The U.S. Grains Council’s 2024-2025 Corn Harvest Quality Report says the 2024 U.S. corn crop is projected to be the third largest on record with the highest 100-kernel weight in the history of the report. The 2024 crop also has lower broken corn and foreign material (BCFM), lower total damage, and lower moisture than in the last five years. Favorable growing season conditions contributed to the highest projected average yield on record and promoted good grain quality. The report showed that 89.2 percent of the 620 yellow corn samples taken from the top 12 corn-producing states in the country met all the grade factor requirements for U.S. No. 1 grade, and 96.2 percent met the grade factor requirements for U.S. No. 2 grade corn. A test weight of 59.8 pounds per bushel is the largest test weight in the history of this report. The average U.S. aggregate BCFM in 2024 was 0.6 percent.
USGC issues corn harvest quality report
