mi-press-releases News Release NR-12-71 October 11, 2012 U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Michigan Field Office Michigan Department of Agriculture Post Office Box 30239 Lansing, MI 48909-6248 Phone: (517) 324-5300 Facsimile: (517) 324-5299 E-mail: nass-mi@nass.usda.gov Web site: www.nass.usda.gov Jay V. Johnson, Director Michigan October Crop Production "The corn and soybean yield outlook in Michigan has improved since the September 1 Crop Production Report, according to Jay Johnson, Director of USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office. Crop yields for corn and soybeans were negatively impacted by the drier than normal summer, however yields are not expected to be as bad as first thought. The October Crop Report is based upon conditions, as of October 1, 2012. Some highlights of the report follow: * Michigan corn yield is up four bushels from the September report to 118 bushels per acre, down 35 bushels from last year. Total production is expected to be 276.1 million bushels, down 17.6 percent from 2011. * Michigan soybean production is expected to total 77.6 million bushels, down 9.1 percent from a year earlier. The yield is forecast at 39 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from the September report, but down 5 bushels from 2011. * Sugarbeet growers anticipate a yield of 28 tons per acre, unchanged from last month, and up 4 tons from last year. * Dry bean growers are expecting their crop to yield 1,850 pounds per acre, down 150 pounds from last year. * Michigan’s all hay yield is forecast at 2.68 tons per acre, down 0.07 tons from last year. * Nationally, corn production is forecast at 10.7 billion bushels, down slightly from the September forecast and down 13 percent from 2011. Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 122.0 bushels per acre, down 0.8 bushels from the September forecast and 25.2 bushels below the 2011 average. * Soybean production is forecast at 2.86 billion bushels, up 9 percent from September but down 8 percent from last year. Based on October 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 37.8 bushels per acre, up 2.5 bushels from last month but down 4.1 bushels from last year. Crop summary, October 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Michigan : United States : :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Commodity : Unit : : : : Record : Year : : : : : 2010 : 2011 : 2012 : high : set : 2010 : 2011 : 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beans, dry : : Planted :1,000 acres: 236 170 200 838 1926 1,911.4 1,205.9 1,733.7 Harvested :1,000 acres: 235 168 195 690 1930 1,842.7 1,155.9 1,690.0 Yield :Pounds : 1,800 2,000 1,850 2,100 1999 1,726 1,716 1,836 Production :1,000 cwt : 4,230 3,360 3,608 8,585 1963 31,801 19,833 31,033 Corn, all : : Planted :1,000 acres: 2,400 2,500 2,650 3,200 1981 88,192 91,921 96,946 Corn, grain : : Harvested :1,000 acres: 2,100 2,190 2,340 2,800 1981 81,446 83,981 87,721 Yield :Bushels : 150 153 118 153 2011 152.8 147.2 122.0 Production :1,000 bu :315,000 335,070 276,120 335,070 2011 12,446,865 12,358,412 10,705,729 Hay, all : : Harvested :1,000 acres: 1,000 1,000 970 2,947 1924 59,872 55,633 57,574 Yield :Tons : 2.73 2.75 2.68 3.84 1993 2.43 2.36 2.12 Production :1,000 tons : 2,730 2,750 2,604 5,743 1986 145,624 131,144 121,974 Soybeans : : Planted :1,000 acres: 2,050 1,950 2,000 2,150 2001 77,404 74,976 77,203 Harvested :1,000 acres: 2,040 1,940 1,990 2,130 2001 76,610 73,776 75,693 Yield :Bushels : 43.5 44.0 39.0 46.0 2006 43.5 41.9 37.8 Production :1,000 bu : 88,740 85,360 77,610 91,540 2006 3,329,181 3,093,524 2,860,290 Sugarbeets : : Planted :1,000 acres: 147 153 154.0 195 1994 1,171.9 1,232.7 1,243.5 Harvested :1,000 acres: 147 153 153.0 190 1999 1,156.1 1,213.1 1,215.5 Yield :Tons : 26.0 24.0 28.0 28.7 2008 27.7 23.8 29.3 Production :1,000 tons : 3,822 3,672 4,284 3,903 2008 32,034 28,828 35,597 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------