(Ames) Yields in Iowa are off, but not as bad as you might think given the drought and the derecho.
Iowa State Extension agricultural economist Chad Hart says a lot of the better than expected yield has to do with the very early start to the growing season.
USDA, in September, pegged the state-wide Iowa corn yield at 191 bushels to the acre. That’s down eleven bushels from the 202-bushel projection USDA made in August. The derecho had a lot to do with the decrease and the agency is still working to get a better handle on just how much of a yield problem the big wind created. However, if you think of the Iowa corn yield in terms of trend line says University of Illinois Extension’s Gary Schnitkey, it is not off by nearly so much.
Iowa’s trend line corn yield is 195. Schnitkey detailed the Iowa corn yield, along with soybeans for the whole of the nation in an article penned this week for the farmdoc Daily website. You may read it online now at farmdoc Daily dot Illinois dot E-D-U.
———————————————————————-
Iowa’s Yields are Down, but not Out
Submitted by Micheal Clements on Tue, 09/29/2020 – 16:02
Source: FBRD (Farm Broadcaster)
Audio provided by Todd Gleason, WILL, University of Illinois
Audio with Chad Hart, Iowa State Extension Agricultural Economist, Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois Extension Agricultural Economist
