- There are approximately 20,000 corn and soybean family farms in Indiana.
- 96% of corn and soybean farms in Indiana are family owned.
- Indiana ranks 5th in the nation in corn and 4th in soybean production.
- Indiana ranks 6th in the nation for biodiesel production, and averages over 100 million gallons annually.
- Indiana ranks 6th in the nation for ethanol production.
- The state’s 15 biorefineries make an estimated 1.4 billion gallons of ethanol each year.
- In crop year 2022, 43% of Indiana’s corn crop went into ethanol production, which equates to approx. 480 million bushels of corn.
- 41,500 Indiana jobs are supported by ethanol production.
- 364 Indiana retail fuel locations have E85 or E15 pumps.
- In 2022, 5.2 million acres of corn were planted, 5.1 million acres of corn were harvested
- In 2022, the average corn yield was 190 bu/acre
- In 2022, Indiana farmers produced 975 million bushels of corn
- In 2022, 5.8 million acres of soybeans were planted. 5.8 million acres of soybeans were harvested, yielding an average of 57 bushels/acre.
- In crop year ending 2022, Indiana farmers produced 335 million bushels of soybeans.
- Corn and grain farming supported 12,060 jobs in Indiana. (Census of Ag 2017)
- Soybean and oilseed farming supported 10,210 jobs in Indiana. (Census of Ag 2017)