4 Key Takeaways From This Map of the Country’s Corn Harvest

According to the USDA Crop Progress report for the week ending Nov. 10, the country’s corn harvest progress reached 95% across top growing states. That’s 11 percentage points ahead of the five-year average. 

With only 5% of the crop unharvested, farmers in the top 18 states have just 3.9 million more acres of corn to harvest. Here’s a map highlighting corn harvest progress in those 18 states and four major takeaways from the numbers.

1. Michigan takes Ohio’s spot as the state furthest ahead of normal progress. 

Although Ohio held the spot for the four weeks prior, Michigan took the lead for being the state furthest ahead of its respective five-year average. As of Nov. 10, 91% of Michigan’s corn had been harvested, a striking 31 points ahead of average. The state’s even further ahead of the harvested percentage last year at this time: just 49%.

2. North Carolina joins Texas in crossing the 2024 corn harvest finish line.

North Carolina, the first state to finish corn harvest last season, officially completed this year’s corn harvest the week ending Nov. 10. It joins Texas as the second state to have reached 100% corn harvested.

3. Colorado is the only state behind its five-year average for corn harvested.

As of Nov. 10, Colorado farmers had harvested 82% of their expected corn acres, an increase of 8 percentage points for the week. That’s 2 percentage points behind last year at this time and 3 percentage points shy of the five-year average. 

4. Corn harvest in three states is more than 25 points ahead of average.

Along with Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin are over 25 percentage points ahead of respective five-year averages. Corn harvest in the Buckeye State reached 96%, ahead of the five-year average of 69% (27 points ahead). The Badger State’s corn harvest reached 89% as of Nov. 10, compared to a five-year average of 63% (26 points ahead).