mn-press-releases MINNESOTA AG NEWS USDA, NASS MN Dept of Agriculture MINNESOTA FIELD OFFICE PO Box 7068, St. Paul, MN 55107 Douglas Hartwig, Director Phone: (651) 296-2230 Homepage: http://www.nass.usda.gov/mn/ E-mail: nass-mn@nass.usda.gov --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 ANNUAL CROP SUMMARY Released: January 11, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 CORN PRODUCTION SECOND HIGHEST ON RECORD Minnesota CORN production is estimated at 1.14 billion bushels, down 4 percent from the November 1 forecast but up 3 percent from last year, according to the USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office. Record corn production is 1.19 billion bushels set in 2005. The final yield is estimated at 146.0 bushels per acre, down 5 bushels from November and down 15 bushels from last year. Corn harvested acres, at 7.80 million acres, are up 14 percent or 950,000 acres from last year. This is the highest harvested acre total on record. SOYBEAN production, estimated at 252 million bushels, is down 2 percent from November and down 21 percent from the record production in 2006. The estimated yield is 41.0 bushels per acre, down 1 bushel from November and down 4 bushels from the record high yield set in 2005. Soybean harvested acres, at 6.15 million acres, are down 15 percent or 1.10 million acres from a year ago. SPRING WHEAT production is estimated at 77.6 million bushels, unchanged from last year. Acres harvested for grain at 1.65 million acres, is also unchanged from last year. The estimated yield at 47 bushels per acre is the same as a year ago. The SUGARBEET production of 11.4 million tons is down 4 percent from last year’s record production of 11.9 million tons. Yield is estimated at 23.8 tons per acre, down 1.1 tons per acre from last year’s record yield of 24.9 tons per acre. Sugarbeet harvested acres are 481,000 acres, up 4,000 from last year. ALL ALFALFA FORAGE production of 4.32 million tons is down 21 percent from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.32 tons per acre, down from 3.64 tons per acre last year. Forage harvested acres are 1.3 million acres, down 200,000 acres from last year. MINNESOTA & U.S. HARVESTED ACRES, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION 2006 2007 HARVESTED HARVESTED 2006 2007 2006 2007 ACRES ACRES YIELD YIELD PRODUCTION PRODUCTION COMMODITY (000) (000) (000) (000) MINNESOTA CORN FOR GRAIN (Bu) 6,850 7,800 161.0 146.0 1,102,850 1,138,800 SOYBEANS (Bu) 7,250 6,150 44.0 41.0 319,000 252,150 SPRING WHEAT(Bu) 1,650 1,650 47.0 47.0 77,550 77,550 BARLEY (Bu) 90 110 60.0 56.0 5,400 6,160 OATS (Bu) 200 180 56.0 60.0 11,200 10,800 SUGARBEETS (Ton) 477 481 24.9 23.8 11,877 11,448 DRY BEANS 1/ 135 145 1,650 1,800 2,228 2,610 CANOLA (Lb) 27 30 1,330 1,360 35,910 40,800 OIL SUNFLOWERS (Lb) 53 88 1,850 1,600 98,050 140,800 NON-OIL SUNFLOWERS (Lb) 32 39 1,600 1,300 51,200 50,700 ALFALFA HAY (Ton) 1,350 1,150 3.30 3.10 4,455 3,565 OTHER HAY (Ton) 720 730 1.70 1.50 1,224 1,095 ALFALFA HAYLAGE 2/ 285 250 7.10 6.10 2,024 1,525 ALL ALFALFA FORAGE 3/ 1,500 1,300 3.64 3.32 5,455 4,319 UNITED STATES CORN FOR GRAIN (Bu) 70,648 86,542 149.1 151.1 10,534,868 13,073,893 SOYBEANS (Bu) 74,602 62,820 42.7 41.2 3,188,247 2,585,207 SPRING WHEAT (Bu) 13,878 12,947 33.2 37.0 460,480 479,047 BARLEY (Bu) 2,951 3,508 61.1 60.4 180,165 211,825 OATS (Bu) 1,566 1,505 59.8 60.9 93,638 91,599 SUGARBEETS (Ton) 1,303.6 1,246.9 26.1 25.6 34,064 31,912 DRY BEANS 1/ 1,537.6 1,478.7 1,577 1,716 24,247 25,371 CANOLA (Lb) 1,021 1,163 1,366 1,250 1,394,332 1,453,830 OIL SUNFLOWER (Lb) 1,514 1,717 1,181 1,454 1,787,966 2,496,970 NON-OIL SUNFLOWER (Lb) 256.0 292.5 1,389 1,339 355,647 391,585 ALFALFA HAY (Ton) 21,434 21,670 3.36 3.35 72,006 72,575 OTHER HAY (Ton) 39,493 39,955 1.78 1.95 70,330 77,729 1/ Yield in lb; production in cwt. 2/ Yield & Production (ton) in green weight basis. 3/ Yield & Production (ton) in dry weight basis (13% moisture).