Soybeans Could Set Yield Records This Year

An AgWeb article

The 2026 Pro Farmer Crop Tour wrapped up in Rochester, Minn., Thursday night with a clear message from scouts: This year’s corn crop is good — maybe even excellent — but it’s not a repeat of last year’s record run.

Soybeans, however, still have a real chance to deliver a new national record yield.

After four days and 1,569 field samples across seven states, Western Tour Leader Chip Flory, Eastern Tour Leader Lane Akre and crop tour data consultant Emily Carolan say the numbers forced them to recalibrate corn expectations for the Corn Belt, even as parts of Minnesota and Iowa showed impressive strength.

“Everything is down from a year ago,” Flory says, looking over the week’s tally. “Except for Minnesota soybean pod counts — those are up 0.8%. Everything else is down from last year.”

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