ne-agri-facts Released: 10/17/2006 Issue 20/2006 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 Nebraska Farmers, Ranchers and Agribusinesses: The following narrative and tables are from recently published reports by USDA’s Agricultural Statistics Board. These data are direct results of information provided by Nebraska producers and agribusinesses to the surveys conducted each month by this office. Thank you for your response to these surveys. Mark Harris Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crop Summary: Acres Harvested, Yield and Production, Nebraska and United States, 2004-2006 ----------Nebraska---------- ----------United States----------- Classification 2006/ 2006/ 2004 2005 2006 1/ 2005 2004 2005 2006 1/ 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corn for Grain Harvested 1,000 Acres 7,950 8,250 7,750 94 73,631 75,107 71,047 95 Yield Bushels *166.0 154.0 161.0 105 160.4 147.9 153.5 104 Production 1,000 bushels *1,319,700 1,270,500 1,247,750 98 11,807,086 11,112,072 10,905,194 98 Soybeans for Beans Harvested 1,000 Acres 4,750 4,660 5,000 107 73,958 71,251 74,505 105 Yield Bushels 46.0 50.5 *51.0 101 42.2 43.0 42.8 100 Production 1,000 bushels 218,500 235,330 *255,000 108 3,123,686 3,063,237 3,188,576 104 Sorghum for Grain Harvested 1,000 Acres 415 250 260 104 6,517 5,736 5,319 93 Yield Bushels 78.0 87.0 81.0 93 69.6 68.7 56.6 82 Production 1,000 bushels 32,370 21,750 21,060 97 453,654 393,893 301,217 76 Sunflowers Harvested 1,000 Acres 53 96 51 53 1,711 2,610 1,864 71 Yield Bushels 1,017 1,479 938 63 1,198 1,540 1,134 74 Production 1,000 bushels 53,900 142,000 47,850 34 2,049,613 4,018,355 2,113,625 53 Beans, Dry Edible Harvested 1,000 Acres 110.0 172.0 130.0 76 1,219.3 1,568.6 1,562.4 100 Yield Pounds 2,160 2,250 2,050 91 1,459 1,744 1,523 87 Production 1,000 Cwt. 2,376 3,870 2,665 69 17,788 27,350 23,800 87 Sugar Beets Harvested 1,000 Acres 47.5 45.3 58.2 128 1,306.7 1,242.9 1,343.6 108 Yield Tons 22.1 20.4 22.0 108 23.0 22.2 24.5 110 Production 1,000 Tons 1,050 924 1,280 139 30,021 27,537 32,928 120 Alfalfa Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 1,250 1,250 1,300 104 21,707 22,389 22,407 100 Yield Tons 3.65 3.70 3.50 95 3.48 3.38 3.33 99 Production 1,000 Tons 4,563 4,625 4,550 98 75,481 75,771 74,527 98 All Other Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 1,550 1,600 1,650 103 40,259 39,260 40,290 103 Yield Tons 1.20 1.45 1.30 90 2.06 1.91 1.80 94 Production 1,000 Tons 1,860 2,320 2,145 92 82,766 74,819 72,511 97 All Hay Harvested 1,000 Acres 2,800 2,850 2,950 104 61,966 61,649 62,697 102 Yield Tons 2.29 2.44 2.27 93 2.55 2.44 2.35 96 Production 1,000 Tons 6,423 6,945 6,695 96 158,247 150,590 147,038 98 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted October 1, 2006. *Nebraska record. Source: USDA NASS Crop Production October 12, 2006 Corn and Soybeans: Yield and Production, Selected States and United States, 2004-2005 and Forecasted October 1, 2006 -------------------Corn----------------------- -------------------Soybeans----------------- Yield per Yield per Acre ----------Production---------- Acre ---------Production--------- State 2005 2006 1/ 2004 2005 2006 1/ 2005 2006 1/ 2004 2005 2006 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bushels 1,000 bushels Bushels 1,000 bushels Illinois 143.0 171.0 2,088,000 1,708,850 1,906,650 46.5 51.0 495,000 439,425 512,550 Indiana 154.0 165.0 929,040 888,580 882,750 49.0 51.0 284,280 263,620 289,680 Iowa 173.0 168.0 2,244,400 2,162,500 2,083,200 52.5 50.0 497,350 525,500 502,500 Kansas 135.0 123.0 432,000 465,750 387,450 37.0 31.0 111,110 105,450 93,000 Minnesota 174.0 166.0 1,120,950 1,191,900 1,128,800 45.0 42.0 232,650 306,000 304,500 Missouri 111.0 142.0 466,560 329,670 369,200 37.0 41.0 223,200 181,670 211,150 Nebraska 154.0 161.0 1,319,700 1,270,500 1,247,750 50.5 51.0 218,500 235,330 255,000 Ohio 143.0 161.0 491,380 464,750 471,730 45.0 46.0 207,740 201,600 212,520 So. Dakota 119.0 105.0 539,500 470,050 378,000 35.0 33.0 140,080 134,750 128,700 United States 147.9 153.5 11,807,086 11,112,072 10,905,194 43.0 42.8 3,123,686 3,063,237 3,188,576 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted October 1, 2006. Source: USDA NASS Crop Production, October 12, 2006 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 2004/05 11,807 958 11 12,776 6,158 2,686 1,818 10,662 2,114 2.06 2005/06 11,112 2,114 11 13,237 6,141 2,975 2,150 11,266 1,971 2.00 2006/07 3/ 10,905 1,971 10 12,886 6,100 3,540 2,250 11,890 996 2.40-2.80 Soybeans 2004/05 3,124 112 6 3,242 1,696 192 1,097 2,986 256 5.74 2005/06 3,063 256 4 3,323 1,739 188 948 2,874 449 5.66 2006/07 3/ 3,189 449 4 3,641 1,775 166 1,145 3,086 555 4.90-5.90 Wheat 2004/05 2,158 546 71 2,775 910 260 1,066 2,235 540 3.40 2005/06 2,105 540 82 2,727 915 231 1,009 2,155 571 3.42 2006/07 3/ 1,812 571 105 2,488 920 225 925 2,070 418 4.10-4.60 Sorghum 2004/05 454 34 0 487 191 55 184 430 57 1.79 2005/06 394 57 0 451 141 50 195 386 65 1.86 2006/07 3/ 301 65 0 366 100 55 165 320 46 2.20-2.60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 2006 Leading States for Cash Receipts, 2005 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 31,707 16,355 14,621 11,470 9,975 9,301 8,847 8,264 7,760 6,759 Livestock & Texas Calif. Iowa Nebr. Kans. N.Car. Wisc. Minn. Ark. Okla. products 10,662 8,454 7,947 7,545 6,868 5,602 5,014 4,963 4,215 4,215 All Crops Calif. Ill. Iowa Fla. Texas Minn. Wash. Nebr. Ind. Ohio 23,253 6,859 6,674 6,306 5,694 4,338 3,987 3,925 3,537 3,138 Cattle & Texas Nebr. Kans. Colo. Okla. Iowa S.Dak. Calif. Mo. Mont. Calves 7,580 6,458 6,089 3,138 2,697 2,425 1,845 1,740 1,195 1,105 Corn Iowa Ill. Nebr. Minn. Ind. Ohio S.Dak. Kans. Mo. Wisc. 3,363 3,564 2,086 1,635 1,511 794 757 754 676 590 Soybeans Iowa Ill. Ind. Minn. Nebr. Ohio Mo. S.Dak. Ark. Kans. 2,741 2,646 1,496 1,428 1,213 1,124 1,111 736 647 564 Hogs Iowa N.Car. Minn. Ill. Ind. Nebr. Okla. Mo. Ohio Kans. 4,300 2,099 1,820 978 771 768 637 616 403 400 Wheat Kans. N.Dak. Mont. Wash. S.Dak. Okla. Idaho Texas Minn. Nebr. 1,136 1,020 636 484 446 413 336 284 268 206 Hay Calif. Idaho Ore. Wash. Texas Colo. Kans. S.Dak. Iowa Ariz. 703 332 268 262 225 216 165 159 154 152 Sugar beets Minn. Idaho N.Dak. Mich. Calif. Mont. Nebr. Wyo. Colo. Ore. 371 204 191 91 76 46 42 34 30 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Economic Research Service, USDA, August 2006