Grain Futures Soar on Pro Farmer Crop Tour Results
Grain futures continued their upward trend overnight, with December corn reaching a three-month high of $5.00 per bushel.
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour results for Illinois and parts of Iowa revealed lower corn yields compared to last year's tour. In Illinois, the estimated yield was 184.19 bushels per acre, down 7.7% from 199.57 bushels in 2025 and below the three-year average.
The USDA had previously estimated an average yield of 212 bushels per acre for Illinois, a decline of 0.9% from last year. Meanwhile, soybean pod counts were also lower in some areas, with District 1 seeing 1,430.77 pods in a 3'X3' square, down 3.3% from last year's Tour.
The USDA projected the state's average soybean yield at 67 bushels per acre, up 7.2% from 62.5 bushels last year.