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Second Largest Corn Crop

WASHINGTON - Nov 8/21 - SNS -- Corn production for grain is forecast at 15.1 billion bushels, up less than 1% from the previous forecast and up 7% from 2020, according to the latest USDA crop report.

Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 177.0 bushels per harvested acre, up 0.5 bushel from the previous forecast and up 5.6 bushels from last year. Record high yields are forecast in California, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.

Area harvested for grain is forecast at 85.1 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 3% from the previous year

The November 1 corn objective yield data indicate the third highest number of ears on record for the combined 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: 2020 and
Forecasted November 1, 2021
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                 :  Area harvested   :          Yield per acre          :     Production
                 :----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      State      :         :         :          :         2021          :          :
                 :  2020   :  2021   :   2020   :-----------------------:   2020   :   2021
                 :         :         :          : October 1 :November 1 :          :
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                 :    1,000 acres       ---------- bushels ----------    --- 1,000 bushels ---
                 :
Alabama .........:    320       340     158.0       162.0       162.0        50,560     55,080
Arkansas ........:    605       830     184.0       184.0       183.0       111,320    151,890
California ......:     60        95     187.0       195.0       195.0        11,220     18,525
Colorado ........:  1,060     1,110     116.0       134.0       136.0       122,960    150,960
Delaware ........:    176       170     160.0       170.0       175.0        28,160     29,750
Georgia .........:    390       440     180.0       176.0       180.0        70,200     79,200
Idaho ...........:    130       105     199.0       214.0       214.0        25,870     22,470
Illinois ........: 11,100    10,800     191.0       210.0       207.0     2,120,100  2,235,600
Indiana .........:  5,250     5,250     187.0       194.0       189.0       981,750    992,250
Iowa ............: 12,900    12,450     177.0       201.0       201.0     2,283,300  2,502,450
                 :
Kansas ..........:  5,720     5,300     134.0       140.0       139.0       766,480    736,700
Kentucky ........:  1,360     1,450     184.0       185.0       189.0       250,240    274,050
Louisiana .......:    485       565     181.0       181.0       181.0        87,785    102,265
Maryland ........:    430       390     155.0       166.0       172.0        66,650     67,080
Michigan ........:  1,990     1,970     153.0       171.0       175.0       304,470    344,750
Minnesota .......:  7,510     7,800     191.0       178.0       186.0     1,434,410  1,450,800
Mississippi .....:    490       700     180.0       186.0       185.0        88,200    129,500
Missouri ........:  3,280     3,380     171.0       164.0       160.0       560,880    540,800
Nebraska ........:  9,890     9,600     180.0       190.0       191.0     1,780,200  1,833,600
New York ........:    500       500     157.0       167.0       170.0        78,500     85,000
                 :
North Carolina ..:    940       910     113.0       146.0       146.0       106,220    132,860
North Dakota ....:  1,780     3,820     139.0       107.0       108.0       247,420    412,560
Ohio ............:  3,300     3,380     171.0       188.0       188.0       564,300    635,440
Oklahoma ........:    320       300     135.0       150.0       155.0        43,200     46,500
Pennsylvania ....:  1,000       870     138.0       169.0       169.0       138,000    147,030
South Carolina ..:    370       390     132.0       136.0       134.0        48,840     52,260
South Dakota ....:  4,450     5,650     162.0       133.0       137.0       720,900    774,050
Tennessee .......:    815       970     170.0       170.0       171.0       138,550    165,870
Texas ...........:  1,810     1,700     128.0       140.0       140.0       231,680    238,000
Virginia ........:    420       390     122.0       155.0       155.0        51,240     60,450
Washington ......:     85        75     228.0       225.0       225.0        19,380     16,875
Wisconsin .......:  2,930     2,940     173.0       172.0       172.0       506,890    505,680
                 :
Other States 1/ .:    447       445     160.1       161.1       161.1        71,574     71,707
                 :
United States ...: 82,313    85,085     171.4       176.5       177.0    14,111,449 15,062,002
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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 2021 Summary."

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