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Contact:  Greg Lemmons
Friday, September 10, 2010

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                   NEW YORK CORN AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION UP 

Based on conditions as of September 1, New York grain corn production is now 
expected to total 85.0 million bushels, up 7 percent from the 79.7 million 
bushels produced in 2009, according to King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office. Acreage for 
harvest is estimated at 590,000 acres, 1 percent less than the 595,000 acres 
harvested for grain last year. Yields are expected to average 144 bushels per 
acre, up 2 bushels from the August forecast, and the same as the record high 
144 bushels set in 2008. U.S. corn production is forecast at a record 13.2 
billion bushels, down 2 percent from the August forecast, but up from the 
previous record of 13.1 billion bushels set in 2009. Based on conditions as of 
September 1, yields are expected to average 162.5 bushels per acre, down 2.5 
bushels from the previous month and 2.2 bushels below last year’s record of 
164.7 bushels. Forecasted yields decreased from last month throughout much of 
the Corn Belt, Tennessee Valley, and Delta. Yields were up from August in the 
lower portions of the Southeast. 

Soybean production in the Empire State is forecast at a record high 13.3 million 
bushels, up 21 percent from the 10.9 million bushels produced in 2009. Acreage 
for harvest is also a record high 282,000 acres up 11 percent from the 254,000 
acres harvested last year. Yields are expected to be a record high 47 bushels 
per acre, the same as last month, and up 4 bushels from last year. U.S. soybean 
production is forecast at a record high 3.48 billion bushels, up 1 percent from 
August and 4 percent above last year. Based on September 1 conditions, yields 
are expected to average a record high 44.7 bushels per acre, up 0.7 bushel from 
both last month and last year. Compared with last month, yields are forecast 
higher or unchanged across the central and northern Corn Belt, with the exception 
of Michigan. The largest increases in yield from last month are expected in 
Maryland and Virginia, both up 4 bushels. With the exceptions of Louisiana and 
the Carolinas, yields are forecast down across the Delta States, Southern Great 
Plains, and Southeast. The largest decline from the August 1 forecast is expected 
in Oklahoma, down 7 bushels as drought conditions across much of the State hampered 
yield expectations. If realized, the forecasted yield in Illinois, Minnesota, 
Nebraska, New York, and North Dakota will be a record high. Area for harvest in 
the United States is forecast at 78.0 million acres, unchanged from June but up 
2 percent from 2009. 

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