New York farms are forecast to produce 86.1 million bushels of corn for grain in 2025, down 10.6 percent from 96.3 million bushels last year. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop-production forecast based on Aug. 1 field conditions. The total yield per acre in the Empire State is estimated to […]
New York farms are forecast to produce 86.1 million bushels of corn for grain in 2025, down 10.6 percent from 96.3 million bushels last year. That’s according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop-production forecast based on Aug. 1 field conditions.
The total yield per acre in the Empire State is estimated to average 158 bushels this year, down 11 bushels per acre, or 6.5 percent, from 169 bushels in 2024, the USDA NASS said. Area harvested for grain corn is projected at 545,000 acres in 2025, down 4.4 percent from 570,000 acres a year earlier.
New York’s expected decline in corn production is bucking the national trend as the USDA is forecasting a bountiful, record corn harvest this year. U.S. corn production for grain is estimated to jump 12.6 percent to 16.74 billion bushels in 2025 from nearly 14.87 billion bushels in 2024, the USDA reported.
