(Des Moines – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its 2021 crop report, which shows Iowa farmers grew an all-time record, averaging 205 bushels per acre. That’s the highest per-acre yield of any state and the fourth-highest production level. Story County farmer Brian Sampson told KCCI, that even though inflation is causing some problems for the industry, a record crop is good news.

The record corn yield comes despite drought conditions last summer.