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USDA: Corn Production Down 3 Percent from August Forecast

Sep 12, 2011
By USDA

Corn production is forecast at 12.5 billion bushels, down 3 percent from the August forecast but up fractionally from 2010. If realized, this will be the third largest production total on record for the United States. Based on conditions as of September 1, yields are expected to average 148.1 bushels per acre, down 4.9 bushels from the August 1 forecast and down 4.7 bushels from 2010. If realized, this will be the lowest average yield in the United States since 2005. 

 

Corn for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production – States and United States: 2010 and Forecasted September 1, 2011

 
Area harvested
Yield per acre
Production

 

 

State

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

August 1 Sept. 1

 

2010

 

2011

 



Alabama

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Delaware

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maryland

Michigan .

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

Washington

Wisconsin .

Other States 1

United States

(1,000 acres)


250

380

180

1,210

173

245

12,400

5,720

13,050

4,650

1,230

500

430

2,100

7,300

670

3,000

8,850

71

590

840

1,880

3,270

340

910

335

4,220

640

2,080

310

125

3,100

397

81,446

(1,000 acres)


240

480

150

1,250

183

300

12,300

5,700

13,750

4,500

1,340

550

450

2,250

7,650

820

3,100

9,650

82

600

830

2,100

3,320

250

930

340

4,800

710

1,600

340

115

3,280

428

84,388

(bushels)



116.0

150.0

195.0

151.0

115.0

145.0

157.0

157.0

165.0

125.0

124.0

140.0

106.0

150.0

177.0

136.0

123.0

166.0

114.0

150.0

91.0

132.0

163.0

130.0

128.0

91.0

135.0

117.0

145.0

67.0

205.0

162.0

160.5

152.8

(bushels)



100.0

150.0

190.0

130.0

125.0

148.0

170.0

150.0

177.0

110.0

145.0

130.0

104.0

142.0

166.0

116.0

126.0

166.0

135.0

130.0

81.0

125.0

158.0

85.0

112.0

60.0

141.0

136.0

112.0

116.0

210.0

159.0

160.3

153.0

(bushels)



105.0

146.0

185.0

127.0

125.0

147.0

161.0

145.0

167.0

105.0

139.0

130.0

104.0

148.0

165.0

114.0

120.0

160.0

130.0

134.0

78.0

125.0

153.0

90.0

114.0

57.0

138.0

137.0

112.0

124.0

215.0

157.0

160.3

148.1

(1,000 bushels)



29,000

57,000

35,100

182,710

19,895

35,525

1,946,800

898,040

2,153,250

581,250

152,520

70,000

45,580

315,000

1,292,100

91,120

369,000

1,469,100

8,094

88,500

76,440

248,160

533,010

44,200

116,480

30,485

569,700

74,880

301,600

20,770

25,625

502,200

63,731

12,446,865

(1,000 bushels)


25,200

70,080

27,750

158,750

22,875

44,100

1,980,300

826,500

2,296,250

472,500

186,260

71,500

46,800

333,000

1,262,250

93,480

372,000

1,544,000

10,660

80,400

64,740

262,500

507,960

22,500

106,020

19,380

662,400

97,270

179,200

42,160

24,725

514,960

68,600

12,497,070

ther States include Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Individual State level estimates will be published in the Crop Production 2011 Summary.


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