RELEASED: September 11, 2015

September 1 Tennessee Crop Production Forecast

Corn production in Tennessee is forecast at 140 million bushels, unchanged from the August forecast and down 1 percent from the previous crop. Yield was estimated at 165.0 bushels per acre, unchanged bushels from last month and down 3.0 bushels from the 2014 level. Acres for harvest as grain were estimated at 850,000 acres, up 10,000 acres from 2014. The U.S. corn production is forecast at 13.6 billion bushels, down 1 percent from the August forecast and down 4 percent from 2014. Based on conditions as of September 1, yields are expected to average 167.5 bushels per acre, down 1.3 bushels from last month and down 3.5 bushels from 2014. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 81.1 million acres, unchanged from the August forecast and down 2 percent from 2014. Continue reading at SepCrop15_TN.