A statewide corn yield tour across Michigan is finding USDA’s projected record corn yield is achievable.
Research manager for the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan Kristin Poley tells Brownfield the Between the Rows Tour takes yield checks across 36 counties in the Lower Peninsula.
“What we’re really seeing is a yield between 170 and 180 bushels per acre and it really is nicely distributed across the entire state,” she says.
Earlier in the growing season, more than 90 percent of Michigan was experiencing drought conditions. Poley says stress is most noticeable in areas that had prolonged periods and excessive drought.
