NEW STATE RECORD

Corn yield at an all time high

Ohio's 2006 average corn yield is estimated at 159 bushels per acre, two bushels below the November forecast, but still a new state record. Producers harvested 2.96 million acres for grain this past year, compared to 3.25 million acres in 2005. Total state production of 470.6 million bushels is one percent above the 2005 total. Acreage harvested for silage is estimated at 150,000 acres, down 10,000 acres from the previous year. The average silage yield is estimated at 17.0 tons per acre.