Ag Director John Sullivan says revised numbers not as bad as many expected
This year’s Illinois corn crop could be as much as 17 percent smaller than last year’s crop, while soybean production could fall as much as 21 percent, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week.
Those numbers were part of a highly-anticipated report in which the USDA revised its most recent crop production estimates in light of this year’s unusually wet planting season that delayed or prevented many farmers from getting crops into the ground, followed by a severe heat wave in July that affected the development of those crops.
As a result, USDA lowered its estimate of total acres planted for both major crops this year, as well as the per-acre yield for each crop.
Nationally, USDA projected that corn production would fall 14 percent this year, while soybean production is expected to drop 19 percent.
As bad as those numbers are, however, Illinois Department of Agriculture Director John Sullivan said they were not as bad as many farmers and traders had expected.
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Those numbers were part of a highly-anticipated report in which the USDA revised its most recent crop production estimates in light of this year’s unusually wet planting season that delayed or prevented many farmers from getting crops into the ground, followed by a severe heat wave in July that affected the development of those crops.
As a result, USDA lowered its estimate of total acres planted for both major crops this year, as well as the per-acre yield for each crop.
Nationally, USDA projected that corn production would fall 14 percent this year, while soybean production is expected to drop 19 percent.
As bad as those numbers are, however, Illinois Department of Agriculture Director John Sullivan said they were not as bad as many farmers and traders had expected.
Click Here to read more.