2014 Annual Crop Summary
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015 -- 8:16 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -The Wisconsin Ag Statistics Service has posted its annual crop summary from the 2014 growing year.The figures, which were provided from the USDA, show that Wisconsin farmers harvested about 485 million bushels of corn for grain this past year.
This estimate is down two percent from the November 1st forecast, but up 10 percent from 2013. Yield is estimated at 156 bushels per acre, six bushels less than the November estimate, but 11 bushels above 2013.
Area harvested for grain is estimated at 3.11 million acres, up 40,000 acres from the November 1 forecast and 80,000 acres above 2013. Corn planted for all purposes was about four million acres, down 100,000 from the November estimate and 100,000 acres below 2013.
Corn for silage production is estimated at 15.7 million tons, down three percent from 2013. The silage yield estimate of 18.5 tons per acre is 2.0 tons per acre higher than 2013. Producers harvested 850,000 acres of corn for silage, a decrease of 130,000 acres from 2013.
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