U.S. Corn Yields Slip 1%
WASHINGTON - Nov 8/19 - SNS -- This year's corn crop is now expected to reach 13.7 billion bushels, down 1% from the previous forecast and down 5% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop report.
Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 167.0 bushels per harvested acre, down 1.4 bushels from the previous forecast and down 9.4 bushels from 2018. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 81.8 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up slightly from 2018.
The November 1 corn objective yield data indicate the lowest number of ears since 2012 for the combined 10 objective yield States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin).
Corn for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and
Forecasted November 1, 2019
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2019 : :
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 :-----------------------: 2018 : 2019
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres ---------- bushels ---------- --- 1,000 bushels ---
:
Alabama .........: 250 305 156.0 151.0 156.0 39,000 47,580
Arkansas ........: 645 740 181.0 175.0 175.0 116,745 129,500
California ......: 65 90 173.0 165.0 160.0 11,245 14,400
Colorado ........: 1,200 1,260 130.0 144.0 140.0 156,000 176,400
Delaware ........: 166 180 145.0 150.0 148.0 24,070 26,640
Georgia .........: 285 345 176.0 168.0 168.0 50,160 57,960
Idaho ...........: 135 125 213.0 210.0 210.0 28,755 26,250
Illinois ........: 10,850 10,250 210.0 179.0 179.0 2,278,500 1,834,750
Indiana .........: 5,200 4,900 189.0 162.0 165.0 982,800 808,500
Iowa ............: 12,800 13,100 196.0 192.0 192.0 2,508,800 2,515,200
:
Kansas ..........: 5,000 6,000 129.0 136.0 133.0 645,000 798,000
Kentucky ........: 1,230 1,450 175.0 178.0 177.0 215,250 256,650
Louisiana .......: 450 550 173.0 166.0 164.0 77,850 90,200
Maryland ........: 390 440 146.0 167.0 163.0 56,940 71,720
Michigan ........: 1,940 1,740 153.0 155.0 151.0 296,820 262,740
Minnesota .......: 7,490 7,310 182.0 173.0 170.0 1,363,180 1,242,700
Mississippi .....: 465 625 185.0 174.0 174.0 86,025 108,750
Missouri ........: 3,330 3,050 140.0 155.0 155.0 466,200 472,750
Nebraska ........: 9,310 9,750 192.0 186.0 182.0 1,787,520 1,774,500
New York ........: 645 530 159.0 153.0 148.0 102,555 78,440
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North Carolina ..: 830 910 113.0 110.0 107.0 93,790 97,370
North Dakota ....: 2,930 3,310 153.0 146.0 142.0 448,290 470,020
Ohio ............: 3,300 2,590 187.0 160.0 163.0 617,100 422,170
Oklahoma ........: 280 325 134.0 142.0 142.0 37,520 46,150
Pennsylvania ....: 950 960 140.0 160.0 160.0 133,000 153,600
South Carolina ..: 310 345 127.0 110.0 105.0 39,370 36,225
South Dakota ....: 4,860 3,920 160.0 154.0 151.0 777,600 591,920
Tennessee .......: 690 920 168.0 175.0 174.0 115,920 160,080
Texas ...........: 1,750 2,050 108.0 142.0 137.0 189,000 280,850
Virginia ........: 325 375 146.0 148.0 140.0 47,450 52,500
Washington ......: 85 85 220.0 210.0 210.0 18,700 17,850
Wisconsin .......: 3,170 2,840 172.0 163.0 163.0 545,240 462,920
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Other States 1/ .: 414 445 153.9 170.2 170.2 63,706 75,720
:
United States ...: 81,740 81,815 176.4 168.4 167.0 14,420,101 13,661,005
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1/ Other States include Arizona, Florida, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, West
Virginia, and Wyoming. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Crop
Production 2019 Summary."
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