later planted wheat field not headed N Hwy 83 & 77 St. NW Thank you Platinum sponsor , BetterFarmingON

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:45am

Day 9 Jul 2, 17 Hwy 83 & 5 & 15th Ave. NW below West Hope, ND corn & soy crop avg.- below average compared to record crops in 16

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:46am

Day 9 Jul 2, 17 Hwy 5 East of Bottineau, ND good looking canola field above avg. after a record crop in 16 Thank You @FramsNews

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:47am

Day 9 Jul 2, 17 Hwy 5 East of Bottineau, ND good looking canola field above avg. after a record crop in 16 Thank You @FramsNews

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:48am

Day 9 Jul 2, 17 Hwy 281 E & 58 Ave NE Did you know ND down 750,000 HRS acres vs. 16 delayed planting led to more sunflower acres

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:50am

Day 9 July , 17 94th St. NE below Rock Lake, ND Did you know ND added 1,150 more soy cares we noticed it on our tour!

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:55am

Day 9 July 2, 17 Hwy 2 E near Crary, ND 5-10% of acres have pot holes due extreme weather in 2017

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:55am

10-20% remember crops are behind but knee high corn by July 4 is normal for SD and ND

Permalink Reply by Moe Agostino on July 8, 2017 at 4:56am

Day 9 Jul , 17 Summary of ND less than ideal planting & growing season & dry weather will drag on yields rating 4 out of 10

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