Corn for grain production in Wisconsin for 2024 was estimated at 515 million bushels, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Crop Production 2024 Summary.
Current year production was down 7% from the previous year’s 553 million bushels. Wisconsin’s corn for grain yield was estimated at 174 bushels per acre. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 2.96 million acres, 180,000 acres below 2023.
Corn planted for all purposes in 2024 was estimated at 3.75 million acres.
Corn for silage production was estimated at 14.6 million tons, down 11% from 2023. The silage yield estimate of 20 tons per acre was down 1 ton per acre from 2023. Producers harvested 730,000 acres of corn for silage, down 6% from 2023.
Soybean production was estimated at 102 million bushels in 2024. This was down 3% from the previous year’s 105 million bushels. The Wisconsin soybean crop yielded 48 bushels per acre in 2024. The harvested acreage of 2.12 million was up 60,000 acres from 2023. Soybean planted acreage, at 2.15 million, was up 40,000 acres from 2023.
All hay production for the state was estimated at 3.90 million tons, up 75% from the 2.24 million tons produced in 2023. Producers averaged 3.03 tons per acre, up 0.86 tons per acre from 2023. All hay harvested acres were estimated at 1.29 million acres, up 260,000 acres from 2023.
Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures for hay production was estimated at 3.03 million tons, up 75% from 2023.
Producers averaged 3.65 tons per acre, up 0.95 tons per acre from 2023. Harvested acres were up 190,000 from the previous year, to 830,000 acres. Wisconsin producers seeded 240,000 acres of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures in 2024, up 14% from 2023.
Other hay production was estimated at 874,000 tons, up 72% from 2023. Producers averaged 1.90 tons per acre, up 0.60 tons from the 2023 yield. Harvested acres of other hay, at 460,000, were up 70,000 acres from 2023.
Potato production for 2024 was estimated at 26.1 million hundredweight (cwt), down 8% from 2023. Producers averaged 395 cwt per acre, down 6% from the 2023 yield. Planted and harvested acres were estimated at 67,000 acres and 66,000 acres, respectively.
Nationally, corn for grain production in 2024 was estimated at 14.9 billion bushels, down 3% from the 2023 estimate.
The average yield in the United States was estimated at a record high 179.3 bushels per acre, 2 bushels above the 2023 yield of 177.3 bushels per acre. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 82.9 million acres, down 4% from the 2023 estimate.
Soybean production in 2024 totaled 4.37 billion bushels, up 5% from 2023. The average yield per acre was estimated at 50.7 bushels, up 0.1 bushel from 2023. Harvested area, at 86.1 million acres, was up 5% from the previous year.
The complete report can be found on the USDA NASS website at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications.
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