USDA Report: Corn Crop Down 5%, Soybeans Up 2%
Published: Friday, August 19, 2022
The Crop Production report issued last Friday by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service forecasted corn production down from 2021 and soybean production up from last year. Corn production is down 5 percent from last year, forecast at 14.4 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increase their production 2 percent from 2021, forecast at 4.53 billion bushels.
Average corn yield is forecast at 175.4 bushels per acre, down 1.6 bushels from last year. NASS forecasts record-high yields in California, Iowa, Washington and Wisconsin. Acres planted to corn, at 89.8 million, are down 4 percent from 2021.
As of July 31, 61 percent of this year's corn crop was reported in good or excellent condition, 1 percentage point below the same time last year.
Area for soybean harvest is forecast at 87.2 million acres with planted area for the nation estimated at 88 million acres, up 1 percent from last year. Soybean yields are expected to average a record high 51.9 bushels per acre, up .5 bushel from 2021. If realized, the forecasted yields in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio and Virginia will be record highs.
Wheat production is forecast at 1.78 billion bushels, up 8 percent from 2021. Growers are expected to produce 1.2 billion bushels of winter wheat this year, down less than 1 percent from the previous forecast and down 6 percent from last year. Durum wheat production is forecast at 73.6 million bushels, up 97 percent from 2021.
All other spring wheat production is forecast at 512 million bushels, up 55 percent from last year.
Based on Aug. 1 conditions, the U.S. all wheat yield is forecast at 47.4 bushels per acre, up 3.2 bushels from 2021.
Indiana
Indiana farmers anticipate record soybean yields this year, according to Nathanial Warenski, state statistician, USDA NASS, Indiana Field Office. Indiana farmers anticipate harvesting 4.95 million acres of corn, down 320,000 acres from last year, and 5.83 million acres of soybeans, up 190,000 acres from last year.
Indiana's average corn yield is forecast at 189 bushels per acre, down 6 bushels from the previous year. Total production is forecast at 936 million bushels, down 9 percent from last year on both lower yields and fewer acres planted.
Soybean yield is forecast at 60 bushels per acre, up .5 bushels from 2021. If realized, this will set a new state record by .5 bushels per acre. Total production is forecast at 350 million bushels, up 4 percent from last year due to larger yields and more acres planted.
Winter wheat yield is estimated at 82 bushels per acre, unchanged from the previous forecast and 3 bushels below last
year. Winter wheat production is forecast at 20.5 million bushels, down 11 percent from last year due to smaller yields and fewer acres planted.
Michigan
Michigan growers are anticipating smaller corn, soybean, dry bean, alfalfa hay and sugarbeet yields in 2022 than they had in 2021, according to Marlo D. Johnson, regional director of USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office.
Michigan's average corn yield is forecast at 170 bushels per acre, 4 bushels below last year. Total production is forecast at 321 million bushels, down 7 percent from last year. Production is down on a smaller yield and fewer planted acres.
Soybean yield is forecast at 47 bushels per acre, down 4 bushels from last year. Total production is forecast at 105 million bushels, down 4 percent from last year. Despite farmers planting more soybean acres in 2022 in Michigan, total production is anticipated to be down due to a smaller yield.
Winter Wheat yield is estimated at 84 bushels per acre, up 3 bushels from last year. Total production is forecast at 35.7 million bushels.
Producers of dry beans are expecting their crop to yield 2,300 pounds per acre, down 110 pounds from last year. Production is expected to be 5.01 million hundredweight, nearly unchanged from last year due to an increase in acres planted in 2022.
Michigan's 2022 apple production forecast is 1.1 billion pounds, up 68 percent from last year. The Michigan peach production forecast is 12,000 tons, up 43 percent from last year. Both the Michigan apple and peach crops had an ideal spring with no major freezes or frosts that reduced the crops in the past two years.
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