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

FLORIDA: Hot, dry weather in April and May delayed the planting of spring crops. Some corn was not planted due to the dry condi tions. The hot, dry weather slowed the growth of tobacco. In most areas, the first cutting of hay was not made until the normal time for the second cutting. Winter wheat harvest started in mid-May and was complete by mid-June. Tobacco harvest started in early June.

CORN: Corn planted for all purposes totaled 65,000 acres, down 59 percent from last year. The acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 40,000 acres, down 27 percent from 1998. Corn planting started on time. Some corn was not planted due to the dry soil conditions. The hot, dry weather hurt the yield of dryland corn.

ALL HAY: Acreage of all types of hay, cut and to be cut, is placed at 260,000 acres, up 13 percent from last year. Many hay growers will lose one cutting of hay this year because the first cutting of hay was made so late in many areas. Hay fields have been responding well to the June rains.

WINTER WHEAT: Area planted to winter wheat in the fall of 1998 is estimated at 10,000 acres, down 33 percent from a year earlier. Area harvested for grain in 1999 is estimated at 9,000 acres, down
31 percent from last year. Wheat harvest was complete by mid- June.

COTTON: Total planted cotton acreage is estimated at 89,000 acres, the same as last year. Cotton planting was delayed by dry soil conditions in April and May. A small part of the acreage had to be replanted. Cotton is responding well to the June rains.

TOBACCO: Flue-cured, Type 14, acreage at 6,000 acres was down 12 percent from 1998. Hot, dry weather during April and May slowed the growth of the tobacco. The dry weather was very hard on dryland tobacco. Tobacco harvest started in early June.

PEANUTS: Planted acreage of peanuts is estimated at 96,000 acres, down 2 percent from 1998. Of the planted acreage, 88,000 acres are expected to be harvested for dry nuts. The remaining 8,000 acres will be used for green peanuts and other purposes. The hot, dry weather in April and May delayed planting of some of the acreage. Some of the early planted peanuts had to be replanted because of poor stands. By the end of June, 58 percent of the peanuts were reported pegged.

SUGARCANE: Total sugarcane acreage for sugar and seed during the 1999-2000 crop season is estimated at 447,000 acres, the same as last year. Sugarcane has made good progress to date.

SOYBEANS: Acreage planted and to be planted to soybeans is estimated at 20,000 acres, down 43 percent from 1998. The area to be harvested for beans is expected to be 19,000 acres, down 37 percent from last year.

FLORIDA CROP ACREAGE
Crop	Planted for all purposes		Harvested or to be harvested1/
	1998	1999	1998	19992/
	1,000 acres
All Corn	160.0	65.0	55.0	40.0
Soybeans	35.0	20.0	30.0	19.0
Peanuts	98.0	96.0	90.0	88.0
All Cotton	89.0	89.0	80.0	3/
All Hay	--	--	230.0	260.0
Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed	--	--	447.0	447.0
Tobacco	--	--	6.8	6.0
Winter Wheat	15.0	10.0	13.0	9.0
1/ Harvested for principal use of each crop, i.e., grain, beans, nuts, etc. 2/ Forecasted. 3/ Estimates to be released August 12, 1999.

CORN: The planted area for corn for all purposes is estimated at 77.6 million acres, down 3 percent from last year. Growers expect to harvest 71.0 million acres for grain, down 2 percent from 1998. The corn acreage estimate was based on survey information collected between May 28 and June 17. Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 99 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 ten years.

WINTER WHEAT: Acres harvested are now expected to total 35.6 million, down 1 percent from the June 1 forecast and 11 percent less than the 1998 acreage for grain. This will be the smallest area for grain since 1972. Planted area is still 43.4 million acres, down 7 percent from last year.

SOYBEANS: The 1999 planted area for soybeans is estimated at 74.2 million acres, 3 percent above last year's record acreage. Area for harvest is estimated at 73.3 million acres, up 4 percent from the 1998 record harvest. Planted acreage has steadily increased every year since 1990 when the soybean planted area totaled 57.8 million acres.

PEANUTS: Acreage planted to peanuts in 1999 is estimated at 1.47 million acres, down 3 percent from the 1998 plantings but up 2 percent from the 1997 level. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.45 million acres, down 1 percent from last year. Southeast growers (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and south Carolina) planted 847,000 acres, down slightly from 1998. In Georgia, planting was delayed by dry weather conditions and cooler than normal temperatures in April. The majority of the peanut crop was planted the last three weeks of May. As of June 20, Georgia's crop condition showed 78 percent of the crop in fair to good condition. Alabama peanuts are rated in mostly good condition.
COTTON: The United States planted area of all cotton for 1999 is estimated at 14.6 million acres, 9 percent above 1998, and 5 percent greater than 1997. Upland cotton is expected to total 14.2 million acres, up 9 percent from last year. Growers planted 318,200 acres of American-Pima cotton. This is a 3 percent decrease from last year's number, but 27 percent higher than the acreage of 2 years ago. California producers increased Pima plantings by 60,000 acres from 1998, although all other States show a decrease from last year. In the Southeast (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and south Carolina), producers planted 3.21 million acres, up 12 percent from 1998, and up 9 percent from the 1997 level. Georgia's planting pace started off extremely slow due to a severely dry spring. By mid-May, they were about 20 percentage points behind normal. The majority of the crop was planted during the second half of May and by the survey reference date of June 1, they were nearly back on average. Alabama's seeding progressed at a normal pace during the season. Some replanting was necessary due to poor stands caused by dry weather.

HAY: Producers expect to harvest 62.0 million acres of hay in 1999, up 3 percent from the 60.0 million acres harvested the previous year. Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures are expected to total 24.0 million acres, up 1 percent from 1998. All other hay is estimated at 38.0 million acres, up 4 percent from last year.

TOBACCO: The Nation's all tobacco for harvest in 1999 is forecast at 661,120 acres, down 8 percent from 1998. Acreage of all Flue-cured types are down from 1998, but burley growers plan to harvest about the same amount of acreage as a year ago. Flue-cured tobacco, at 316,000 acres, is 14 percent below a year ago and at its lowest level since 1986. Acreage in North Carolina, the leading State, is down 14 percent from last year. The condition of North Carolina's crop has improved due to some recent rains.

SUGARCANE FOR SUGAR AND SEED: Growers intend to harvest a record high 963,500 acres for sugar and seed during the 1999 crop year, 2 percent more than last year's final harvested acres. The record high is due to a 15,000 acre expansion in Louisiana, where the use of a new high-yielding, high-sugar variety continues to increase. Warm weather and good moisture supplies have aided crop conditions and promoted rapid vegetative growth.

UNITED STATES CROP ACREAGE
Crop	Planted for all purposes		Harvested or to be harvested1/
	1998	1999	1998	1999 2/
	1,000 acres
Corn	80,187.0	77,611.0	72,604.0	71,039.0
Sorghum	9,626.0	9,049.0	7,723.0	8,299.0
Oats	4,902.0	4,658.0	2,765.0	2,641.0
All wheat	65,871.0	62,883.0	59,002.0	54,657.0
Winter wheat	46,449.0	43,419.0	40,126.0	35,649.0
Soybeans	72,375.0	74,205.0	70,811.0	73,316.0
Peanuts	1,521.0	1,469.0	1,467.0	1,449.5
All cotton	13,392.5	14,559.2	10,683.6	3/
All hay	--	--	60,016.0	61,951.0
All tobacco	--	--	717.7	661.1
Sugarbeets	1,498.8	1,560.2	1,451.7	1,529.0
Sugarcane for sugar and seed	--	--	947.1	963.5
1/ Harvested for principal use of each crop, i.e., grain, beans, nuts, etc. 2/ Forecasted. 3/ Estimates to be released August 12, 1999.

HOGS AND PIGS: Inventory numbers, breeding, market, and total, June 1, 1998 and 1999
State	Breeding			Market			Total
	1998	1999	1999 As % of 1998	1998	1999	1999 As % of 1998	1998	1999	1999 As % of 1998
	1,000 head			1,000 head			1,000 head
AR	110	110	100	680	615	90	790	725	92
GA	70	70	100	430	440	102	500	510	102
IL	580	460	79	4,420	3,840	87	5,000	4,300	86
IN	470	410	87	3,730	3,190	86	4,200	3,600	86
IA	1,300	1,200	92	13,500	14,000	104	14,800	15,200	103
KS	190	160	84	1,280	1,360	106	1,470	1,520	103
KY	65	65	100	455	425	93	520	490	94
MI	130	120	92	1,000	980	98	1,130	1,100	97
MN	640	600	94	5,260	5,000	95	5,900	5,600	95
MO	410	410	100	2,890	2,790	97	3,300	3,200	97
NE	430	410	95	3,020	2,790	92	3,450	3,200	93
NC	1,050	1,000	95	8,750	8,500	97	9,800	9,500	97
OH	220	200	91	1,480	1,450	98	1,700	1,650	97
OK	260	310	119	1,610	1,870	116	1,870	2,180	117
PA	120	125	104	980	965	98	1,100	1,090	99
SD	140	130	93	1,210	1,200	99	1,350	1,330	99
WI	100	80	80	620	570	92	720	650	90
Oth Sts 1/	673	655	97	3,939	4,035	102	4,613	4,691	102
US	6,958	6,515	94	55,254	54,020	98	62,213	60,536	97
1/ Individual State estimates not available for the 33 other States.

MARKET HOGS AND PIGS: Inventory number by weight groups, June 1, 1998 and 1999
State	Under 60 lbs		60-119 lbs		120-179 lbs		180 lbs and over
	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
	1,000 head
AR	250	220	165	150	145	135	120	110
GA	165	185	120	105	90	90	55	60
IL	1,750	1,430	1,080	930	900	840	690	640
IN	1,380	1,230	980	810	780	650	590	500
IA	4,630	4,550	3,710	3,800	2,860	3,000	2,300	2,650
KS	525	555	285	290	240	255	230	260
KY	185	180	110	105	190	80	70	60
MI	450	430	220	220	190	200	140	130
MN	2,050	2,000	1,330	1,200	1,050	980	830	820
MO	1,450	1,240	590	730	510	520	340	300
NE	1,240	1,130	790	720	560	540	430	400
NC	3,450	3,400	2,130	2,000	1,770	1,750	1,400	1,350
OH	660	590	350	375	290	305	180	180
OK	610	790	300	360	220	270	480	450
PA	355	360	260	250	215	195	150	160
SD	455	430	295	280	255	270	205	220
WI	245	215	160	130	120	125	95	100
Oth Sts 1/	1,632	1,567	836	876	799	816	673	777
US	21,482	20,502	13,711	13,331	11,084	11,021	8,978	9,167
1/ Individual State estimates not available for the 33 other States.

INVENTORY of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 1999, was 60.5 million head. This was 3 percent below June 1998 but 1 percent above the March 1, 1999 inventory.

    Breeding inventory, at 6.52 million head, was down 6 percent from June 1, 1998, but virtually unchanged from March 1, 1999. Market hog inventory, at 54.0 million head, was 2 percent below last year, but 1 percent above last quarter.

    The March-May 1999 U.S. pig crop at 26.3 million head, was 3 percent less than 1998 but 4 percent more than 1997. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.99 million head, 3 percent below last year. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 46 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs per litter rose to an average of 8.80 pigs saved per litter for the March-May period, compared to 8.75 pigs last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.80 for operations witn 1-99 hogs to 9.00 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs.

    U.S. hog producers intend to have 2.94 million sows farrow during the June-August 1999 quarter, 4 percent below the actual farrowings during the same period in 1998 but virtually unchanged from 1997. Intended farrowings for September-November 1999, at 2.87 million sows, are 4 percent below the same period last year and 2 percent below 1997.

    The total number of hogs under contract, owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 30 percent of the total U.S. hog inventory.

HOGS AND PIGS:	U.S. inventory number, sows farrowing and pig crop, 1998 and 1999.
	1998	1999	1999 as % of 1998
	1,000 head
June 1 Inventory
All hogs and pigs	62,213	60,536	97
Kept for breeding	6,958	6,515	94
Market	55,254	54,020	98
Market hogs and pigs by weight groups:
Under 60 pounds	21,482	20,502	95
60-119 pounds	13,711	13,331	97
120-179 pounds	11,084	11,021	99
180 pounds	8,978	9,167	102
Sows farrowing:
December1/-February	2,929	2,897	99
March-May	3,086	2,990	97
December1/-May	6,014	5,887	98
June-August2/	3,054	2,936	96
September-November 2/	2,993	2,870	96
June-November2/	6,047	5,805	96
Pig crop:
December1/-February	25,480	25,293	99
March-May	26,989	26,301	97
December1/-May	52,469	51,594	98
June-August	26,634
September-November	25,902
June-November	52,535
1/ December preceding year. 2/ Intentions for 1999.