US corn and soybean yields to exceed last year’s figures
In Ukraine, UkrAgroConsult reported that brokerage company StoneX forecasts that the average corn yield in the United States this year will be 188.1 bushels/acre, and the gross harvest – 16.323 billion bushels. The average soybean yield will increase to 53.6 bushels/acre, and the gross harvest – 4.425 billion bushels.
According to the July forecast of the US Department of Agriculture, the average corn yield will increase to 181.0 bushels / acre (11.36 t/ha), the gross harvest – to 15.705 billion bushels (398.9 million tons). Last year, these figures were 179.3 bushels/acre and 14.867 billion bushels, respectively.
The USDA estimates the average soybean yield at 52.5 bushels/acre (35.3 c/ha), with the gross harvest at 4.335 billion bushels (118.0 million tons). Last year, the United States harvested 4.366 billion bushels of soybeans with an average yield of 50.7 bushels/acre, according to the report.
Category: Food & Agriculture
