A Closer Look at the Central Illinois Crop Tour

by Kim Lang September 16, 2009

Arcola IL CornWe thought you'd like to see some of the specifics and a few pictures taken during the recent crop tour in Central Illinois.  Water Street Solutions' CEO Darren Frye has been making this tour along a similar route since 1998.  The areas are selected because they present a good capsule of what's available in Illinois, a good to average representation of the state's soils. 

Here's what the corn looks like near Arcola, Illinois.  For more details from all of the stops, open this file.

2009 Central Illinois crop tour.pdf (1.67 mb)


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