Rainfall throughout August improved soil moisture levels and high humidity allowed crops to recover from recent dry weather, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director of the USDA, NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. This report is based on conditions as of Se ptember 1, 2016. Some highlights of the Crop Production Report are as follows:
- The average corn yield in Michigan is expected to be 157 bushels per acre, down 5 bushels from 2015, but up 5 bushels from the August 1 forecast.
- For soybeans , a yield of 47 b ushels per acre is expected, down 2 bushels from last year’s record high, but a 2 bushel increase from last month’s estimate. Sugarbeet producers expect a yield of 31.0 tons per acre, unchanged from last month, but down 0.7 tons per acre from 2014.
- Natio nally, corn production is forecast at 15.1 billion bushels, up 11 percent from last year but down less than 1 percent from the August forecast. Based on conditions as of September 1, yields are expected to average 174.4 bushels per acre, down 0.7 bushel fr om the August forecast but up 6 bushels from 2015. If realized, this will be the highest yield and production on record for the United States. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 86.6 million acres, unchanged from the August forecast but up 7 percent f rom 2015.
- U.S. soybean production is forecast at a record 4.20 billion bushels, up 3 percent from August and up 7 percent from last year. Based on September 1 conditions, yields are expected to average a record 50.6 bushels per acre, up 1.7 bushels from l ast month and up 2.6 bushels from last year. Area for harvest in the United States is forecast at a record 83.0 million acres, unchanged from August but up 1 percent from last year.
- National production of sugarbeets for the 2016 crop year in the ten major producing states is forecast at 35.8 million tons, down 1 percent from the previous forecast but up 1 percent from last year. Producers expect to harvest 1.14 million acres, down slightly from the previous forecast and last year. Expected yield is forecast at 31.3 tons per acre, a decrease of 0.1 tons from the previous forecast, but an increase of 0.4 tons from last year.
Source:usda.gov