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U.S. corn growers produced
15.1 billion bushels, up 7% from 2020 and the second highest on
record. Corn yield in the United States is estimated at a record
high 177.0 bushels per acre, 5.6 bushels above the 2020 yield of
171.4 bushels per acre. Area harvested for grain, at 85.4 million
acres, is up 4% from 2020.
Soybean production for 2021 totaled a record-high 4.44 billion
bushels, up 5% from 2020. With record high yields in 21 states, the
average soybean yield is estimated at 51.4 bushels per acre, 0.4
bushel above 2020 and the second highest on record.
For 2021, all cotton production is up 21% from 2020, at 17.6 million
480-pound bales. The U.S. yield is estimated at 849 pounds per acre,
up 2 pounds from last year’s yield. Harvested area, at 9.97 million
acres, is up 20% from last year.
Also released today were the Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings and
Grain Stocks reports. The Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings report
provides the first indicator of this year’s winter wheat acreage.
Planted area for harvest in 2022 is estimated at 34.4 million acres,
up 2% from 2021.
In the Grain Stocks report, corn stored as of Dec. 1, 2021, was
estimated to be up 3% from Dec. 1, 2020. Soybean stocks were up 7%
from a year earlier. Corn stored in all positions totaled 11.6
billion bushels, while soybeans totaled 3.15 billion bushels. All
wheat stocks were down 18% from a year earlier. All wheat stored in
all positions on Dec. 1, 2021, totaled 1.39 billion bushels.
The full Crop Production 2021 Summary is available online at
nass.usda.gov/
Publications. The report contains year-end acreage, yield and
production estimates for grains and hay; oilseeds; cotton, tobacco
and sugar; dry beans, peas and lentils; and potatoes and
miscellaneous crops.
[USDA]
2021 Illinois corn yield map
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2021 Illinois soybean yield map, Logan County once again not
reporting
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