According to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, corn, soybean, and grain sorghum production are up, and so are average yields.

Here's how Nebraska's production in 2015 compared to 2014:

Corn for grain production in Nebraska, based on year-end surveys, is estimated at a record high 1.69 billion bushels, up 6% from 2014, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Yield of 185 bushels per acre is up 6 bushels from last year and the previous record set in 2009 and 2014. Farmers harvested 9.15 million acres of corn for grain, up 2% from 2014.

RECORD HIGH: Corn for grain production in Nebraska, based on year-end surveys, is estimated at a record high 1.69 billion bushels, up 6% from 2014, according to USDA NASS.

Soybean production for 2015 totaled a record high 306 million bushels, up 6% from 2014. Yield, at 58.0 bushels per acre, is a record high and up 4.0 bushels from a year earlier. Area for harvest, at 5.27 million acres, is down 1% from 2014.

Sorghum for grain production in 2015 is estimated at 23.0 million bushels, up 76% from 2014. Yield, at 96 bushels per acre, equals the previous high set in 2011 and is up 14 bushels from a year earlier. Area harvested for grain, at 240,000 acres, is up 50% from 2014.

Alfalfa production for 2015 of 3.40 million tons is virtually unchanged from a year earlier. Yield, at 4.00 tons per acre, is down 0.10 ton per acre from last year. Area harvested for dry hay, at 850,000 acres, is up 2% from 2014. Seedings of alfalfa during 2015 totaled 140,000 acres, down 13% from the year earlier. All other hay production, at 2.96 million tons, is up 13% from 2014. The record yield, at 1.60 tons per acre, is up 0.10 ton per acre from last year. Area harvested of other dry hay is 1.85 million acres, up 6% from a year ago. Total forage production from alfalfa and other hay is 6.48 million tons in 2015, up 5% from the previous year.

Proso millet production in 2015 is estimated at 3.30 million bushels, up 2% from last year's production.  Yield, at a record high 34 bushels per acre, is up 5 bushels from a year earlier. Area harvested for grain, at 97,000 acres, is down 13% from 2014.

Oil sunflower production in 2015 is 42.7 million pounds, up 47% from last year. Yield, at 1,580 pounds per acre equals the record high and is up 420 pounds from a year earlier. Area harvested, at 27,000 acres, is up 8% from 2014. Non-oil sunflower production of 36.8 million pounds, is double that of last year. Yield, at 2,100 pounds per acre, is up 350 pounds from a year earlier and is the highest on record. Area harvested, at 17,500 acres, is up 67% from 2014.

Sugarbeet production of 1.33 million tons is down 1% from 2014. Yield, at 28.4 tons per acre, is down 0.7 ton from a year earlier. Area harvested, at 46,800 acres, is 2% more than 2014.

Dry edible bean production of 3.12 million hundredweight, is down 20% from a year ago. Yield, at 2,380 pounds per acre, is down 120 pounds from a year earlier. Area harvested, at 131,000 acres, is down 16% from 2014.

Potato production is 6.87 million hundredweight, down 13% from last year. Yield, at 435 hundredweight per acre, is down 35 hundredweight from last year. Area harvested, at 15,800 acres, is down 1,100 acres from 2014.

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Source: UNL CropWatch, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service