The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Monday announced the state’s estimated crop production for 2016, with the corn yield being among the highest ever, though below 2015.
Corn production in Virginia was forecast at 51.3 million bushels, up 6 percent from the previous crop. Yield was estimated at 151 bushels per acre, down 10 bushels from the 2015 level. Acres for harvest as grain were estimated at 340,000 acres, up 40,000 acres from 2015.
“On Aug. 1, the corn crop had progressed to 13 percent dented, 8 percentage points behind normal,” said Herman Ellison, Virginia state statistician with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Agricultural Statistics Service. “The corn yield will be third-highest on record.”
