Corn farmers achieve record yields and total production - with less than ideal conditions - USDA

[JohnWxy]

Yield of 165.2 bushels per acre 7% higher than last years average yield. tota harvest was 13.2 billion bushels.


http://www.cattlenetwork.com/RFA--USDA-Report---Farmers-Shatter-Corn-Production-Records-On-Fewer-Acres/2010-01-12/Article_Latest_News.aspx?oid=974531&fid=CN-LATEST_NEWS_


The final report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the 2009 corn harvest is one for the record books. Despite poor planting conditions, a cool, wet growing season, and an abysmal harvest that still sees corn standing in fields, American farmers shattered records for both yield per acre and total production.

In the January Crop Production report, USDA estimates farmers averaged 165.2 bushels of corn per acres, up from its previous estimate of 162.9 and shattering the previous record of 160.4 in 2004. Notably, average yields are more than 11 bushels per acre higher (7 percent) than last year’s average yield. In addition, this record yield helped produce the largest corn crop ever – 13.2 billion bushels. All of this occurred despite one of the slowest and most challenging harvests on record.

[lapfog_1]

1. Might have something to do with this

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/12/monsantos-gmo-corn-linked_n_420365.html

We might grow more with GMO (which is still limited to animal feed here???) but I don't think we have enough data on the long term safety of such products to determine if this is a good thing.

[msongs]

2. frankencorn - chemicals and GMO - for cows mostly time to end ALL corn subsidies nt