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In spite of a summer drought, soybean yields in Ohio are forecast at 53 bushels per acre which would be a record harvest in the state.
That yield, if the forecast is met, would be an increase of three bushels per acre from the 2015 harvest. The national forecast for soybeans would also be another record if met at 4.20 billion bushels. That number also represents an increase of 7 percent from last year’s harvest.
Corn production is now forecast at 162 bushels per acre which is up nine bushels from last year. Total corn production is also forecast to be higher than last year at 533 million bushels statewide, an increase of 7 percent from last year.
The national corn harvest is forecast is up 11 percent from last year at 15.1 billion bushels. The average national yield per acre is better than Ohio’s forecast at 174.4 bushels, six bushels higher than 2015 actual yield.