Consultancy professional farmers organization (Pro Farmer) said on Friday, the United States in 2015 corn yield is likely to be lower than a record high of 2014, reflecting the adverse weather in parts of the Midwest.
Headquartered in Iowa gather Falls, the Pro Farmer, according to a report published by the United States in 2015 corn yield is expected to be 13.323 billion bushels, average yield per acre, 164.3 bushels this is lower than the United States department of agriculture forecast in August 13.69 billion bushels and 168.8 bushels per acre.
Pro Farmer forecast is based on the past week for annual crop tour of the Midwest. Investigators are divided into two teams and Monday respectively from Dublin, Ohio and Sioux Falls, south Dakota in Minnesota Rochester on Thursday over a four-day visit. Released Friday final yield forecast result is based on the investigation data, and assumptions from now to the end of September, the weather is normal.
In 2014 the United States produced 14.22 billion bushels of corn a record high, but the yield of maize yield and the United States this year is expected to fall, partly because of the growing season of the early rain, lead to corn fields flooded.
The America's corn production in Iowa state, Pro Farmer to predict the average yield of maize was 118 bushels per acre, lower than the United States department of agriculture forecast this month 183 bushels per acre. Pro Farmer, according to a report in southwestern Iowa corn yield disappointing, because the weather is rainy in spring, but the situation of the south to significantly improve.
The second major corn producing in the United States Illinois, maize yield is expected to be 169 bushels per acre, lower than the United States department of agriculture forecast this month 172 bushels per acre. Pro Farmer said, because the nitrogen deficiency, plus a leaf disease, can lead to yield decline, but the rain last week, if the temperature is higher, will help to grow corn.
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