USDA Crop Production
12 January 2012
USDA Crop Production: Corn for Grain Production below Forecast
Corn for grain production is estimated at 12.4 billion bushels, up slightly from the 1 November forecast.
Corn for grain production is estimated at 12.4
billion bushels, up slightly from the 1 November forecast but 1 per
cent below 2010. The average yield in the United States for 2011 is
estimated at 147.2 bushels per acre. This is up 0.5 bushel from the
November forecast but 5.6 bushels below the 2010 average yield of
152.8 bushels. Area harvested for grain is estimated at 84.0 million
acres, up slightly from the November forecast and up 3 per cent from
2010.
Sorghum grain production in 2011 is estimated at 214
million bushels, down 13 per cent from the 1 November forecast and 38
per cent below 2010. Planted area is estimated at 5.48 million acres,
up 1 per cent from last year. Area harvested for grain, at 3.93
million acres, is down 18 per cent from 2010. Average grain yield, at
54.6 bushels per acre, is down 0.9 bushel from the previous forecast
and down 17.2 bushels from last year.
Rice production in 2011 is estimated 185 million cwt,
down 2 per cent from the previous forecast and 24 per cent below 2010.
Planted area is estimated at 2.69 million acres, down 26 per cent from
2010. Area harvested, at 2.62 million acres, is down slightly from the
previous forecast and 28 per cent below the previous crop year. The
average yield for all United States rice is estimated at 7,067 pounds
per acre, down 100 pounds from the previous forecast but 342 pounds
above the 2010 yield.
Soybean production in 2011 totaled 3.06 billion
bushels, up slightly from the 1 November forecast but down 8 per cent
from 2010. United States production is the sixth largest on record.
The average yield per acre is estimated at 41.5 bushels, 0.2 bushel
above the 1 November forecast but 2.0 bushels below last year's
yield. Harvested area is down 4 per cent from 2010 to 73.6 million
acres.
All cotton production is estimated at 15.7 million
480-pound bales, down 1 per cent from last month and down 13 per cent
from 2010. The United States yield is estimated at 772 pounds per
acre, up 1 pound from the 1 December forecast but down 40 pounds from
last year. Harvested area, at 9.75 million acres, is down 1 per cent
from December and down 9 per cent from last year.
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