New York farms are estimated to have produced just over 74.9 million bushels of corn for grain in 2025, down 20 percent from nearly 93.8 million bushels last year. That is according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop-production forecast made on Nov. 1. The total yield per acre in the Empire State […]
New York farms are estimated to have produced just over 74.9 million bushels of corn for grain in 2025, down 20 percent from nearly 93.8 million bushels last year. That is according to a USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) crop-production forecast made on Nov. 1.
The total yield per acre in the Empire State is estimated to have averaged 135 bushels this year, down 34 bushels per acre, or 20 percent, from 169 bushels in 2024, the USDA NASS said. Area harvested for grain corn was pegged at 555,000 acres in 2025, unchanged from a year earlier.
New York’s expected decline in corn production is going against the national trend as the USDA is estimating an abundant, record corn harvest this year. U.S. corn production for grain is projected to have jumped 12.5 percent to 16.75 billion bushels in 2025 from 14.89 billion bushels in 2024, the USDA reported.
The Empire State is not a major producer of corn for grain compared to other states like those in the Midwest. New York’s projected production equates to just 0.5 percent of national corn production.
