The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this month released its annual Crop Production Summary, showing that Colorado farmers didn't haul in quite as large of a crop as earlier USDA forecasts had anticipated. But while actual production in the state this fall fell short of those predictions (by about 8 million bushels) the 2016 Colorado corn crop still stood up well compared to recent years.

Corn for Grain Acres Harvested 

2016 ... 1.17 million 

2015 ... 950,000 

5-year avg. ... 1.01 million 

Yields 

2016 ... 137.0 bushels per acre 

2015 ... 142.0 

5-year avg. ... 137.0 

Total Corn for Grain Production 

2016 ... 160.92 million bushels 

2015 ... 134.90 million 

5-year avg. ... 143.59 million

Nationwide, 2016 corn production was estimated at 15.2 billion bushels, while yields averaged out at 174.6 -- the highest marks on record for the U.S.