Corn Crop Won’t Reach USDA Record Yield Prediction, Scouts Say

USDA predicts a record high 15.3-billion-bushel corn crop for 2020.

Source: agweb.com

Pro Farmer Crop Tour scouts say that won’t be achieved, based on what they’ve seen and counted this week.

“There’s just too much variability out there; you need consistency to build a really big yield and break a national record,” contends Brian Grete, Pro Farmer Editor and the leader on the eastern leg of the tour.

“You expect to see eye-popping numbers with that kind of prediction (from USDA), and I’ve just not seen that on this year’s tour,” adds scout Zach Egesdal, who is also working the eastern tour.

On the western leg of the crop tour, scout Brad Nelson says South Dakota and Minnesota will do their part to contribute to record yields but not Nebraska and Iowa.

“It’s too dry in parts of Nebraska and Iowa now and test weights aren’t that good,” says Nelson.

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) had forecast soybean and corn production to be up from 2019 in their August 12 report.

“Soybean production is up 25% from last year, forecast at 4.42 billion bushels; corn growers are expected to increase their production 12% from 2019, forecast at a record high 15.3 billion bushels,” NASS reported. “Average corn yield is forecast at a record high 181.8 bushels per acre, up 14.4 bushels from last year (2019).”

 

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