USDA Inches Corn Estimate Upward
WASHINGTON - Oct 12/21 - SNS -- Corn production for grain is forecast at 15.0 billion bushels, up slightly from the previous forecast and up 6% from 2020, according to the latest USDA production estimates for 2021.
Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 176.5 bushels per harvested acre, up 0.2 bushel from the previous forecast and up 5.1 bushels from last year.
After a thorough review of all available data, acreage estimates are unchanged from last month. Total planted area, at 93.3 million acres, is unchanged from the previous estimate, but up 3% from the previous year. Area harvested for grain, forecast at 85.1 million acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but up 3% from the previous year.
Corn Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain, Yield, and Production -
States and United States: 2020 - 2021
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted for all purposes : Area harvested for grain
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ............: 330 350 320 340
Arizona ............: 75 95 29 34
Arkansas ...........: 620 850 605 830
California .........: 440 450 60 95
Colorado ...........: 1,420 1,390 1,060 1,110
Connecticut 2/ .....: 24 26 (NA) (NA)
Delaware ...........: 180 175 176 170
Florida ............: 100 100 61 60
Georgia ............: 420 480 390 440
Idaho ..............: 390 380 130 105
:
Illinois ...........: 11,300 11,000 11,100 10,800
Indiana ............: 5,400 5,400 5,250 5,250
Iowa ...............: 13,600 12,900 12,900 12,450
Kansas .............: 6,100 5,700 5,720 5,300
Kentucky ...........: 1,470 1,550 1,360 1,450
Louisiana ..........: 500 580 485 565
Maine 2/ ...........: 30 31 (NA) (NA)
Maryland ...........: 480 470 430 390
Massachusetts 2/ ...: 14 14 (NA) (NA)
Michigan ...........: 2,350 2,350 1,990 1,970
:
Minnesota ..........: 8,000 8,300 7,510 7,800
Mississippi ........: 510 730 490 700
Missouri ...........: 3,450 3,650 3,280 3,380
Montana ............: 115 120 61 68
Nebraska ...........: 10,200 9,900 9,890 9,600
Nevada 2/ ..........: 13 12 (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 2/ ...: 13 13 (NA) (NA)
New Jersey .........: 80 90 73 80
New Mexico .........: 125 115 37 36
New York ...........: 1,030 1,050 500 500
:
North Carolina .....: 990 960 940 910
North Dakota .......: 1,950 4,100 1,780 3,820
Ohio ...............: 3,550 3,600 3,300 3,380
Oklahoma ...........: 360 340 320 300
Oregon .............: 100 90 65 45
Pennsylvania .......: 1,500 1,330 1,000 870
Rhode Island 2/ ....: 2 2 (NA) (NA)
South Carolina .....: 390 420 370 390
South Dakota .......: 4,900 6,100 4,450 5,650
Tennessee ..........: 860 1,040 815 970
:
Texas ..............: 2,250 2,100 1,810 1,700
Utah ...............: 85 75 29 22
Vermont 2/ .........: 85 85 (NA) (NA)
Virginia ...........: 560 540 420 390
Washington .........: 195 160 85 75
West Virginia ......: 51 51 38 38
Wisconsin ..........: 3,950 3,950 2,930 2,940
Wyoming ............: 95 90 54 62
:
United States ......: 90,652 93,304 82,313 85,085
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Area harvested for grain not estimated.
Corn for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2020 and
Forecasted October 1, 2021
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2021 : :
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 :-----------------------: 2020 : 2021
: : : :September 1: October 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres ---------- bushels ---------- --- 1,000 bushels ---
:
Alabama .........: 320 340 158.0 166.0 162.0 50,560 55,080
Arkansas ........: 605 830 184.0 182.0 184.0 111,320 152,720
California ......: 60 95 187.0 195.0 195.0 11,220 18,525
Colorado ........: 1,060 1,110 116.0 132.0 134.0 122,960 148,740
Delaware ........: 176 170 160.0 163.0 170.0 28,160 28,900
Georgia .........: 390 440 180.0 172.0 176.0 70,200 77,440
Idaho ...........: 130 105 199.0 209.0 214.0 25,870 22,470
Illinois ........: 11,100 10,800 191.0 214.0 210.0 2,120,100 2,268,000
Indiana .........: 5,250 5,250 187.0 197.0 194.0 981,750 1,018,500
Iowa ............: 12,900 12,450 177.0 198.0 201.0 2,283,300 2,502,450
:
Kansas ..........: 5,720 5,300 134.0 138.0 140.0 766,480 742,000
Kentucky ........: 1,360 1,450 184.0 185.0 185.0 250,240 268,250
Louisiana .......: 485 565 181.0 179.0 181.0 87,785 102,265
Maryland ........: 430 390 155.0 162.0 166.0 66,650 64,740
Michigan ........: 1,990 1,970 153.0 174.0 171.0 304,470 336,870
Minnesota .......: 7,510 7,800 191.0 174.0 178.0 1,434,410 1,388,400
Mississippi .....: 490 700 180.0 187.0 186.0 88,200 130,200
Missouri ........: 3,280 3,380 171.0 169.0 164.0 560,880 554,320
Nebraska ........: 9,890 9,600 180.0 188.0 190.0 1,780,200 1,824,000
New York ........: 500 500 157.0 167.0 167.0 78,500 83,500
:
North Carolina ..: 940 910 113.0 142.0 146.0 106,220 132,860
North Dakota ....: 1,780 3,820 139.0 108.0 107.0 247,420 408,740
Ohio ............: 3,300 3,380 171.0 190.0 188.0 564,300 635,440
Oklahoma ........: 320 300 135.0 150.0 150.0 43,200 45,000
Pennsylvania ....: 1,000 870 138.0 167.0 169.0 138,000 147,030
South Carolina ..: 370 390 132.0 134.0 136.0 48,840 53,040
South Dakota ....: 4,450 5,650 162.0 133.0 133.0 720,900 751,450
Tennessee .......: 815 970 170.0 172.0 170.0 138,550 164,900
Texas ...........: 1,810 1,700 128.0 140.0 140.0 231,680 238,000
Virginia ........: 420 390 122.0 149.0 155.0 51,240 60,450
Washington ......: 85 75 228.0 215.0 225.0 19,380 16,875
Wisconsin .......: 2,930 2,940 173.0 172.0 172.0 506,890 505,680
:
Other States 1/ .: 447 445 160.1 159.3 161.1 71,574 71,707
:
United States ...: 82,313 85,085 171.4 176.3 176.5 14,111,449 15,018,542
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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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