Ag stats: Colorado crop production highlights – September 2018 summary
Colorado Highlights
Based on October 1 conditions, corn production in Colorado is forecast at 171.45 million bushels, down 8 percent from last year’s 185.90 million bushels, according to the October 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. The 1.35 million acres expected to be harvested for grain this year are up 10,000 acres from the September forecast and 50,000 acres above the 1.30 million acres harvested a year ago.