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NEBRASKA 2024 ANNUAL CROP PRODUCTION SUMMARY

Corn for grain production in Nebraska based on year-end surveys is estimated at 1.80 billion bushels, up 4% from 2023, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Yield of 188 bushels per acre is up 6 bushels from last year. Farmers harvested 9.59 million acres of corn for grain, up 1% from 2023. Corn for silage production is 5.88 million tons, up 24% from last year. Silage yield of 21.0 tons per acre is up 4.0 tons from last year. Corn for silage harvested acreage of 280,000 acres is unchanged from last year. Corn acreage planted for all purposes is 10.1 million acres, up 1% from last year.

Soybean production for 2024 totaled 301 million bushels, up 13% from 2023. Yield, at 57.5 bushels per acre, is up 6.0 bushels from a year earlier. Area for harvest, at 5.24 million acres, is up 1% from 2023. Planted acreage totaled 5.30 million acres, up 1% from last year.

Sorghum for grain production in 2024 is estimated at 22.1 million bushels, up 35% from 2023. Yield, at 85.0 bushels per acre, is up 12.0 bushels from a year earlier. Area harvested for grain, at 260,000 acres, is up 16% from 2023. Sorghum for silage production is 149,000 tons, down 73% from last year. Silage yield of 8.3 tons per acre is down 5.7 tons from last year. Sorghum for silage harvested acreage of 18,000 acres is down 22,000 acres from last year. Sorghum acreage planted for all purposes is 290,000 acres, down 50,000 acres from last year.

Alfalfa hay production, at 3.48 million tons, is up 21% from a year earlier. The average yield, at 4.30 tons per acre, is up 0.90 ton per acre from 2023 and ties the record high yield from 2018. Area harvested, at 810,000 acres, is down 5% from 2023. Alfalfa haylage and greenchop production, at 160,000 tons, is down 17% from last year. Average yield, at 8.00 tons per acre, is up 3.20 tons per acre from last year. Area harvested, at 20,000 acres, is down 20,000 acres from last year. Seedings of alfalfa during 2024 totaled 90,000 acres, down 25,000 acres from a year earlier.

All other hay production, at 2.65 million tons, is up 9% from last year. The average yield, at 1.70 tons per acre, is unchanged from last year. Area harvested, at 1.56 million acres, is up 9% from 2023. All other haylage and greenchop production, at 450,000 tons, is up 34% from last year. Average yield, at 10.00 tons per acre, is up 1.60 tons per acre from last year. Area harvested, at 45,000 acres, is up 5,000 acres from last year.

Proso millet production in 2024 is estimated at 3.18 million bushels, down 42% from last year's production. Yield, at 31.5 bushels per acre, is down 5.0 bushels from a year earlier. Area harvested for grain, at 101,000 acres, is down 33% from 2023. Area planted, at 110,000 acres, is down 29% from last year.

Oil sunflower production in 2024 is 26.4 million pounds, down 25% from last year. Yield, at 1,100 pounds per acre, is down 80 pounds from a year earlier. Area harvested, at 24,000 acres, is down 20% from 2023. Area planted, at 26,000 acres, is down 16% from last year. Non-oil sunflower production of 1.73 million pounds is down 80% from last year. Yield, at 750 pounds per acre, is down 420 pounds from a year earlier. Area harvested, at 2,300 acres, is down 5,200 acres from 2023. Area planted, at 2,300 acres, is down 73% from last year.

Sugarbeet production is estimated at 1.42 million tons, up 7% from last year. Yield is estimated at 30.5 tons per acre, up 1.9 tons from the previous year. Acres harvested are estimated at 46,700 acres, up slightly from the previous year. Area planted, at 47,300 acres, is up 500 acres from last year.

Dry edible bean production of 2.78 million cwt is up 41% from a year ago. Yield, at 2,260 pounds per acre, is up 120 pounds from a year earlier. Area harvested, at 122,800 acres, is up 33% from 2023. Area planted, at 130,000 acres, is up 30% from last year. Beginning in 2019, chickpeas are excluded from the dry edible bean estimates.

Dry edible pea production is estimated at 382,000 cwt, down 16% from 2023. Yield is estimated at 1,660 pounds per acre, down 730 pounds from last year. Acres harvested are estimated at 23,000, up 21% from a year ago. Total acreage planted is 26,000 acres, up 24% from last year. Potato production is 9.82 million cwt, down 8% from 2023. Yield, at 470 cwt per acre, is down 20 cwt from a year earlier. Area harvested, at 20,900 acres, is down 1,000 acres from 2023.

Area planted, at 21,000 acres, is down 1,000 acres from last year. Principal crop area planted totaled 19.5 million acres, down slightly from 2023. Area harvested, at 19.0 million acres, is up 1% from last year. Nebraska principal crop acres include corn, sorghum, oats, rye, winter wheat, soybeans, sunflower, dry edible beans, potatoes, proso millet, sugarbeets, and all hay. Double cropped acres and unharvested small grains planted as cover crops are also included.



Annual USDA NASS report shows that Iowa farmers once again produced a near record corn and soybean crop

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the 2024 Iowa Crop Production Annual Summary released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). The national summary and state summaries are released in January each year.

“Iowa’s resilient farmers battled another year of rollercoaster weather conditions. The spring started with the lingering historic drought and a record number of tornadoes, summer brought devastating floods and other severe weather, and dry conditions led to an uninterrupted fall harvest. Despite those challenges, Iowa’s hardworking and innovative farmers once again produced another robust corn and soybean crop,” said Secretary Naig. “Strong productivity must be met with strong market demand. The combination of low commodity prices and high input costs means Iowa’s ag economy remains soft. We must continue to build new and expand existing markets for our products and that will remain my focus in the year ahead.”

2024 Iowa Crop Production Highlights
At 211 bushels per acre and 2.63 billion bushels of production, this year’s Iowa corn crop ranks as the highest ever yield and second largest production in state history and helped drive the national corn yield of 179.3 bushels per acre to an all-time record.

At 60 bushels per acre and 598 million bushels of production, this year’s soybean crop ranked as the third highest yield and second highest production in Iowa history.

Iowa Crop Production
Corn for grain production in Iowa for 2024 was estimated at 2.63 billion bushels, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Crop Production 2024 Summary. Current year production was up 4 percent from the previous year's 2.52 billion bushels. Iowa's corn for grain yield was estimated at a record 211.0 bushels per acre. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 12.5 million acres, 100,000 acres below 2023. Corn planted for all purposes in 2024 was estimated at 12.9 million acres.

Corn for silage production was estimated at 8.16 million tons, up 7 percent from 2023. The silage yield estimate of 24.0 tons per acre was up 4.0 tons per acre from 2023. Producers harvested 340,000 acres of corn for silage, down 11 percent from 2023.

Soybean production was estimated at 598 million bushels in 2024. This was up 4 percent from last year's 573 million bushels. The Iowa soybean crop yielded 60.0 bushels per acre in 2024. The harvested acreage of 9.96 million was up 80,000 acres from 2023. Soybean planted acreage, at 10.1 million, was up 100,000 acres from 2023.

All hay production for the state was estimated at 3.49 million tons, up 19 percent from the 2.95 million tons produced in 2023. Producers averaged 3.49 tons per acre, up 0.57 tons per acre from 2023. All hay harvested acres were estimated at 1.00 million acres, down 10,000 acres from 2023.

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures for hay production was estimated at 2.74 million tons, up 14 percent from 2023. Producers averaged 3.80 tons per acre, up 0.60 tons per acre from 2023. Harvested acres were down 30,000 from last year, to 720,000 acres. Iowa producers seeded 80,000 acres of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures in 2024, up 14 percent from 2023.

Other hay production was estimated at 756,000 tons, up 38 percent from 2023. Producers averaged 2.70 tons per acre, up 0.60 tons from the 2023 yield. Harvested acres of other hay, at 280,000, were up 20,000 acres from 2023.



USDA Crop Production 2024 Summary

Corn for grain production in 2024 was estimated at 14.9 billion bushels, down 3 percent from the 2023 estimate. The average yield in the United States was estimated at a record high 179.3 bushels per acre, 2.0 bushels above the 2023 yield of 177.3 bushels per acre. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 82.9 million acres, down 4 percent from the 2023 estimate.

Soybean production in 2024 totaled 4.37 billion bushels, up 5 percent from 2023. The average yield per acre was estimated at 50.7 bushels, up 0.1 bushel from 2023. Harvested area, at 86.1 million acres, was up 5 percent from last year.

Sorghum: Grain production in 2024 was estimated 344 million bushels, up 8 percent from the 2023 total. Planted area for 2024 was estimated at 6.30 million acres, down 12 percent from 2023. Area harvested for grain, at 5.61 million acres, was down 8 percent from 2023. Grain yield was estimated at 61.3 bushels per acre, up 9.3 bushels from 2023.



NEBRASKA DECEMBER 1, 2024 GRAIN AND HAY STOCKS

Nebraska corn stocks in all positions on December 1, 2024 totaled 1.36 billion bushels, up 1% from 2023, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Of the total, 830 million bushels are stored on farms, down 7% from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 532 million bushels, are up 16% from last year.

Soybeans stored in all positions totaled 226 million bushels, up 6% from last year. On-farm stocks of 68.0 million bushels are down 22% from a year ago, while off-farm stocks, at 158 million bushels, are up 25% from 2023.

Wheat stored in all positions totaled 39.4 million bushels, up 57% from a year ago. On-farm stocks of 3.70 million bushels are up 3% from 2023, and off-farm stocks of 35.7 million bushels are up 66% from last year.

Sorghum stored in all positions totaled 16.7 million bushels, up 48% from last year. On-farm stocks of 3.30 million bushels are up 106% and off farm holdings of 13.4 million bushels are up 38% from last year.

Oats stored in all positions totaled 745,000 bushels, down 63% from last year. On-farm stocks of 500,000 bushels are up 32% and off farm holdings of 245,000 are down 85% from 2023.

Hay stocks on Nebraska farms totaled 4.30 million tons on December 1, 2024, up 12% from a year earlier.

Grain storage capacity in Nebraska totaled 2.19 billion bushels, unchanged from December 1, 2023. Total grain storage capacity is comprised of 1.20 billion bushels of on-farm storage, unchanged from last year, and 990 million bushels of off-farm storage, unchanged from last year.



USDA Dec 1 Grain Stocks Report

Corn stored in all positions on December 1, 2024 totaled 12.1 billion bushels, down 1 percent from December 1, 2023. Of the total stocks, 7.66 billion bushels are stored on farms, down 2 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 4.41 billion bushels, are up 2 percent from a year ago. The September - November 2024 indicated disappearance is 4.56 billion bushels, compared with 4.53 billion bushels during the same period last year.

Soybeans stored in all positions on December 1, 2024 totaled 3.10 billion bushels, up 3 percent from December 1, 2023. Soybean stocks stored on farms totaled 1.54 billion bushels, up 6 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 1.56 billion bushels, are up 1 percent from last December. Indicated disappearance for September - November 2024 totaled 1.61 billion bushels, up 13 percent from the same period a year earlier.

All wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2024 totaled 1.57 billion bushels, up 10 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 467 million bushels, up 16 percent from last December. Off-farm stocks, at 1.10 billion bushels, are up 8 percent from a year ago. The September - November 2024 indicated disappearance is 423 million bushels, 22 percent above the same period a year earlier.
 
Grain sorghum stored in all positions on December 1, 2024 totaled 210 million bushels, up 11 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 31.5 million bushels, are down 5 percent from December 1 last year. Off-farm stocks, at 179 million bushels, are up 14 percent from a year earlier. The September - November 2024 indicated disappearance from all positions is 166 million bushels, up 9 percent from the same period in 2023.



NEBRASKA WINTER WHEAT SEEDINGS

Winter wheat seeded area for 2025 is estimated at 970,000 acres, down from last year's seeded area of 1,000,000 acres, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

US Winter Wheat Planted Acres Up 2 Percent
Winter wheat seeded area for 2025 is expected to total 34.1 million acres, up 2 percent from 2024. Approximate class acreage breakdowns are: Hard Red Winter, 24.0 million; Soft Red Winter, 6.44 million; and White Winter, 3.64 million.

Winter wheat: Planted area for harvest in 2025 is estimated at 34.1 million acres, up 2 percent from 2024 but down 7 percent from 2023. A record low planted area is expected in Utah. Seeding of the 2025 acreage was underway in early-September. By October 20, producers had sown 73 percent of the intended 2025 winter wheat acreage, 1 percentage point behind the previous year and 3 percentage points behind the 5-year average. Nationwide, 46 percent of the winter wheat acreage had emerged by October 20, three percentage points behind the previous year and 4 percentage points behind the 5-year average. Throughout much of the season, planting progressed on pace with the 5-year average and reached 97 percent complete by November 24. Emergence was 1 percentage point behind last year but equal to the 5-year average pace on November 24.

Hard Red Winter (HRW) wheat seeded area is expected to total 24.0 million acres, up 1 percent from 2024. The largest increases in planted acreage are estimated in Montana and Texas, while Kansas is estimated to have a decrease.

Soft Red Winter (SRW) wheat seeded area totals 6.44 million acres, up 6 percent from last year. Compared with last year, the largest acreage increases are expected in Michigan and Ohio, while the largest acreage decreases are expected in Kentucky and Missouri.

White Winter wheat seeded area totals 3.64 million acres, up 3 percent from 2024. No States in the region are expecting decreased acreage.

Durum wheat: Seedings in Arizona and California for 2025 harvest are estimated at a combined 75,000 acres, down 11 percent from 2024 but 34 percent above 2023.

Canola: This report contains the first estimate of 2025 canola seedings for Kansas and Oklahoma. Acres seeded in Kansas and Oklahoma for 2025 harvest are estimated at a combined 30,000 acres, an increase of 500 acres from 2024.