EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan farmers anticipate a record corn yield in 2021, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. The November Crop Production Report is based on conditions as of November 1, 2021. Some highlights of the report follow:
• Michigan corn production is forecast at 345 million bushels, up 13 percent from last year. The yield is forecast at 175 bushels per acre, up 22 bushels from last year and up 4 bushels from last month.
• Michigan’s soybean yield is forecast at 50 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from a year ago and unchanged from last month. Production is expected to be 107 million bushels, up 2 percent from 2020.
• Michigan sugarbeet growers anticipate a yield of 33.1 tons per acre, up 4.8 tons from last year. Production is forecast at 5.03 million tons.
• Nationally, corn production for grain is forecast at 15.1 billion bushels, up less than 1 percent from the previous forecast and up 7 percent from 2020. 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. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 85.1 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 3 percent from the previous year.
• U.S. soybean production for beans is forecast at 4.42 billion bushels, down 1 percent from the previous forecast but up 5 percent from last year. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 51.2 bushels per harvested acre, down 0.3 bushel from the previous forecast but up 0.2 bushel from 2020. Area harvested for beans in the United States is forecast at 86.4 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 5 percent from the previous year.
— USDA NASS Great Lakes Region