Hoosier farmers reported lower corn and soybean yields in 2022 than the record highs reported in 2021, said Nathanial Warenski, state statistician with the Indiana field office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Services Great Lakes Region.

Corn production in 2022 totaled 975 million bushels, 5% below 2021. Corn acreage harvested for grain totaled 5.13 million, down 3% from 2021. The average yield of 190 bushels per acre was 5 bushels below 2021.

Soybean production totaled 335 million bushels, down slightly from 2021. Harvested acreage was 5.83 million, up 190,000 from 2021. The average yield of 57.5 bushels per acre was 2.5 bushels below 2021.

Nationally, corn for grain production in the United States was estimated at 13.7 billion bushels, down 9% from the 2021 estimate. The average yield across the nation was estimated at 173.3 bushels per acre, 3.4 bushels below the 2021 record high yield of 176.7 bushels per acre.

Estimated yields in 2022 were down from the previous year across the southern Plains, Southeast and West Coast.

Record-high yields were estimated in Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Corn planted area, at 88.6 million acres, was down 5% from the 2021 estimate. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 79.2 million acres, down 7% from the 2021 estimate. Record-low harvested for grain acres were estimated for California.

National soybean production in 2022 totaled 4.28 billion bushels, down 4% from 2021. The average yield was estimated at 49.5 bushels per acre, 2.2 bushels below 2021.

Planted area for the nation, at 87.5 million acres, was up less than 1% from the 2021 planted acreage. Soybean growers harvested 86.3 million acres, up slightly from 2021. Record-high planted acreage was estimated in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New York and Ohio. Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Nebraska had record-high harvested acreage.

Record-high yields occurred in Arkansas and Mississippi. Record-high production was harvested in Mississippi, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Indiana winter wheat seedings

Indiana winter wheat seeded area for 2023 is estimated at 450,000 acres, an increase of 55% from last year, Warenski said.

Winter wheat planting progress trailed just behind the five-year average for most of the fall planting season. The unseasonably dry weather caused emergence to fall behind the five-year average, as well. Planting wrapped up around mid-November. The crop condition was rated 62% good to excellent as of Nov. 27, compared with 68% the same time last year.

U.S. winter wheat planted area for harvest in 2023 is estimated at 37 million acres, up 11% from 2022 and up 10% from 2021. Seeding of the 2023 acreage was underway in early September and began the month equal to the five-year average pace. Throughout much of the season, planting progressed on pace with the five-year average and reached 96% complete by Nov. 13. Emergence was 1 percentage point ahead of the five-year average pace on Nov. 27.