Adjustments Made to Regional Yield Forecasts

In Friday’s USDA report, Minnesota’s average corn yield was estimated at 193 bushels per acre, that’s down six bushels from the September report. In North Dakota, the yield increased by one bushel to 146 bushel per acre on average. South Dakota corn yields are forecast at 173 bushels per acre, up from 167 bushels in the last report. For soybeans, the Agriculture Department cut the average yield in Minnesota and North Dakota and bumped up the South Dakota total. Yields are projected at 51 bushels per acre in Minnesota, 48 in South Dakota and 34 in North Dakota. That’s down two bushels per acre from September in Minnesota, up one bushel per acre in South Dakota and down three bushels per acre in North Dakota.