Farmers can showcase their crops, contribute to province-wide yield insights, and connect with industry experts at upcoming Great Ontario Yield Tour events.
Ontario farmers have an opportunity to help shape one of the province's most closely watched crop assessments as the Farms.com Great Ontario Yield Tour prepares for another season of field scouting and yield forecasting.
The annual tour is currently seeking volunteer farmers who are willing to have their corn and soybean fields included in the crop scouting process. By opening selected fields to trained scouts, growers can contribute to a broader understanding of crop conditions across Ontario while helping provide a snapshot of the province's production potential.
The Great Ontario Yield Tour has become a valuable source of insight for farmers, agronomists, industry stakeholders, and agricultural businesses. Each year, tour participants travel across major crop-growing regions, evaluating crop development, field health, plant populations, and factors that can influence final yields.
As weather patterns continue to play a major role in crop performance, in-field observations remain an important complement to satellite imagery, digital agriculture tools, and statistical projections. Crop scouting provides real-world information that helps paint a more complete picture of growing conditions throughout Ontario's agricultural landscape.
Farmers who volunteer fields for the tour contribute to an industry-wide effort to better understand seasonal trends. The information collected helps identify regional strengths and challenges while offering important context about crop development at a critical stage of the growing season. Later in the season when harvest is complete, the Tour can also provide volunteer farms with a comparison of each farm's specific results compared to the overall numbers.
Volunteers are also invited to attend the final Great Ontario Yield Tour events. These gatherings bring together growers, agronomists, researchers, and industry representatives to discuss findings from the tour and review observations gathered from across the province.
Attendees will have an opportunity to hear about crop conditions in different regions, compare experiences from their own farms, and gain perspective on how weather and management practices have influenced crop development this year.
To help farmers make commodity marketing decisions, yield estimates are released at the event.
For many growers, the Great Ontario Yield Tour offers more than just yield estimates. It serves as an opportunity to benchmark local conditions against broader provincial trends and gain insights that can support harvest planning, grain marketing decisions, and future crop management strategies.
Ontario producers interested in volunteering a field for scouting or attending one of the final Great Ontario Yield Tour events are encouraged to register online on the Farms.com Risk Management Website.