New York corn production fell an estimated 4% this year, USDA reports

New York farms are estimated to have produced 82.7 million bushels of corn this year, down 4 percent from 86.1 million bushels in 2019, according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service forecast issued on Sept. 11. 

New York farms are projected to harvest an estimated 495,000 acres of corn for grain in 2020, down over 9 percent from 545,000 acres last year.

The total yield per acre in the Empire State is forecast to hit a record high of 167 bushels of corn this year, up 9 bushels from the 2019 average of 158 bushels. 

Nationally, U.S. farms are expected to have produced 14.9 billion bushels of corn for grain this year, up more than 9 percent from 13.6 billion bushels in 2019, according to the USDA.

New York farms are estimated to have produced 82.7 million bushels of corn this year, down 4 percent from 86.1 million bushels in 2019, according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service forecast issued on Sept. 11. 

New York farms are projected to harvest an estimated 495,000 acres of corn for grain in 2020, down over 9 percent from 545,000 acres last year.

The total yield per acre in the Empire State is forecast to hit a record high of 167 bushels of corn this year, up 9 bushels from the 2019 average of 158 bushels. 

Nationally, U.S. farms are expected to have produced 14.9 billion bushels of corn for grain this year, up more than 9 percent from 13.6 billion bushels in 2019, according to the USDA.