EAST LANSING, Mich. — With harvest underway, Ohio farmers anticipate record 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, 2021. Some highlights of the report follow:
- Ohio corn production is forecast at 635 million bushels, up 13 percent from last year. The yield is forecast at 188 bushels per acre, up 17 bushels from last year and unchanged from last month.
- Ohio soybean production is expected to total 270 million bushels, down less than 1 percent from last year. The yield is forecast at 56 bushels per acre, up 1 bushel from last year but down 2 bushels from the previous forecast.
- 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.
— National Agricultural Statistics Service