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New York farmers increase corn-planted acreage by 12 percent in 2018

New York farmers have planted corn, for all purposes, on 1.12 million acres this year, up 12 percent from 1 million acres in 2017, according to a new report from the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Empire State growers expect to harvest 630,000 acres of corn for grain production, up 30 percent from 485,000 […]

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Empire State growers expect to harvest 630,000 acres of corn for grain production, up 30 percent from 485,000 acres last year, NASS said.

For the U.S. as a whole, the USDA estimates the corn-planted area for all purposes is 89.1 million acres in 2018, down 1 percent from last year. Growers expect to harvest 81.8 million acres for corn grain this year, down 1 percent from 2017.

Journal Staff