Across the Midwest, a lack of extreme heat helped boost the nation’s corn yield to its highest level on record – slightly above 2016. The nation’s soybean yield was down 6 percent from 2016, but production reached a record level due to record high acreage, according to the Crop Production 2017 Summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
Read more here:: Corn Yield and Soybean Production Up in 2017, USDA Reports.
Winter Wheat Seedings and Grain Stocks also reported.
