By Joe Schulz
On the cusp of fall, Zac Soltvedt was optimistic about the crop, as he looked over a plot of corn on his family farm in Seymour, Wisconsin.
“It's still nice and green yet — we haven't seen any fungus come in through here at all on this plot,” he said. “We're expecting a pretty good yield out of it.”
He says 2025 has been an “overall favorable weather year.” And he isn’t the only farmer expecting a good harvest.
Corn production nationally is expected to be 13% higher than last year, with Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa and six other states expected to see record yields, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s September forecast.
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