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Contact:  Greg Lemmons
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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                       RECORD HIGH SOYBEAN AND CORN YIELD FORECAST FOR NEW YORK

	
       Soybean production in New York is forecast at a record high 13.8 million bushels, up 27 
percent from last year, according to King Whetstone, Director of USDA’s National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, New York Field Office.  Acreage harvested for beans is expected to total 282 
thousand acres, up 11 percent from a year earlier and the largest acreage on record. Yields are 
expected to average a record high 49 bushels per acre, up 6 bushels from last year. U.S. 
soybean production is forecast at a record high 3.38 billion bushels, down 1 percent from the 
October forecast but up slightly from last year.  Based on November 1 conditions, yields are 
expected to average 43.9 bushels per acre, down 0.5 bushel from last month and down 0.1 
bushel from last year’s record high yield.  Compared with last month, yields are forecast lower or 
unchanged in all major-producing states except Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, 
Texas, and Wisconsin.  The largest decreases in yield from last month are expected in Kansas, 
Nebraska, New Jersey, and South Dakota, down 2 bushels each. If realized, the forecasted 
yields in Illinois, Louisiana, New York, and Wisconsin will be record highs and the forecasted 
yields in Michigan and North Dakota will tie the previous record high.  Area for harvest in the U.S. 
is forecast at 76.8 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 1 percent from 
2009.
       
       New York grain corn production is forecast at 88.5 million bushels, up 11 percent from 
last year's output. Production is up from last year due to a record high yield, despite a decrease 
in harvested acreage. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 590 thousand acres, down 1 
percent from a year earlier. Yields are expected to average a record high 150 bushels per acre, 
16 bushels higher than last year. U.S. corn production is forecast at 12.5 billion bushels, down 1 
percent from the October forecast and down 4 percent from last year’s record production of 13.1 
billion bushels.  As of November 1, yields are expected to average 154.3 bushels per acre, down 
1.5 bushels from the previous month and 10.4 bushels below last year’s record of 164.7 
bushels.  Forecasted yields decreased from last month throughout much of the Corn Belt, with 
the biggest decline forecasted in Missouri, down 7 bushels per acre.  The expected yield in 
South Dakota declined 5 bushels from last month while the Nebraska yield dropped 4 bushels 
per acre.  Record high yields are forecast in California, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, 
North Dakota, and Wisconsin.


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