Corn Production in metric tons in Aurora Decreases by -42.34% Percent

The total corn production in Aurora ranked fourth in the share in corn production with 
7.27 percent share of the total Central Luzon corn production or 592.18 metric tons, next to Pampanga which produced 8.10 percent share or 659.35 metric tons during the Fourth Quarter in 2024. The highest contributor in corn production was Nueva Ecija at 5,271.50 metric tons (64.74% share). On the other hand, Zambales contributed the least production at 26.00 metric tons (0.32% share) and followed by Bataan at 241.32 metric tons (2.96% share). (Figure 1 and 2)

The total corn production in Aurora decreased to 592.18 metric tons during the Fourth Quarter in 2024 compared to the 1,027.00 metric tons in the same quarter during the previous year or by 42.34 percent decline next to Bataan which also posted the biggest decrease at -47.24 percent change. Meanwhile, Bulacan registered the highest growth rate at 64.85 percent and followed by Pampanga at 10.63 percent increase. As a result, the total corn production in Central Luzon registered a 0.67 percent increase. (Table 1)

Majority of the corn production in Aurora in the Fourth Quarter of 2024 came from the Yellow Corn at 95.89 percent contribution. Meanwhile, White Corn contributed only 4.11 percent share. (Figure 3)

Yellow corn harvested in Aurora decreased to 567.84 metric tons in the Fourth Quarter of 2024 from 886.00 metric tons in the same quarter in 2023 or 35.91 percent decline. On the other hand, white corn also dropped by -82.74 percent change to 24.34 metric tons in the Fourth Quarter of 2024 from 141 metric tons in the same period in 2023. (Table 2 and Figure 4)

The total area harvested of Corn in Aurora ranked second to the highest among the provinces in Central Luzon for the Fourth Quarter of 2024 with a total of 187.00 hectares or 10.06 percent share of the region’s area harvested. In addition, Nueva Ecija (1,200.00 hectares) had the largest area harvested for the same quarter at 64.57 percent of Central Luzon’s total area harvested. On the other hand, Zambales (5.00 hectares) had the smallest area harvested of Corn in the region with 0.27 percent of Central Luzon’s area harvested. (Figure 5 and 6)

During the Fourth Quarter of 2024, the area harvested for Corn in Aurora was 187.00 hectares or 32.49 percent lower than the Fourth Quarter of 2023. The province with the highest percent change of total area harvested for Corn during the Fourth Quarter of 2024 was Bulacan (85.08%) and followed by Nueva Ecija (29.03%). On the other hand, Bataan posted the biggest decline in its area harvested at -45.93 percent decrease from the Fourth Quarter of the previous year. Due to the growth in other provinces, Central Luzon’s total area harvested posted an 11.08 percent growth. (Table 3)

FERDINAND E. SANTIAGO
(Supervising Statistical Specialist)
Officer-in-Charge
PSO Aurora