b'As a DroughtEVERY YEAR,when September and October come around the corner, harvest follows closely behind it. But, its early October when the U.S. starts to get glimpses of how successful the year was in terms of cornwhich was predicted Looms Overto be lower than normal as of Septembers World Agricultural Supply and Demand (WASDE) report. Total U.S. feed grain production in 2022 is forecast down Harvest, Hows11.4 million tons in the September World Agricultural Supply and Demand (WASDE) report, on lower corn and sorghum yields and markedly lower corn harvested area, the USDA Economic Research Service said in a release, noting that U.S. corn produc-Yield Performance? tion was reduced 415 million bushels in September. While corn production is down, projected yield is also down by a 2.9 bushel per acre drop to 172.5 bushels and a one million acre reduction in harvested area. With harvest, yield for 2022 comes into The Early Harvest Outlookperspectivebut has the last-minuteWhen you add in a late drought into the mix with harvest in drought affected the corn harvest?the west, growers, agronomists and seed companies alike had Alex Martin concern from the outlook. Though the outlook was proven to be concerning, Mark Grundmayer says in Nebraska, harvest is start-ing with a positive slant.The positive that Ive seen so far is were actually harvesting a decent crop given the major lack of rainfall that weve had in our dryland acres, Grundmayer, agronomist from LG Seeds, says. Its early harvest. But Ive heard about yield in the 120s to around 140 bushel per acre on dryland, and thats on little rain from early July to now.While thats lower than a normal year, on average the dry lands averages about 200 bushels per acre, Grundmayer still believes that the area is sitting fine. 56/ SEEDWORLD.COMDECEMBER 2022'