Wire report
If the early numbers hold up, it looks as though Ohio farmers will have a bumper corn crop this year. Ohio’s corn crop is projected to show about a 40 percent jump over last year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says Ohio should have the nation’s seventh biggest corn crop with 632 million bushels. Ohio farmers on average are projected to get 174 bushels per acre. A year ago, the average yield in the state was 123 bushels per acre.
Ohio State University agricultural economist Barry Ward says when farmers choose to sell their corn will have a big impact on how much money they make.
He says some who marketed most of their corn this or later are likely to see less profit or even losses.