January 16, 2012

Nebraska's 2011 corn crop reaches 1.54 billion bushels

Nebraska's 2011 corn crop harvest was the state's second biggest on record at 1.54 billion bushels, federal authorities said.

The USDA says the number is based on year-end surveys and is 5% higher than the 2010 harvest.

The state record of 1.58 billion bushels was set in 2009.

The average yield of 160 bushels an acre is unchanged from the November forecast and is six bushels below the 2010 figure.

Soy production totalled 258 million bushels, 3% less than the 2010 harvest but still the third-highest on record.

Soy yield averaged 53.5 bushels an acre, a bushel higher than 2010 and the second-highest on record.