b'High Input Costs and Decreased Production Surrounded HarvestFarmers faced increased uncertainty during harvest and election season.Ally RodenAS HARVEST WASin full swing, farmers across the U.S. were faced with high input costs, lower crop production and uncertainty as policy changes loomed on the horizon through-out the months of September and October.It is necessary for not only farmers, but also seed experts, to be aware of challenges across the world that will inevitably impact the crop and to gear themselves with knowledge to help along the way.Here are the agricultural highlights for the months of September and October 2022.Crop ProductionThe global cereal production is pegged at 2,768 million tons, hitting 1.7% below 2021s numbers, while the world coarse grain output is predicted to meet 1,468 tons, falling 2.8% year-on-year. The U.S. wheat ending stocks are forecast down for 2022/23, settling at 576 million bushels in October. This outcome is the smallest in 15 years. U.S. wheat crop is down 133 million form September, now predicted to be 1.650 billion bushels, making these numbers the second lowest in 20 years. Future prices have soared in recent weeks, responding to tight U.S. supplies and uncertainty across the globe about Black Sea wheat shipments.Corn and soybean production continued to fall when compared to 2021 numbers, according to the USDAs National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Oct. 11 Crop Production report.As of Oct. 1, conditions showed that soybean yields ring in at 49.8 bushels per acre, falling 1.9 bushels from 2021. On the flip side, area harvested for soybeans is projected at 86.6 million acres, a slight increase from 2021.While corn production was forecasted at 14.4 billion bushels in the USDAs August Crop Production report, it dropped to 60/ SEEDWORLD.COMJANUARY 2023'