Colorado corn harvest officially underway

The corn-for-grain harvest in Colorado is officially underway although only 42 percent of the state’s corn crop has reached mature status, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. About 5 percent of the harvest is complete, according to the USDA.

Still, the USDA is predicting that the state harvest will be 10 percent larger than a year ago at 176.9 million bushels. The crop size will be the most since 2011 largely because of an increase in acres to be harvested and an anticipated increase in yields. The USDA projects that yields will average 145 bushels per acre.

About 90 percent of the state’s corn acres are harvested for grain. Corn-silage harvest is much further along in Colorado, where about 10 percent of corn acres are harvested for silage.

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Nationwide, 14 percent of the corn crop is in “excellent” condition, 49 percent is listed as “good,” 25 percent is “fair,” 9 percent is “poor,” and 3 percent is “very poor.” Additionally, corn-for-grain harvest was 17 percent complete nationally, (five-year average is 26 percent), while 68 percent of the U.S. crop has reached the mature stage (five-year average is 78 percent).

Nationwide, the corn crop is expected to be 14.18 billion bushels, which is down from 15.15 a year ago.

The full national report can be found here.