Corn for grain production in Wisconsin during 2019 is estimated at 450 million bushels, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Production 2019 Summary report. This estimate is down 3 percent from the November 1 forecast and down 17 percent from 2018. Wisconsin’s corn for grain yield is estimated at 168 bushels per acre, 5 bushels above the November 1 forecast. Area harvested for grain is estimated at 2.68 million acres, down 160,000 acres from the November 1 forecast and 490,000 acres below 2018. Corn planted for all purposes in 2019 is estimated at 3.80 million acres, down 50,000 from the November 1 estimate and down 3 percent from 2018.
Corn for silage production is estimated at 18.2 million tons, up 36 percent from 2018. The silage yield estimate of 17.5 tons per acre is 2.5 tons lower than 2018. Producers harvested 1.04 million acres of corn for silage, an increase of 370,000 acres from
2018.
Soybean production is estimated at 79.9 million bushels in 2019, up 320,000 bushels from the November 1 forecast but 24 percent below 2018. Wisconsin soybean growers averaged 47.0 bushels per acre in 2019, up 1.0 bushels from the November 1 forecast but 1.0 bushel below the 2018 yield. The harvested acreage of 1.70 million is down 30,000 acres from the November 1 estimate and 480,000 acres below 2018. Soybean planted acreage, at 1.75 million acres, is down 21 percent from 2018.
All dry hay production for the state is estimated at 2.78 million tons, down 6 percent from 2.95 million tons in 2018. Producers averaged 2.14 tons per acre, down from 2.17 tons per acre in 2018. All hay harvested acres are estimated at 1.30 million acres, down 60,000 acres from 2018.
Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures for dry hay production is estimated at 2.11 million tons, up 10 percent from 1.93 million tons in 2018. Producers averaged 2.40 tons per acre, up from 2.35 tons per acre in 2018. Harvested acres, at 880,000, were up 60,000 acres from 2018. Wisconsin producers seeded 480,000 acres of new seedings of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures in 2019, up 170,000 acres from the previous year.
Other dry hay production is estimated at 672,000 tons, 35 percent below 2018. Producers averaged 1.60 tons per acre, down
from 1.90 tons per acre in 2018. Harvested acres of other hay, at 420,000, were down 120,000 acres from the previous year.
Potato production for 2019 is estimated at 28.2 million cwt, up 4 percent from 2018. Yield is estimated at 415 cwt per acre, up 10 cwt per acre from last year. Planted and harvested acres are estimated at 70,000 acres and 68,000 acres, respectively.
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