ne-agri-facts Released: 10/14/2005 Issue 20/2005 NEBRASKA AGRI-FACTS USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service Nebraska Field Office 100 Centennial Mall North, Suite 298, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 Phone: 402-437-5541 E-mail: nass-ne@nass.usda.gov Internet: www.usda.gov/nass/ Mark Harris, Director Dean Groskurth, Deputy Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Producers and 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, 2003-2005 ----------Nebraska---------- ----------United States----------- Classification 2005/ 2005/ 2003 2004 2005 1/ 2004 2003 2004 2005 1/ 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corn for Grain Harvested 1,000 Acres 7,700 7,950 8,200 103 70,944 73,632 74,333 101 Yield Bushels 146.0 *166.0 160.0 96 142.2 160.4 146.1 91 Production 1,000 Bushels 1,124,200 *1,319,700 1,312,000 99 10,089,222 11,807,217 10,857,440 92 Soybeans for Beans Harvested 1,000 Acres 4,500 4,750 4,650 98 72,476 73,958 71,270 96 Yield Bushels 40.5 46.0 *49.0 107 33.9 42.2 41.6 99 Production 1,000 Bushels 182,250 218,500 *227,850 104 2,453,665 3,123,686 2,967,075 95 Sorghum for Grain Harvested 1,000 Acres 500 415 250 60 7,798 6,517 5,687 87 Yield Bushels 62.0 81.0 85.0 105 52.7 69.8 66.0 95 Production 1,000 Bushels 31,000 33,615 21,250 63 411,237 454,899 375,105 82 Sunflowers: Harvested 1,000 Acres 62 53 89 168 2,197 1,711 2,581 151 Yield Pounds 934 1,017 1,289 127 1,213 1,198 1,500 125 Production 1,000 Pounds 57,900 53,900 114,750 213 2,665,226 2,049,613 3,870,910 189 Beans, Dry Edible Harvested 1,000 Acres 148.0 110.0 165.0 150 1,346.9 1,219.3 1,522.1 125 Yield Pounds 2,130 2,160 2,300 106 1,670 1,460 1,715 117 Production 1,000 Cwt. 3,151 2,376 3,795 160 22,492 17,799 26,109 147 Sugar Beets Harvested 1,000 Acres 42.4 47.5 45.7 96 1,347.8 1,306.9 1,243.3 95 Yield Tons 20.3 22.1 20.1 91 22.8 22.9 21.5 93 Production 1,000 Tons 861 1,050 919 88 30,710 29,956 26,746 89 Alfalfa Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 1,450 1,250 1,200 96 23,529 21,707 22,118 102 Yield Tons 3.60 3.55 3.70 104 3.24 3.47 3.43 99 Production 1,000 Tons 5,220 4,438 4,440 100 76,273 75,383 75,940 101 All Other Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 1,700 1,550 1,550 100 39,854 40,209 39,605 98 Yield Tons 1.40 1.10 1.40 127 2.04 2.05 1.94 95 Production 1,000 Tons 2,380 1,705 2,170 127 81,312 82,391 76,931 93 All Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 3,150 2,800 2,750 98 63,383 61,916 61,723 100 Yield Tons 2.41 2.19 2.40 110 2.49 2.55 2.48 97 Production 1,000 Tons 7,600 6,143 6,610 108 157,585 157,774 152,871 97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted October 1, 2005. *Nebraska record. Source: USDA NASS Crop Production October 12, 2005. Corn and Soybeans: Yield and Production, Selected States and United States, 2003-2005 and Forecasted October 1, 2005 -------------------Corn--------------------- ------------------Soybeans--------------- Yield per Yield per Acre ---------Production---------- Acre ---------Production--------- State 2004 2005 1/ 2003 2004 2005 1/ 2004 2005 1/ 2003 2004 2005 1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bushels 1,000 bushels Bushels 1,000 bushels Illinois 180.0 145.0 1,812,200 2,088,000 1,732,750 50.0 45.0 379,620 495,000 425,250 Indiana 168.0 149.0 786,940 929,040 856,750 51.5 46.0 204,060 284,280 247,020 Iowa 181.0 173.0 1,868,300 2,244,400 2,153,850 49.0 51.0 342,875 497,350 512,550 Kansas 150.0 130.0 300,000 432,000 429,000 41.0 36.0 57,040 111,110 100,800 Minnesota 159.0 160.0 970,900 1,120,950 1,088,000 33.0 42.0 238,400 232,650 285,600 Missouri 162.0 105.0 302,400 466,560 309,750 45.0 35.0 146,025 223,200 173,250 Nebraska 166.0 160.0 1,124,200 1,319,700 1,312,000 46.0 49.0 182,250 218,500 227,850 Ohio 158.0 141.0 478,920 491,380 454,020 47.0 44.0 164,780 207,740 196,680 So.Dakota 130.0 118.0 427,350 539,500 466,100 34.0 36.0 115,500 140,080 138,600 United States 160.4 146.1 10,089,222 11,807,217 10,857,440 42.2 41.6 2,453,665 3,123,686 2,967,075 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted October 1, 2005. Source: USDA NASS Crop Production, October 12, 2005. 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 2003/04 10,089 1,087 14 11,190 5,795 2,537 1,900 10,232 958 2.42 2004/05 11,807 958 10 12,775 6,160 2,688 1,815 10,663 2,112 2.06 2005/063 10,857 2,112 10 12,980 5,875 2,885 2,000 10,760 2,220 1.65-2.05 Soybeans 2003/04 2,454 178 6 2,638 1,529 109 887 2,525 112 7.34 2004/05 3,124 112 6 3,242 1,696 195 1,095 2,987 256 5.74 2005/063 2,967 256 4 3,227 1,695 156 1,115 2,966 260 5.00-5.80 Wheat 2003/04 2,345 491 63 2,899 912 283 1,158 2,353 546 3.40 2004/05 2,158 546 71 2,775 907 266 1,063 2,235 540 3.40 2005/063 2,098 540 80 2,718 910 278 1,000 2,188 530 3.20-3.60 Sorghum 2003/04 411 43 0 454 182 40 199 421 34 2.39 2004/05 455 34 0 488 191 55 185 431 57 1.79 2005/063 375 57 0 432 150 55 180 385 47 1.50-1.90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2005. Leading States for Cash Receipts, 2004 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. Minn. Ill. Kans. N.Car. Wisc. Fla. Commodities 31,835 16,498 14,653 11,780 9,795 9,708 9,503 8,210 6,864 6,844 Livestock & Texas Calif. Nebr. Iowa Kans. N.Car. Wisc. Minn. Ark. Colo. products 11,107 8,623 7,338 7,284 6,420 5,351 5,082 4,934 4,173 4,156 All Crops Calif. Ill. Iowa Texas Fla. Minn. Nebr. Wash. Ind. Ohio 23,212 7,769 7,369 5,391 5,360 4,861 4,442 4,132 3,978 3,387 Cattle & Texas Nebr. Kans. Colo. Okla. Iowa S.Dak. Calif. Mo. Mont. Calves 7,990 6,197 5,644 3,343 2,362 2,125 1,639 1,634 1,132 1,104 Corn Iowa Ill. Nebr. Minn. Ind. Ohio S.Dak. Kans. Mo. Wisc. 4,220 4,121 2,544 1,828 1,786 1,024 950 832 788 669 Soybeans Ill. Iowa Minn. Ind. Nebr. Ohio Mo. S.Dak. Ark. N.Dak. 2,945 2,887 1,648 1,632 1,281 1,220 1,184 821 766 537 Hogs Iowa N.Car. Minn. Ill. Nebr. Ind. Mo. Okla. Ohio Kans. 3,801 2,079 1,725 1,028 762 738 623 615 403 379 Wheat Kans. N.Dak. Mont. Okla. Wash. S.Dak. Minn. Idaho Texas Nebr. 1,116 1,075 566 528 522 427 341 332 326 218 Hay Calif. Texas Wash. Idaho Ore. Colo. Penn. Okla. Mo. N.Mex. 603 355 267 265 262 164 153 148 135 128 Sugar beets Idaho Mich. Calif. Mont. Nebr. Wyo. Colo. Ore. Wash. Ohio 217 125 77 56 36 31 25 11 6 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Economic Research Service, USDA, August 2005.