New York corn planted area hits 10-year high in 2022 - Central New York Business Journal

New York farms planted corn for all purposes on an estimated 1.19 million acres this year, up 13 percent from the 2021 planted area, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York field office. The 2022 total is the highest in a decade. Empire State growers expect to harvest 590,000 acres for […]

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New York farms planted corn for all purposes on an estimated 1.19 million acres this year, up 13 percent from the 2021 planted area, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York field office. The 2022 total is the highest in a decade.

Empire State growers expect to harvest 590,000 acres for corn for grain in 2022, up 9 percent from 585,000 acres last year.

This year’s national corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 89.9 million acres, down 4 percent from 2021, according to the USDA. Growers expect to harvest 81.9 million acres for corn for grain in 2022, off 4 percent from a year ago.

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