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Corn for grain production

Corn harvested for grain in the crop year, in bushels (56 pounds of shelled corn at 15.5 percent moisture), as estimated by USDA NASS from its farm surveys. Corn cut for silage is not included.

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In-season monthly forecasts for the current crop are not included: a year appears once NASS publishes its annual estimate (the Small Grains Summary at the end of September for wheat, the Crop Production Annual Summary in January for corn and soybeans). USDA NASS survey estimates for the nation and the states; the District of Columbia is not covered, and states that NASS groups as "other states" to avoid disclosing single operations have no value for that year. NASS revises recent years when it publishes later reports, and values it withholds are left out. For country totals in tonnes comparable across countries, see maize_production (FAOSTAT).

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Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

Rankings

US states by corn for grain production, 1966

Top 15. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Iowa: 901,748,000 bushelsIowa901,748,000Illinois: 848,044,000 bushelsIllinois848,044,000Indiana: 406,160,000 bushelsIndiana406,160,000Minnesota: 341,544,000 bushelsMinnesota341,544,000Nebraska: 328,000,000 bushelsNebraska328,000,000Ohio: 261,660,000 bushelsOhio261,660,000Missouri: 182,016,000 bushelsMissouri182,016,000Wisconsin: 146,960,000 bushelsWisconsin146,960,000South Dakota: 113,475,000 bushelsSouth Dakota113,475,000Michigan: 94,520,000 bushelsMichigan94,520,000Kentucky: 65,018,000 bushelsKentucky65,018,000Georgia: 61,361,000 bushelsGeorgia61,361,000North Carolina: 60,345,000 bushelsNorth Carolina60,345,000Kansas: 59,682,000 bushelsKansas59,682,000Tennessee: 39,936,000 bushelsTennessee39,936,000Iowa: 901,748,000 bushelsIowa901,748,000Illinois: 848,044,000 bushelsIllinois848,044,000Indiana: 406,160,000 bushelsIndiana406,160,000Minnesota: 341,544,000 bushelsMinnesota341,544,000Nebraska: 328,000,000 bushelsNebraska328,000,000Ohio: 261,660,000 bushelsOhio261,660,000Missouri: 182,016,000 bushelsMissouri182,016,000Wisconsin: 146,960,000 bushelsWisconsin146,960,000South Dakota: 113,475,000 bushelsSouth Dakota113,475,000Michigan: 94,520,000 bushelsMichigan94,520,000Kentucky: 65,018,000 bushelsKentucky65,018,000Georgia: 61,361,000 bushelsGeorgia61,361,000North Carolina: 60,345,000 bushelsNorth Carolina60,345,000Kansas: 59,682,000 bushelsKansas59,682,000Tennessee: 39,936,000 bushelsTennessee39,936,000
bushels. Source: USDA NASS, Quick Stats, CORN, GRAIN - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN BU, annual, survey, nation and states. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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