When the finally tally on 2019 crop production was taken in Wisconsin, plenty of crop was still standing in the field. The Wisconsin Ag Statistical Service resurveyed growers in April to get a better handle of what really happened last year. Those revisions were released on Wednesday.
Winter wheat production in Wisconsin is forecast at 9.10 million bushels, 5% below last year’s 9.60 million bushels according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Crop Production report. Based on conditions as of May 1, the State’s winter wheat yield is forecast at 70.0 bushels per acre, 6.0 above last year. Wisconsin winter wheat growers intend to harvest 130,000 acres for grain, down 13% from 2019.
Corn for grain production in Wisconsin during 2019 is estimated at 443 million bushels, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Crop Production 2019 Summary report. This estimate is down 2% from the previous estimate and down 19% from 2018. Wisconsin’s corn for grain yield is estimated at 166 bushels per acre, 2 bushels below the previous estimate. Area harvested for grain is estimated at 2.67 million acres, down 10,000 acres from the previous estimate and 500,000 acres below 2018. Corn planted for all purposes in 2019 is estimated at 3.80 million acres, unchanged from the previous estimate but down 3% from 2018.
Corn for silage production is estimated at 18.2 million tons, unchanged from the previous estimate but up 36% from 2018. The silage yield estimate of 17.5 tons per acre is unchanged from the previous estimate but 2.5 tons lower than 2018. Producers harvested 1.04 million acres of corn for silage, unchanged from the previous estimate but an increase of 370,000 acres from 2018.
Soybean production is estimated at 79.4 million bushels in 2019, down 470,000 bushels from the previous estimate and 24% below 2018. Wisconsin soybean growers averaged 47.0 bushels per acre in 2019, unchanged from the previous estimate but 1.0 bushel below the 2018 yield. The harvested acreage of 1.69 million is down 10,000 acres from the previous estimate and 490,000 acres below 2018. Soybean planted acreage, at 1.75 million acres, is unchanged from the previous estimate but down 21% from 2018.
All hay stored on Wisconsin farms as of May 1, 2020, is estimated at 310,000 tons, a decrease of 6% from May 1, 2019, according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Crop Production report. This is the lowest Wisconsin hay stocks in May since the USDA begin recording hay stocks in 1950. Disappearance from December 1, 2019, through May 1, 2020, totaled 1.46 million tons, compared with 1.42 million tons for the same period a year earlier.
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