EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan farmers anticipate higher corn and sugarbeet yields but lower soybean and dry bean yields in 2023, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. The October Crop Production Report is based on conditions as of October 1, 2023. Some highlights of the report follow:
- Michigan corn production is forecast at 349 million bushels, up 4 percent from last year. Michigan’s forecasted corn yield of 170 bushels per acre is up 2 bushels from last year but down 3 bushels from last month’s forecast.
- Michigan’s soybean yield is forecast at 46 bushels per acre, down 1 bushel from a year ago and down 3 bushels from last month’s forecast. Production is expected to be 92.5 million bushels, down 12 percent from last year.
- Michigan sugarbeet growers anticipate a yield of 33.4 tons per acre, up 4.6 tons from last year. Production is forecast at 4.38 million tons.
- Michigan dry bean growers expected their crop to yield 2,150 pounds per acre, down 250 pounds per acre from last year. Total production, at 4.49 million hundredweight, is down 13 percent from last year.
