TOPICS IN THIS REPORT Field Crop Acreage June 1 Hogs and Pigs, 16 States and U.S. Pig Crop, Farrowing Intentions

FLORIDA: Planting of cotton, peanuts, and soybeans experienced very few weather delays. Winter wheat harvest started in late May and harvest was complete by mid-June. Tobacco harvest started after mid-June. Harvesting corn silage is underway.

CORN: Corn planted for all purposes totaled 140,000 acres, up 40 percent from last year. The area to be harvested for grain is estimated at 100,000 acres, up 67 percent from 1995. Corn was planted on time. Dry conditions in May and June put dryland corn under moisture stress. Harvesting of corn silage is underway.

ALL HAY: Acreage of all types of hay, cut and to be cut, is placed at 250,000 acres, up 9 percent from last year. Hay cutting started in May.

WINTER WHEAT: Area planted to winter wheat in the fall of 1995 is estimated at 13,000 acres, down 35 percent from a year earlier. Area harvested for grain in 1996 is estimated at 10,000 acres, down 17 percent from the previous year. Harvest was virtually complete by mid-June.

COTTON: The total planted area is estimated at 120,000 acres, up 9 percent from last year. This is the largest planted cotton acreage since 1937. Most of the cotton was planted on time with few delays.

TOBACCO: Flue-cured, Type 14, acreage at 7,300 acres represents an increase of 100 acres, or up 1 percent from the 7,200 acres harvested during 1995. Cold spells and cool weather delayed the start of transplanting until late March. Harvest began after mid- June.

PEANUTS: Planted acreage of peanuts is estimated at 86,000 acres, down 3 percent from 1995. Of the planted acreage, 78,000 acres are expected to be harvested for dry nuts. The remaining 8,000 acres will be used for green peanuts and other purposes. Most of the peanuts were planted by mid-May.

SUGARCANE: Total sugarcane acreage for sugar and seed during the 1996-97 crop year is estimated at 437,000 acres, the same as last season. Sugarcane has made good progress to date.

SOYBEANS: Acreage planted and to be planted to soybeans is estimated at 35,000 acres, up 17 percent from last year. The area to be harvested for beans is expected to be 33,000 acres, up 18 percent from 1995. Soybean planting is virtually completed.

    

FLORIDA CROP ACREAGE
Crop	Planted for all purposes		Harvested or to be harvested1/
	1995	1996	1995	19962/
	1,000 acres
All Corn	100.0	140.0	60.0	100.0
Soybeans	30.0	35.0	28.0	33.0
Peanuts	890.0	86.0	81.0	78.0
All Cotton	110.0	120.0	109.0	3/
All Hay	--	--	230.0	250.0
Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed	--	--	435.0	437.0
Tobacco	--	--	7.2	7.3
Winter Wheat	20.0	13.0	12.0	10.0
1/ Harvested for principal use of each crop, i.e., grain, beans, nuts, etc. 2/ Forecasted. 3/ Estimates to be released August 12, 1996.

     UNITED STATES CROP HIGHLIGHTS

CORN: Corn planted for all purposes is estimated at 80.4 million acres, up 13 percent from last year. This is the largest planted acreage since 1985. Growers expect to harvest 74.1 million acres for grain, up 14 percent from 1995. If realized, this will be the largest harvested acreage since 1985. A wet cool spring delayed planting particularly in the Eastern Corn Belt. The corn acreage estimate was based on survey information collected between May 29 and June 12. Delayed plantings may result in corn acreage shifts to other commodities for several States that had large amounts of acreage remaining to be planted. Farmers responding to the survey indicated that only 91 percent of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the interview compared to an average of 96 percent for the past eight years.

ALL WHEAT: Planted area for 1996 is estimated at 75.6 million acres; area for grain, 63.1 million. The planted level is up 9 percent from 1995 and harvested is up 4 percent. Both totals are the highest since 1990.

WINTER WHEAT: Farmers planted 52.1 million acres. This is 7 percent more than 1995 and fractionally higher than the previously published level. Grain area is now estimated at 40.1 million acres, up 6 percent from the June 1 forecast but down 2 percent from last year.

SOYBEANS: Growers planted or intend to plant 63.9 million acres in 1996, up 2 percent from 1995. Area to be harvested is estimated at 63.1 million acres, also an increase of 2 percent over 1995. Another wet spring prompted some growers in the midwest to shift some acres intended for corn to soybeans. Growers in Iowa planted 200,000 more acres than last year. Illinois increased 150,000 acres and Ohio planted 350,000 more acres than the previous year. Overall, soybean acreage is above 1995 in most of the major producing states.

PEANUTS: Acreage planted to peanuts in 1996 is estimated at 1.45 million acres, down 6 percent from the 1995 planted area of 1.54 million acres. This is the smallest acreage devoted to peanuts since 1983. Most of the decline can be attributed to the new farm bill provisions. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.43 million acres, down 6 percent from the 1995 level of 1.52 million acres. Southeast growers (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina) planted 846,500 acres, down 7 percent from last year and 14 percent below 1994. In Georgia, planting started slowly because of cool soil temperatures, but May brought warmer weather and planting progressed nicely until completion in early June. Rains in late May helped Alabama peanuts as the crop emerged with full stands and is rated in mostly good condition. In South Carolina, peanut planting was nearly complete by early June. The crop is in mostly good condition.

COTTON: The United States planted area of all cotton for 1996 is estimated at 14.4 million acres, 15 percent below 1995 plantings but 5 percent above 1994. Upland cotton is expected to total 14.1 million acres, down 16 percent from last year. Growers intend to increase plantings of American-pima cotton to 264,000 acres, a 23 percent increase from last year and 57 percent higher than acreage of 2 years ago. Upland growers in the Delta States (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee) planted 3.94 million acres. This total is a 19 percent decrease from 1995, and down 4 percent from two years earlier. The planting pace lagged behind the average due to wet soils and because other row crops were being planted. In mid- May, producers exceeded the 5-year average pace and planting was complete by mid-June. On June 16, the majority of the region's acreage was in good to excellent condition, with Louisiana and Mississippi showing 31 percent and 28 percent, respectively, in excellent condition.

HAY: Producers expect to harvest 60.6 million acres of hay in 1996, a 1 percent increase from the 59.8 million acres har vested one year earlier. Area harvested of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures is expected to total 24.3 million acres, down 1 percent from 1995. All other hay acreage is estimated at 36.3 million acres, 3 percent above last year. Hay acreage is expected to decrease mainly in the great lake States and a few northeastern States. The largest increases are expected in Plains States and a few of the Delta States.

TOBACCO: The Nation's all tobacco for harvest in 1996 is estimated at 724,180 acres, up 9 percent from 1995. Flue- cured acreage, at 400,300 acres, is up 4 percent from a year ago. After a slow start due to cool, wet soils, transplanting was completed on time. Harvest in Florida and Georgia started mid- June, with markets expected to open in July.

SUGARCANE FOR SUGAR AND SEED: Growers intend to harvest 869,000 acres of sugarcane in 1996, down 7 percent from last year. A freeze in late 1995 and early 1996 in Louisi ana damaged winter dormant sugarcane fields. The closing of sugarcane plantations continued in Hawaii, where one plantation closed in March and another was expected to discontinue sugarcane production during 1996. Sugarcane acres for harvest in Hawaii were down 25 percent from 1995, reflecting the closing of plantations in the island State.

    

UNITED STATES CROP ACREAGE
Crop	Planted for all purposes		Harvested or to be harvested1/
	1995	1996	1995	1996 2/
	1,000 acres
Corn	71,245.0	80,355.0	64,995.0	74,094.0
Sorghum	9,454.0	12,564.0	8,278.0	11,394.0
Oats	6,336.0	4,608.0	2,959.0	2,673.0
All wheat	69,177.0	75,624.0	60,971.0	63,118.0
Winter wheat	48,726.0	52,053.0	40,993.0	40,097.0
Soybeans	62,575.0	63,895.0	61,624.0	63,050.0
Peanuts	1,537.5	1,445.0	1,517.0	1,427.5
All cotton	16,931.4	14,364.0	16,006.7	--
All hay	--	--	59,779.0	60,599.0
All tobacco	--	--	663.1	724.2
Sugarbeets	1,444.6	1,386.5	1,417.1	1,362.1
Sugarcane for sugar and seed	--	--	932.3	869.0
1/ Harvested for principal use of each crop, i.e., grain, beans, nuts, etc. 2/ Forecasted.

HOGS AND PIGS: Inventory numbers, breeding, market, and total, June 1, 1995 and 1996
State	Breeding			Market			Total
	1995	1996	1996 As % of 1995	1995	1996	1996 As % of 1995	1995	1996	1996 As % of 1995
	1,000 head			1,000 head			1,000 head
AR	120	110	92	680	660	97	800	770	96
GA	125	110	88	805	760	94	930	870	94
IL	680	580	85	4,720	4,120	87	5,400	4,700	87
IN	530	460	87	3,820	3,390	89	4,350	3,850	89
IA	1,500	1,300	87	13,000	12,000	92	14,500	13,300	92
KS	145	180	124	1,085	1,140	105	1,230	1,320	107
KY	105	85	81	665	565	85	770	650	84
MI	150	140	93	1,050	960	91	1,200	1,100	92
MN	580	550	95	4,320	4,250	98	4,900	4,800	98
MO	490	570	116	3,110	2,980	96	3,600	3,550	99
NE	510	450	88	3,740	3,350	90	4,250	3,800	89
NC	840	950	113	6,760	7,950	118	7,600	8,900	117
OH	240	240	100	1,485	1,460	98	1,725	1,700	99
OK	140	160	114	650	990	152	790	1,150	146
PA	110	110	100	950	910	96	1,060	1,020	96
SD	180	140	78	1,390	1,060	76	1,570	1,200	76
WI	135	115	85	835	705	84	970	820	85
Oth Sts 1/	665	650	98	3,850	3,850	100	4,515	4,500	100
US	7,245	6,900	95	52,915	51,100	97	60,160	58,000	96
1/ Individual State estimates not available for the 33 other States.

MARKET HOGS AND PIGS: Inventory number by weight groups, June 1, 1995 and 1996
State	Under 60 lbs		60-119 lbs		120-179 lbs		180 lbs and over
	1995	1996	1995	1996	1995	1996	1995	1996
	1,000 head
AR	340	300	130	140	130	110	80	110
GA	325	310	210	195	170	160	100	95
IL	1,870	1,600	1,190	1,060	940	850	720	610
IN	1,435	1,250	950	870	745	670	690	600
IA	5,150	4,600	3,400	3,150	2,450	2,400	2,000	1,850
KS	390	445	285	285	230	230	180	180
KY	265	225	170	145	125	110	105	85
MI	515	470	205	190	170	165	160	135
MN	1,680	1,660	1,060	1,040	860	840	720	710
MO	1,330	1,360	760	680	570	530	450	410
NE	1,580	1,400	900	840	650	600	610	510
NC	2,600	3,040	1,630	1,900	1,360	1,620	1,170	1,390
OH	700	670	340	360	240	270	205	160
OK	270	410	145	185	105	145	130	250
PA	330	320	240	230	195	195	185	165
SD	630	420	315	260	220	200	225	180
WI	320	275	215	180	165	135	135	115
Oth Sts 1/	1,670	1,620	1,050	1,040	680	690	450	500
US	21,400	20,375	13,195	12,750	10,005	9,920	8,315	8,055
1/ Individual State estimates not available for the 33 other States.

     UNITED STATES: HOGS AND PIGS

INVENTORY of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 1996, was 58.0 million head. This was 4 percent below June 1995 but 2 percent above the March 1, 1996 inventory.

    Breeding inventory, at 6.90 million head, was down 5 percent from June 1, 1995, but up 1 percent from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 51.1 million head, was 3 percent below June 1, 1995, but 2 percent above March 1, 1996.

    The December 1995-May 1996 U.S. pig crop was 49.0 million head, 4 percent less than 1995 and down 5 percent from the same period in 1994. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 5.81 million head, down 6 percent from last year and 7 percent below two years ago. The March-May pig crop totaled 25.5 million head, down 6 percent from a year ago, and 9 percent below 1994. Sows farrowed from March to May totaled 3.01 million head, 8 percent less than a year ago. The average pigs per litter of 8.47, is the highest March- May litter rate in history. The pigs saved per litter varied by size of operation, ranging from 7.60 pigs per litter for operations with 1-99 head to 8.70 pigs per litter for operations with over 2,000 head inventory.

    U.S. producers intend to have 2.87 million sows farrow during the June-August 1996 quarter, 5 percent less than the actual farrowings during the same period last year, and 8 percent below 1994. Intended farrowings for September-November 1996, at 2.78 million sows, is 1 percent below actual farrowings during the same period in 1995, and down 7 percent from the 1994 period.

    

HOGS AND PIGS:	U.S. inventory number, sows farrowing and pig crop, 1995 and 1996.
	1995	1996	1996 as % of 1995
	1,000 head
June 1 Inventory
All hogs and pigs	60,160	58,000	96
Kept for breeding	7,245	6,900	95
Market	52,915	51,100	97
Market hogs and pigs by weight groups:
Under 60 pounds	21,400	20,375	95
60-119 pounds	13,195	12,750	97
120-179 pounds	10,005	9,920	99
180 pounds	8,315	8,055	97
Sows farrowing:
December1/-February	2,886	2,797	97
March-May	3,259	3,009	92
December1/-May	6,145	5,806	94
June-August2/	3,007	2,868	95
September-November	2,815	2,782	99
June-November2/	5,822	5,650	97
Pig crop:
December1/-February	23,851	23,479	98
March-May	27,103	25,490	94
December1/-May	50,954	48,969	96
June-August2/	25,018
September-November2/	23,463
June-November2/	48,481
1/ December preceding year. 2/ Intentions.