Iowa corn crop production hit a record in 2024 despite many environmental setbacks. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the 2024 Iowa Crop Production Annual Summary released by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Naig stated, “Iowa’s resilient farmers battled another year of rollercoaster weather conditions. The spring started with the lingering historic drought and a record number of tornadoes, summer brought devastating floods and other severe weather, and dry conditions led to an uninterrupted fall harvest. Despite those challenges, Iowa’s hardworking and innovative farmers once again produced another robust corn and soybean crop,” At 211 bushels per acre and 2.63 billion bushels of production, 2024’s Iowa corn crop ranks as the highest ever yield and second largest production in state history, and helped drive the national corn yield of 179.3 bushels per acre to an all-time record. At 60 bushels per acre and 598 million bushels of production, this year’s soybean crop ranked as the third-highest yield and second-highest production in Iowa history.