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The production of canola, corn for grain, soybeans and alfalfa hay all reflect gains over last year's harvest.
Corn for grain and silage is a very important feed source for New York's dairy and livestock industry.
In 2012, 680,000 acres of corn for grain and 475,000 acres of corn silage were harvested by NY growers (USDA & NASS, New York Field Office).
The corn for grain that I scout in the Genesee Valley area is on well drained gravel ground and as a result of the midsummer drought is very short and stunted and has already tasseled.
Corn grain prices rebounded during this period (~$3.50/bushel), especially in 2007, prompting more growers, even dairy producers, to plant corn for grain, which partially explains the ~10% decrease in annual NY corn silage acres during 2004-2008.
Consequently, the value of corn for grain has averaged about $400 million from 2007-2011, slighigherigher than the $385 million value of vegetable production (fresh market and processing together) in New York during the same period (NYS Ag Statistics, 2011).
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Before we can answer these questions, we need to know the actual yield levels for corn grown for grain and also for corn grown and harvested for silage.
Corn grown for grain -- not the sweet corn sold for the table -- took up 75,000 acres and sold for $255 an acre, the 2001 state report found.
Farmers in Northern New York have harvested an average of 145,000 acres of corn annually for grain and silage over the past four years.
Corn acreage for grain in NY, as of June 1, is expected to total 660,000 acres in 2014, a decrease of about 4% from 2013 (690,000 acres).
It is important to note that these results do not reflect what may occur in corn harvested for grain because the time between silage harvest and grain harvest offers additional opportunities for infection and growth.
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