# Ag stats: 2022 Colorado annual crop production highlights | KiowaCountyPress.net

> Colorado's 2022 corn for grain crop was estimated at 118.58 million bushels, down 20% from 2021 and the lowest since 2002. Sorghum for grain fell 49% to 7.6 million bushels, and barley harvested area was the lowest since 1904. The figures come from USDA's December 1 survey.

- Date: 2023-01-16 · published 2023-01-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/37856-ag-stats-2022-colorado-annual-crop-production-highlights-kiowacountypress-net
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md)

## Why it matters

Colorado's sharp state-level shortfalls add to tighter regional feed grain supply, though the state's share of national output is small.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-01-13 | [2022 Final Crop Production Report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13306-2022-final-crop-production-report.md) | +0.4% | +0.2% |
| CORN | 2026-10-21 | [More new crop corn boosts ethanol production - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17109-more-new-crop-corn-boosts-ethanol-production-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -1.9% | — |
| CORN | 2023-07-26 | [Ethanol production shoots higher, stocks up - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35032-ethanol-production-shoots-higher-stocks-up-brownfield-ag-news.md) | -13.9% | -17.3% |
| CORN | 2021-01-12 | [USDA: corn, soybean production up in 2020 - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49002-usda-corn-soybean-production-up-in-2020-brownfield-ag-news.md) | +5.8% | +11.6% |
| CORN | 2023-03-04 | [United States: 2022/23 sorghum production falls 58%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36922-united-states-2022-23-sorghum-production-falls-58.md) | -1.2% | +1.1% |

## Sources

- kiowacountypress.net: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/ag-stats-2022-colorado-annual-crop-production-highlights

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