Corn Harvest Slipped 1%
WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- Corn for grain production in 2018 was estimated at 14.4 billion bushels, down 1% from the 2017 estimate, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.
The average yield in the United States was estimated at 176.4 bushels per acre, 0.2 bushel below the 2017 record yield of 176.6 bushels per acre. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 81.7 million acres, down 1% from the 2017 estimate.
The 2018 corn objective yield data indicated the highest number of ears per acre on record for the combined 10 objective yield States (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin). Record high ear counts were recorded in Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Corn silage production was estimated at 121 million tons for 2018, down 5% from 2017. The United States silage yield was estimated at 19.9 tons per acre, down 0.1 ton from 2017. Area harvested for silage was estimated at 6.11 million acres, down 4% from a year ago.
Corn Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain, Yield, and Production -
States and United States: 2016-2018
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: Area planted for all purposes : Area harvested for grain
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: 1,000 acres
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Alabama .........: 330 250 260 315 235 250
Arizona .........: 95 65 70 50 32 15
Arkansas ........: 760 620 660 745 595 645
California ......: 420 430 430 100 80 65
Colorado ........: 1,340 1,460 1,470 1,170 1,300 1,200
Connecticut 1/ ..: 25 24 23 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Delaware ........: 170 180 170 164 171 166
Florida .........: 80 75 100 40 37 65
Georgia .........: 410 290 325 340 245 285
Idaho ...........: 340 340 360 100 115 135
:
Illinois ........: 11,600 11,200 11,000 11,450 10,950 10,850
Indiana .........: 5,600 5,350 5,350 5,470 5,200 5,200
Iowa ............: 13,900 13,300 13,200 13,500 12,900 12,800
Kansas ..........: 5,100 5,500 5,450 4,920 5,200 5,000
Kentucky ........: 1,500 1,320 1,340 1,400 1,220 1,230
Louisiana .......: 620 500 460 550 490 450
Maine 1/ ........: 31 31 31 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Maryland ........: 460 480 450 400 420 390
Massachusetts 1/ : 16 15 14 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Michigan ........: 2,400 2,250 2,300 2,040 1,890 1,940
:
Minnesota .......: 8,450 8,050 7,900 8,000 7,630 7,490
Mississippi .....: 750 520 480 720 500 465
Missouri ........: 3,650 3,400 3,500 3,500 3,250 3,330
Montana .........: 115 115 115 55 65 68
Nebraska ........: 9,850 9,550 9,600 9,550 9,300 9,310
Nevada 1/ .......: 11 12 13 (NA) (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 1/ : 15 14 13 (NA) (NA) (NA)
New Jersey ......: 80 77 72 71 70 61
New Mexico ......: 120 125 135 41 43 35
New York ........: 1,100 1,000 1,100 570 485 645
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North Carolina ..: 1,000 890 910 940 840 830
North Dakota ....: 3,450 3,420 3,150 3,270 3,230 2,930
Ohio ............: 3,550 3,400 3,500 3,300 3,150 3,300
Oklahoma ........: 400 350 320 350 305 280
Oregon ..........: 80 85 80 39 44 45
Pennsylvania ....: 1,400 1,350 1,350 950 920 950
Rhode Island 1/ .: 2 2 2 (NA) (NA) (NA)
South Carolina ..: 375 350 340 350 325 310
South Dakota ....: 5,600 5,700 5,300 5,130 5,080 4,860
Tennessee .......: 880 750 740 830 710 690
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Texas ...........: 2,900 2,450 2,200 2,550 2,240 1,750
Utah ............: 80 80 70 29 20 22
Vermont 1/ ......: 90 82 85 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Virginia ........: 490 500 485 340 340 325
Washington ......: 170 170 165 85 80 85
West Virginia ...: 49 50 46 35 33 33
Wisconsin .......: 4,050 3,900 3,900 3,220 2,930 3,170
Wyoming .........: 100 95 95 69 63 70
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United States ...: 94,004 90,167 89,129 86,748 82,733 81,740
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Corn Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain, Yield, and Production -
States and United States: 2016-2018 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: ----------- bushels ---------- ---------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama .........: 120.0 167.0 156.0 37,800 39,245 39,000
Arizona .........: 215.0 195.0 220.0 10,750 6,240 3,300
Arkansas ........: 171.0 183.0 181.0 127,395 108,885 116,745
California ......: 185.0 167.0 173.0 18,500 13,360 11,245
Colorado ........: 137.0 143.0 130.0 160,290 185,900 156,000
Connecticut 1/ ..: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Delaware ........: 170.0 189.0 145.0 27,880 32,319 24,070
Florida .........: 145.0 161.0 157.0 5,800 5,957 10,205
Georgia .........: 165.0 176.0 176.0 56,100 43,120 50,160
Idaho ...........: 188.0 203.0 213.0 18,800 23,345 28,755
:
Illinois ........: 197.0 201.0 210.0 2,255,650 2,200,950 2,278,500
Indiana .........: 173.0 180.0 189.0 946,310 936,000 982,800
Iowa ............: 203.0 202.0 196.0 2,740,500 2,605,800 2,508,800
Kansas ..........: 142.0 132.0 129.0 698,640 686,400 645,000
Kentucky ........: 159.0 178.0 175.0 222,600 217,160 215,250
Louisiana .......: 165.0 184.0 173.0 90,750 90,160 77,850
Maine 1/ ........: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Maryland ........: 152.0 172.0 146.0 60,800 72,240 56,940
Massachusetts 1/ : (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Michigan ........: 157.0 159.0 153.0 320,280 300,510 296,820
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Minnesota .......: 193.0 194.0 182.0 1,544,000 1,480,220 1,363,180
Mississippi .....: 166.0 189.0 185.0 119,520 94,500 86,025
Missouri ........: 163.0 170.0 140.0 570,500 552,500 466,200
Montana .........: 100.0 70.0 85.0 5,500 4,550 5,780
Nebraska ........: 178.0 181.0 192.0 1,699,900 1,683,300 1,787,520
Nevada 1/ .......: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 1/ : (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
New Jersey ......: 145.0 167.0 141.0 10,295 11,690 8,601
New Mexico ......: 150.0 134.0 187.0 6,150 5,762 6,545
New York ........: 129.0 161.0 159.0 73,530 78,085 102,555
:
North Carolina ..: 129.0 142.0 113.0 121,260 119,280 93,790
North Dakota ....: 158.0 139.0 153.0 516,660 448,970 448,290
Ohio ............: 159.0 177.0 187.0 524,700 557,550 617,100
Oklahoma ........: 121.0 126.0 134.0 42,350 38,430 37,520
Oregon ..........: 230.0 212.0 195.0 8,970 9,328 8,775
Pennsylvania ....: 129.0 161.0 140.0 122,550 148,120 133,000
Rhode Island 1/ .: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
South Carolina ..: 127.0 136.0 127.0 44,450 44,200 39,370
South Dakota ....: 161.0 145.0 160.0 825,930 736,600 777,600
Tennessee .......: 151.0 171.0 168.0 125,330 121,410 115,920
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Texas ...........: 127.0 140.0 108.0 323,850 313,600 189,000
Utah ............: 175.0 176.0 182.0 5,075 3,520 4,004
Vermont 1/ ......: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Virginia ........: 148.0 140.0 146.0 50,320 47,600 47,450
Washington ......: 235.0 225.0 220.0 19,975 18,000 18,700
West Virginia ...: 145.0 152.0 152.0 5,075 5,016 5,016
Wisconsin .......: 178.0 174.0 172.0 573,160 509,820 545,240
Wyoming .........: 147.0 155.0 164.0 10,143 9,765 11,480
:
United States ...: 174.6 176.6 176.4 15,148,038 14,609,407 14,420,101
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Area harvested for grain not estimated.
Corn for Silage Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2016-2018
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 :2016 :2017 :2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: ----- 1,000 acres ----- ----- tons ----- -------- 1,000 tons -------
:
Alabama .......: 7 7 5 16.0 17.0 16.0 112 119 80
Arizona .......: 44 32 51 30.0 31.0 29.0 1,320 992 1,479
Arkansas ......: 2 2 3 15.0 19.0 21.0 30 38 63
California ....: 315 345 360 26.5 26.5 27.5 8,348 9,143 9,900
Colorado ......: 140 130 190 24.0 25.5 22.0 3,360 3,315 4,180
Connecticut ...: 21 20 20 18.5 19.5 19.0 389 390 380
Delaware ......: 5 7 3 18.0 19.5 24.0 90 137 72
Florida .......: 35 35 30 19.0 19.0 21.0 665 665 630
Georgia .......: 40 35 30 19.0 16.0 21.0 760 560 630
Idaho .........: 235 220 220 30.0 30.0 30.0 7,050 6,600 6,600
:
Illinois ......: 80 190 100 21.0 17.0 20.0 1,680 3,230 2,000
Indiana .......: 100 110 100 22.0 21.0 21.0 2,200 2,310 2,100
Iowa ..........: 330 330 270 24.0 21.0 20.5 7,920 6,930 5,535
Kansas ........: 150 250 390 19.5 21.5 13.5 2,925 5,375 5,265
Kentucky ......: 80 85 90 19.5 20.0 21.0 1,560 1,700 1,890
Louisiana .....: 1 1 2 17.0 20.0 20.0 17 20 40
Maine .........: 28 27 27 19.0 18.0 20.0 532 486 540
Maryland ......: 50 50 45 18.0 20.5 19.0 900 1,025 855
Massachusetts .: 14 12 12 16.0 19.0 20.0 224 228 240
Michigan ......: 340 340 340 19.5 18.5 17.5 6,630 6,290 5,950
:
Minnesota .....: 390 360 340 21.5 21.5 22.0 8,385 7,740 7,480
Mississippi ...: 10 7 7 14.0 18.0 15.0 140 126 105
Missouri ......: 80 70 100 15.0 15.0 13.0 1,200 1,050 1,300
Montana .......: 55 25 37 22.0 20.0 20.0 1,210 500 740
Nebraska ......: 240 210 220 19.5 19.5 21.0 4,680 4,095 4,620
Nevada ........: 7 10 7 24.0 24.0 26.0 168 240 182
New Hampshire .: 14 13 12 20.0 20.0 21.0 280 260 252
New Jersey ....: 5 6 6 16.0 19.5 19.0 80 117 114
New Mexico ....: 75 80 95 23.0 25.0 22.0 1,725 2,000 2,090
New York ......: 510 495 445 16.0 18.0 19.0 8,160 8,910 8,455
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North Carolina : 40 40 50 15.5 18.0 16.0 620 720 800
North Dakota ..: 150 160 170 17.5 10.0 15.0 2,625 1,600 2,550
Ohio ..........: 210 210 160 15.5 20.0 20.0 3,255 4,200 3,200
Oklahoma ......: 20 20 20 15.0 20.0 11.0 300 400 220
Oregon ........: 40 40 34 27.0 24.0 23.0 1,080 960 782
Pennsylvania ..: 440 420 390 17.5 21.5 19.0 7,700 9,030 7,410
Rhode Island ..: 2 2 2 18.5 18.0 21.0 37 36 42
South Carolina : 13 16 19 14.0 18.0 14.0 182 288 266
South Dakota ..: 420 510 360 17.5 12.5 16.5 7,350 6,375 5,940
Tennessee .....: 40 30 38 19.0 22.0 19.0 760 660 722
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Texas .........: 250 150 270 17.0 22.0 16.0 4,250 3,300 4,320
Utah ..........: 49 56 45 24.0 25.0 23.0 1,176 1,400 1,035
Vermont .......: 85 76 79 20.0 16.5 19.0 1,700 1,254 1,501
Virginia ......: 130 135 135 20.0 18.0 19.0 2,600 2,430 2,565
Washington ....: 85 90 80 26.0 27.0 26.0 2,210 2,430 2,080
West Virginia .: 13 16 11 19.0 20.0 19.0 247 320 209
Wisconsin .....: 790 880 670 21.0 19.0 20.0 16,590 16,720 13,400
Wyoming .......: 26 30 23 23.0 24.0 24.0 598 720 552
:
United States .: 6,206 6,385 6,113 20.3 20.0 19.9 126,020 127,434 121,361
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