SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Heartland Regional Field Office released the Illinois Crop Production report on Aug. 12. Corn and soybeans saw significant declines from last year.
Corn: Planted area is estimated at 10.70 million acres, down 3 percent from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 10.45 million acres, is down 4 percent from 2018. Based on August 1 conditions, the Illinois corn yield is forecast at 181 bushels per acre, down 29 bushels from 2018. Production is forecast at 1.89 billion bushels, down 17 percent from last year’s production. If realized, this would be the lowest planted and harvested acreage since 1998.
Soybeans: Planted area is estimated at 10.0 million acres, down 7 percent from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 9.94 million acres, is down 8 percent from 2018. Based on August 1 conditions, the Illinois soybean yield is forecast at 55 bushels per acre, down 10 bushels from 2018. Production is forecast at 547 million bushels, down 22 percent from 2018.
Winter wheat: Harvested area in 2019 is forecast at 590,000 acres, up 30,000 acres from the previous year. The winter wheat yield is forecast at 65 bushels per acre, down 1 bushel from 2018. Production is forecast at 38.4 million bushels, up 4 percent from last year.
— USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Heartland Regional Field Office
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