WHERE WILL THE 2015 ILLINOIS CORN CROP GO
Hannah Ferguson

Here in Illinois, 93 percent of the corn crop is now harvested and in the bin. You might be wondering, where will that corn go? Here’s a look at the breakdown of markets for the corn grown in Illinois.
For the 2015 crop:
Area harvested 11,500,000 acres
Average yield 170 bushels per acre
Production 1,955,000,000 bushels
Supply (includes previous yr carryover) 2,266,000,000 bushels
Feed use 244 mil bu
Feed use in state 112 mil bu
Dairy 8 mil bu
Beef cattle 8 mil bu
Hogs 85 mil bu
Poultry 9 mil bu
Other 2 mil bu
Processing in state 920 mil bu
Wet milling for ethanol 151 mil bu
Dry milling for ethanol 351 mil bu
DDG production 2,569,000 metric tons
Corn displaced by DDG 27 mil bu
Total Use in state 1.164 mil bu
Exported out of state 806 mil bu
Exports as %age of supply 35.5%
Exports as %age of current yr prod 41.2%
Data provided by The ProExporter Network