ne-agri-facts NEBRASKA AGRI-FACTS Issue 20/2004 Released: 10/14/2004 by USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service Mark Harris, Director Dean C. Groskurth, Deputy Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P.O Box 81069 Location: 298 Federal Bldg Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone: (402) 437-5541 e-mail: nass-ne@nass.usda.gov Internet: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ne/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear producers and other data users: Information contained herein is the result of mail, phone and personal interview surveys conducted during the past few weeks. Special recognition and appreciation are extended to all producers and agribusinesses who provided data making these reports possible. Mark Harris Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crop Summary: Acres Harvested, Yield and Production, Nebraska and United States, 2002-2004 ----------Nebraska---------- ----------United States----------- Classification 2004/ 2004/ 2002 2003 2004 1/ 2003 2002 2003 2004 1/ 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corn for Grain Harvested 1,000 Acres 7,350 7,700 7,900 103 69,330 71,139 73,311 103 Yield Bushels 128.0 146.0 *168.0 115 129.3 142.2 158.4 111 Production 1,000 Bushels 940,800 1,124,200 *1,327,200 118 8,966,787 10,113,887 11,613,226 115 Soybeans for Beans Harvested 1,000 Acres 4,580 4,500 4,750 106 72,497 72,476 73,990 102 Yield Bushels 38.5 40.5 *47.0 116 38.0 33.9 42.0 124 Production 1,000 Bushels 176,330 182,250 *223,250 122 2,756,147 2,453,665 3,106,861 127 Sorghum for Grain Harvested 1,000 Acres 320 500 420 84 7,125 7,798 6,559 84 Yield Bushels 50.0 62.0 82.0 132 50.6 52.7 68.3 130 Production 1,000 Bushels 16,000 31,000 34,440 111 360,713 411,237 461,857 112 Sunflowers: Harvested 1,000 Acres 41 62 52 84 2,167 2,197 1,780 81 Yield Pounds 627 934 1,070 115 1,131 1,213 1,346 111 Production 1,000 Pounds 25,700 57,900 55,640 96 2,451,247 2,665,226 2,395,199 90 Beans, Dry Edible Harvested 1,000 Acres 165.0 148.0 112.0 76 1,738.9 1,346.9 1,250.1 93 Yield Pounds 2,100 2,130 1,850 87 1,743 1,672 1,495 89 Production 1,000 Cwt. 3,465 3,151 2,072 66 30,312 22,515 18,693 83 Sugar Beets Harvested 1,000 Acres 42.0 42.4 47.6 112 1,360.7 1,347.9 1,326.0 98 Yield Tons 18.1 20.3 20.0 99 20.4 22.7 21.7 96 Production 1,000 Tons 760 861 952 111 27,707 30,583 28,840 94 Alfalfa Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 1,350 1,450 1,250 86 22,923 23,578 22,226 94 Yield Tons 3.00 3.60 3.60 100 3.19 3.24 3.48 107 Production 1,000 Tons 4,050 5,220 4,500 86 73,014 76,307 77,371 101 All Other Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 1,700 1,700 1,550 91 41,019 39,764 39,363 99 Yield Tons 1.00 1.40 1.50 107 1.86 2.03 2.25 111 Production 1,000 Tons 1,700 2,380 2,325 98 76,453 80,816 88,549 110 All Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 3,050 3,150 2,800 89 63,942 63,342 61,589 97 Yield Tons 1.89 2.41 2.44 101 2.34 2.48 2.69 108 Production 1,000 Tons 5,750 7,600 6,825 90 149,467 157,123 165,920 106 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Forecasted October 1, 2004. *Nebraska record. Source: USDA NASS Crop Production October 12, 2004. Corn and Soybeans: Yield and Production, Selected States and United States, 2002-2004 and Forecasted October 1, 2004 -----------------Corn------------------- ----------------Soybeans---------------- Yield per Yield per Acre --------Production--------- Acre --------Production--------- State 2003 2004 1/ 2002 2003 2004 1/ 2003 2004 1/ 2002 2003 2004 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bushels 1,000 bushels Bushels 1,000 bushels Illinois 164.0 180.0 1,471,500 1,812,200 2,079,000 37.0 49.0 453,650 379,620 482,650 Indiana 146.0 167.0 631,620 786,940 918,500 38.0 51.0 239,455 204,060 276,930 Iowa 157.0 180.0 1,931,550 1,884,000 2,214,000 32.5 47.0 499,200 342,875 477,050 Kansas 120.0 148.0 301,600 300,000 407,000 23.0 41.0 58,420 57,040 110,700 Minnesota 146.0 155.0 1,051,900 970,900 1,069,500 32.0 36.0 308,850 238,400 259,200 Missouri 108.0 156.0 283,500 302,400 444,600 29.5 44.0 170,000 146,025 217,360 Nebraska 146.0 168.0 940,800 1,124,200 1,327,200 40.5 47.0 176,330 182,250 223,250 Ohio 156.0 160.0 264,330 478,920 496,000 38.5 46.0 151,040 164,780 203,320 So. Dakota 111.0 120.0 308,750 427,350 492,000 27.5 34.0 126,790 115,500 139,060 United States 142.2 158.4 8,966,787 10,113,887 11,613,226 33.9 42.0 2,756,147 2,453,665 3,106,861 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted October 1, 2004. Source: USDA NASS Crop Production, October 12, 2004. U.S. Grains Supply and Disappearance Outlook ---------Supply--------- Market Year Disappearance 1/ Market Crop Begin- ---Domestic-- Year Average Year Pro- ning Im- Total Primary Ex- Ending Market duction stocks ports Use 2/ Other ports Total Stocks* Price -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Million bushels $/bu. Corn 2002/03 8,967 1,596 14 10,578 5,563 2,340 1,588 9,491 1,087 2.32 2003/04 10,114 1,087 13 11,214 5,781 2,575 1,900 10,256 958 2.42 2004/05 3/ 11,613 958 15 12,586 6,050 2,770 2,075 10,895 1,691 1.75-2.15 Soybeans 2002/03 2,756 208 5 2,969 1,615 130 1,044 2,791 178 5.53 2003/04 2,454 178 6 2,638 1,530 111 885 2,526 112 7.34 2004/05 3/ 3,107 112 6 3,225 1,645 150 1,025 2,820 405 4.70-5.50 Wheat 2002/03 1,606 777 85 2,468 923 203 850 1,976 491 3.56 2003/04 2,345 491 72 2,909 911 291 1,159 2,362 547 3.40 2004/05 3/ 2,164 547 60 2,770 920 306 975 2,201 569 3.10-3.50 Sorghum 2002/03 361 61 0 422 170 24 184 379 43 2.32 2003/04 411 43 0 454 201 20 200 421 34 2.39 2004/05 3/ 462 34 0 495 180 50 225 455 40 1.70-2.10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Marketing year begins: Corn, Sorghum & Soybeans, September 1; Wheat, June 1. 2/ Primary uses: Corn & Sorghum = Feed; Soybeans = Crushing; Wheat = Food. 3/ Projection. Source: USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, October 12, 2004. Leading States for Cash Receipts, 2003 Top 10 States by their Value of Cash Receipts (Million Dollars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All Calif. Texas Iowa Nebr. Kans. Minn. Ill. N.Car. Fla. Wisc. Commodities 27,805 15,342 12,633 10,621 9,046 8,588 8,290 6,916 6,450 5,876 Livestock & Texas Calif. Nebr. Kans. Iowa N.Car. Wisc. Minn. Colo. Okla. products 10,311 6,993 6,867 6,179 6,073 4,158 4,094 4,072 3,676 3,504 Crops Calif. Iowa Ill. Fla. Texas Minn. Wash. Nebr. Ind. N.Dak. 20,812 6,560 6,490 5,244 5,031 4,516 3,818 3,754 3,363 2,907 Cattle & Texas Nebr. Kans. Colo. Okla. Iowa Calif. S.Dak. Mo. Idaho Calves 7,872 5,904 5,618 2,944 2,375 2,335 1,556 1,501 1,077 1,062 Corn Iowa Ill. Nebr. Minn. Ind. Ohio S.Dak. Wisc. Kans. Mo. 3,709 3,259 2,041 1,666 1,449 772 677 644 637 616 Soybeans Iowa Ill. Minn. Ind. Nebr. Ohio Mo. S.Dak. Ark. N.Dak. 2,600 2,558 1,589 1,390 1,090 984 980 716 696 514 Hogs Iowa N.Car. Minn. Ill. Ind. Nebr. Mo. Okla. Ohio S.Dak. 2,602 1,533 1,267 833 620 612 456 442 277 275 Wheat Kans. N.Dak. Wash. Mont. Okla. Minn. S.Dak. Idaho Texas Nebr. 1,294 948 469 446 443 321 281 280 258 225 Hay Calif. Texas Wash. Oreg. Idaho Colo. Okla. Penn. N.Mex. Mo. 514 397 265 250 244 176 156 154 145 142 Sugar beets Minn. Idaho N.Dak. Mich. Calif. Mont. Wyo. Nebr. Colo. Oreg. 336 212 197 122 69 45 32 30 29 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Economic Research Service, USDA, August 2004.