Corn Output Dips 9%
WASHINGTON - JAN 12/23 - SNS -- Corn for grain production in 2022 was estimated at 13.7 billion bushels, down 9% from the 2021 estimate, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2022.
The average yield in the United States was estimated at 173.3 bushels per acre, 3.4 bushels below the 2021 record high yield of 176.7 bushels per acre. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 79.2 million acres, down 7% from the 2021 estimate.
Estimated yields in 2022 were down from the previous year across the Southern Plains, Southeast, and West Coast. Record high yields were estimated in Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Corn planted area, at 88.6 million acres, was down 5% from the 2021 estimate. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 79.2 million acres, down 7% from the 2021 estimate. Record low harvested for grain acres were estimated for California.
The 2022 corn objective yield data indicated the sixth highest number of ears per acre, since 2012, for the combined 10 objective yield States (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin).
Corn silage production was estimated at 129 million tons for 2022, down 1% from the 2021 estimate. Record low silage production was estimated in Massachusetts. The United States silage yield was estimated at 18.7 tons per acre, down 1.4 tons from 2021. Record high silage yields were estimated in Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Area harvested for silage was estimated at 6.86 million acres, up 6% from the 2021 estimate. Record low acres harvested for silage were estimated in Alabama, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
Corn Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain, Yield, and Production -
States and United States: 2020-2022
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: Area planted for all purposes : Area harvested for grain
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .........: 330 350 300 320 340 290
Arizona .........: 75 95 80 29 18 40
Arkansas ........: 620 850 710 605 830 695
California ......: 440 400 370 60 50 20
Colorado ........: 1,420 1,380 1,350 1,060 1,150 980
Connecticut 1/ ..: 24 24 25 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Delaware ........: 180 175 170 176 172 167
Florida .........: 100 95 85 61 66 56
Georgia .........: 420 480 425 390 445 385
Idaho ...........: 390 380 320 130 120 110
:
Illinois ........: 11,300 11,000 10,800 11,100 10,850 10,600
Indiana .........: 5,400 5,400 5,250 5,250 5,270 5,130
Iowa ............: 13,600 12,900 12,900 12,900 12,450 12,400
Kansas ..........: 6,100 5,700 5,500 5,720 5,400 4,440
Kentucky ........: 1,470 1,550 1,440 1,360 1,440 1,350
Louisiana .......: 500 580 450 485 565 435
Maine 1/ ........: 30 30 29 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Maryland ........: 480 470 440 430 425 380
Massachusetts 1/ : 14 14 14 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Michigan ........: 2,350 2,350 2,350 1,990 1,990 2,000
:
Minnesota .......: 8,000 8,400 8,000 7,510 7,840 7,490
Mississippi .....: 510 730 580 490 700 565
Missouri ........: 3,450 3,600 3,350 3,280 3,430 3,120
Montana .........: 115 120 130 61 60 69
Nebraska ........: 10,200 9,900 9,600 9,890 9,560 8,820
Nevada 1/ .......: 13 15 14 (NA) (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 1/ : 13 13 13 (NA) (NA) (NA)
New Jersey ......: 80 78 76 73 72 67
New Mexico ......: 125 120 100 37 39 36
New York ........: 1,030 1,040 1,030 500 580 575
:
North Carolina ..: 990 960 830 940 905 785
North Dakota ....: 1,950 4,100 2,950 1,780 3,630 2,670
Ohio ............: 3,550 3,550 3,400 3,300 3,340 3,180
Oklahoma ........: 360 340 350 320 295 200
Oregon ..........: 100 95 75 65 55 45
Pennsylvania ....: 1,500 1,330 1,180 1,000 990 840
Rhode Island 1/ .: 2 2 2 (NA) (NA) (NA)
South Carolina ..: 390 400 320 370 380 300
South Dakota ....: 4,900 6,150 5,750 4,450 5,480 5,010
Tennessee .......: 860 1,010 840 815 950 795
:
Texas ...........: 2,250 2,150 2,150 1,810 1,850 1,610
Utah ............: 85 70 70 29 19 16
Vermont 1/ ......: 85 85 90 (NA) (NA) (NA)
Virginia ........: 560 510 450 420 360 340
Washington ......: 195 165 130 85 85 75
West Virginia ...: 51 51 46 38 38 35
Wisconsin .......: 3,950 3,950 3,950 2,930 3,000 3,030
Wyoming .........: 95 95 95 54 79 56
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United States ...: 90,652 93,252 88,579 82,313 85,318 79,207
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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: 2020-2022 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: ----------- bushels ---------- ---------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama .........: 158.0 163.0 118.0 50,560 55,420 34,220
Arizona .........: 202.0 181.0 220.0 5,858 3,258 8,800
Arkansas ........: 184.0 184.0 173.0 111,320 152,720 120,235
California ......: 187.0 188.0 177.0 11,220 9,400 3,540
Colorado ........: 116.0 129.0 121.0 122,960 148,350 118,580
Connecticut 1/ ..: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Delaware ........: 160.0 184.0 170.0 28,160 31,648 28,390
Florida .........: 138.0 176.0 164.0 8,418 11,616 9,184
Georgia .........: 180.0 182.0 175.0 70,200 80,990 67,375
Idaho ...........: 199.0 210.0 216.0 25,870 25,200 23,760
:
Illinois ........: 191.0 202.0 214.0 2,120,100 2,191,700 2,268,400
Indiana .........: 187.0 195.0 190.0 981,750 1,027,650 974,700
Iowa ............: 177.0 204.0 200.0 2,283,300 2,539,800 2,480,000
Kansas ..........: 134.0 139.0 115.0 766,480 750,600 510,600
Kentucky ........: 184.0 192.0 156.0 250,240 276,480 210,600
Louisiana .......: 181.0 183.0 170.0 87,785 103,395 73,950
Maine 1/ ........: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Maryland ........: 155.0 175.0 165.0 66,650 74,375 62,700
Massachusetts 1/ : (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Michigan ........: 153.0 174.0 168.0 304,470 346,260 336,000
:
Minnesota .......: 191.0 177.0 195.0 1,434,410 1,387,680 1,460,550
Mississippi .....: 180.0 181.0 165.0 88,200 126,700 93,225
Missouri ........: 171.0 159.0 161.0 560,880 545,370 502,320
Montana .........: 109.0 100.0 112.0 6,649 6,000 7,728
Nebraska ........: 180.0 194.0 165.0 1,780,200 1,854,640 1,455,300
Nevada 1/ .......: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
New Hampshire 1/ : (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
New Jersey ......: 156.0 163.0 115.0 11,388 11,736 7,705
New Mexico ......: 195.0 184.0 149.0 7,215 7,176 5,364
New York ........: 157.0 167.0 140.0 78,500 96,860 80,500
:
North Carolina ..: 113.0 149.0 126.0 106,220 134,845 98,910
North Dakota ....: 139.0 105.0 131.0 247,420 381,150 349,770
Ohio ............: 171.0 193.0 187.0 564,300 644,620 594,660
Oklahoma ........: 135.0 150.0 122.0 43,200 44,250 24,400
Oregon ..........: 241.0 240.0 237.0 15,665 13,200 10,665
Pennsylvania ....: 138.0 169.0 140.0 138,000 167,310 117,600
Rhode Island 1/ .: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
South Carolina ..: 132.0 139.0 122.0 48,840 52,820 36,600
South Dakota ....: 162.0 134.0 132.0 720,900 734,320 661,320
Tennessee .......: 170.0 170.0 130.0 138,550 161,500 103,350
:
Texas ...........: 128.0 128.0 95.0 231,680 236,800 152,950
Utah ............: 149.0 179.0 165.0 4,321 3,401 2,640
Vermont 1/ ......: (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
Virginia ........: 122.0 160.0 167.0 51,240 57,600 56,780
Washington ......: 228.0 248.0 220.0 19,380 21,080 16,500
West Virginia ...: 144.0 144.0 168.0 5,472 5,472 5,880
Wisconsin .......: 173.0 180.0 180.0 506,890 540,000 545,400
Wyoming .........: 122.0 132.0 153.0 6,588 10,428 8,568
:
United States ...: 171.4 176.7 173.3 14,111,449 15,073,820 13,729,719
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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: 2020-2022
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :--------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 :2020 :2021 :2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: ----- 1,000 acres ----- ----- tons ----- -------- 1,000 tons -------
:
Alabama .......: 5 5 4 16.0 18.0 15.0 80 90 60
Arizona .......: 45 76 39 29.0 28.0 28.0 1,305 2,128 1,092
Arkansas ......: 6 5 5 15.0 20.0 16.0 90 100 80
California ....: 375 345 345 27.0 28.0 26.0 10,125 9,660 8,970
Colorado ......: 230 180 190 23.0 24.5 19.5 5,290 4,410 3,705
Connecticut ...: 22 22 23 16.0 17.0 20.0 352 374 460
Delaware ......: 4 3 3 19.0 21.0 19.0 76 63 57
Florida .......: 35 25 25 19.0 24.0 17.0 665 600 425
Georgia .......: 25 25 30 18.0 22.0 22.0 450 550 660
Idaho .........: 260 260 210 29.0 29.0 29.0 7,540 7,540 6,090
:
Illinois ......: 110 80 120 20.0 20.0 23.0 2,200 1,600 2,760
Indiana .......: 130 110 100 21.0 22.0 22.0 2,730 2,420 2,200
Iowa ..........: 260 340 400 20.5 21.0 21.0 5,330 7,140 8,400
Kansas ........: 250 240 420 19.5 18.0 11.0 4,875 4,320 4,620
Kentucky ......: 95 90 70 20.0 19.0 18.0 1,900 1,710 1,260
Louisiana .....: 3 3 3 17.0 16.0 15.0 51 48 45
Maine .........: 27 25 24 19.0 21.0 17.0 513 525 408
Maryland ......: 40 35 40 17.0 20.0 19.0 680 700 760
Massachusetts .: 12 11 11 16.0 17.0 15.0 192 187 165
Michigan ......: 350 340 330 17.5 20.5 20.0 6,125 6,970 6,600
:
Minnesota .....: 420 450 450 23.0 19.0 21.5 9,660 8,550 9,675
Mississippi ...: 7 8 5 14.0 17.0 15.0 98 136 75
Missouri ......: 100 70 150 17.0 15.0 11.0 1,700 1,050 1,650
Montana .......: 51 47 54 21.0 18.0 21.0 1,071 846 1,134
Nebraska ......: 260 260 430 19.0 19.5 12.5 4,940 5,070 5,375
Nevada ........: 13 14 11 26.0 26.0 22.0 338 364 242
New Hampshire .: 12 11 11 20.0 21.0 19.0 240 231 209
New Jersey ....: 6 5 6 20.0 20.0 16.0 120 100 96
New Mexico ....: 79 80 55 21.0 26.0 24.0 1,659 2,080 1,320
New York ......: 520 445 440 18.0 19.0 17.0 9,360 8,455 7,480
:
North Carolina : 40 35 30 14.0 18.0 14.0 560 630 420
North Dakota ..: 145 250 230 15.5 7.5 15.0 2,248 1,875 3,450
Ohio ..........: 200 160 170 21.0 20.0 22.0 4,200 3,200 3,740
Oklahoma ......: 20 25 35 14.0 12.0 11.0 280 300 385
Oregon ........: 34 39 29 23.0 23.0 28.0 782 897 812
Pennsylvania ..: 485 300 305 19.0 21.0 18.0 9,215 6,300 5,490
Rhode Island ..: 2 2 2 13.0 21.0 16.0 26 42 32
South Carolina : 9 12 8 15.0 19.0 14.0 135 228 112
South Dakota ..: 360 500 550 18.0 12.0 12.0 6,480 6,000 6,600
Tennessee .....: 35 35 30 18.0 19.0 16.0 630 665 480
:
Texas .........: 270 250 260 18.0 21.0 15.0 4,860 5,250 3,900
Utah ..........: 52 47 52 23.0 24.0 24.0 1,196 1,128 1,248
Vermont .......: 80 77 82 19.0 19.0 19.0 1,520 1,463 1,558
Virginia ......: 120 120 95 17.0 17.0 22.0 2,040 2,040 2,090
Washington ....: 110 80 55 26.0 25.0 25.0 2,860 2,000 1,375
West Virginia .: 12 11 10 19.0 18.0 21.0 228 198 210
Wisconsin .....: 960 880 880 21.0 21.5 22.5 20,160 18,920 19,800
Wyoming .......: 25 12 33 20.0 23.0 24.0 500 276 792
:
United States .: 6,711 6,445 6,860 20.5 20.1 18.7 137,675 129,429 128,567
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