Kansas farmers are expected to harvest slightly less corn than last year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this year’s crop is forecast at just under 800 million bushels, down 2% from last year, The Hays Daily News reports.
For Haven farmers, Bob Bacon and his son-in-law Daniel Kelly, it’s an average year.
“It was looking really good early on,” Kelly said. “But August was hot and dry.”
According to the USDA, this year’s average yield of the 5.75 million acres planted is forecast at 137 bushels per acre, up by four bushels from 2019.
As of Oct. 5, 44% of Kansas corn was harvested. This is 34% ahead of last year, but according to the USDA, behind the 49% average by this time during the past five years. More than half of the corn already harvested is either good or excellent, with about one-firth ranked at poor or very poor.
Topics Kansas
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
Allstate CEO Wilson Takes on Affordability Issue During Earnings Call 
Insurify Starts App With ChatGPT to Allow Consumers to Shop for Insurance 
Inside the Toxic Legacy of Georgia-Based Mulitbillion-Dollar Carpet Empire 
Married Insurance Brokers Indicted for Allegedly Running $750K Fraud Scheme 
