With harvest underway, Ohio farmers anticipate very good corn and soybean yields this year, according to Cheryl Turner, State Statistician, USDA NASS, Ohio Field Office. The November Crop Production Report is based on conditions as of November 1, 2022. Some highlights of the report follow:
• Ohio corn production is forecast at 580 million bushels, down 10 percent from last year. The yield is forecast at 186 bushels per acre, down 7 bushels from last year and down 1 bushel from last month.
• Ohio soybean production is expected to total 279 million bushels, up less than one percent from last year. The yield is forecast at 55 bushels per acre, down 2 bushels from last year but unchanged from the previous forecast.
• Nationally, corn production for grain is forecast at 13.9 billion bushels, up less than 1 percent from the previous forecast but down 8 percent from 2021. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 172.3 bushels per harvested acre, up 0.4 bushel from the previous forecast but down 4.4 bushels from last year. Area harvested for grain, forecast at 80.8 million acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but down 5 percent from the previous year.
• U.S. soybean production for beans is forecast at 4.35 billion bushels, up 1 percent from the previous forecast but down 3 percent from last year. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 50.2 bushels per harvested acre, up 0.4 bushel from the previous forecast but down 1.5 bushels from 2021. Area harvested for beans in the United States is forecast at 86.6 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up less than 1 percent from 2021.
