How high could U.S. corn yields go?

190? 181? 175 bushels per acre?

If you’re in the farm community and you hear these numbers thrown around, you likely know that a spirited, sometimes contentious, discussion regarding U.S. corn yields is taking place.

Everyone from agronomists to farmers to analysts in New York have opinions of what the national average corn yield might be each year, and this year has so far been no different.

Take a drive around the Midwest, and one will quickly find just why the topic is so hotly debated; corn is king in this part of the world and has a significant impact on a lot of the towns and communities that it surrounds.

So back to those numbers we started with, talk has been ongoing for months that yields...