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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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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