New York corn planted area jumps 10 percent in 2023

New York farms planted corn for all purposes on an estimated 1.13 million acres this year, up 10 percent from the 2022 planted area of 1.03 million acres, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) New York field office. The 2023 total is the highest in a decade.

Empire State growers expect to harvest 650,000 acres for corn for grain in 2023, up 13 percent from 575,000 acres last year.

This year’s U.S. corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 94.1 million acres, up 6.2 percent from 88.6 million acres in 2022, according to the USDA. Growers expect to harvest 86.3 million acres for corn for grain in 2023, up 9 percent from 79.2 million acres a year ago.