Data is tallied from Tuesday’s Southern Illinois Winter Wheat Tour with the overall average yield projected just over 70 bushels per acre.
Attendees split into four groups collecting tiller counts of 50 random fields across 16 counties. Dave Devore with Siemer Milling in Teutopolis tells Brownfield what he observed in Effingham, Clay, Jasper and Richland counties.
“The crop at this point in time is in very good shape. I would say the tiller counts are maybe slightly above average.
