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Michigan corn yield tour

The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan is assessing the state’s corn crop during their second annual Between the Rows corn yield tour.

Executive Director Jim Zook tells Brownfield they expect a 10 percent drop in yields from 2015.  “We think that we’re going to be just a little bit down compared to last year, but we really won’t know until we see how pollination went.”

The two week tour will make seven stops throughout the state where checkoff staff with meet with farmers, provide agronomic insight on the season and start conversations about the 2018 Farm Bill.

AUDIO: Interview with Jim Zook