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Thursday, August 12, 2010

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	                                NEW YORK CROP PROSPECTS GREATER THAN 2009

     Crop production prospects in 2010 for New York are mostly higher compared with a year earlier, according 
to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office. Forecasts for soybeans, dry beans, and 
corn are expected to be higher. All forecasts in this release are based on conditions as of August 1 and assume 
normal growing conditions throughout the remainder of the season.
      
     New York grain corn production is forecast at 83.8 million bushels, up 5 percent from last year. Area for 
harvest is expected to total 590 thousand acres, 1 percent below a year ago. Yield is forecast at 142 bushels per 
acre, up 8 bushels from last year, and second highest on record.  Growing degree days are ahead of normal which 
has set crop development one to two weeks ahead of usual, and timely rainfall has kept the crop in good to 
excellent condition.   Nationally, grain corn production is forecast at 13.4 billion bushels, up 2 percent from the 
previous record set in 2009.  Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average a record high 
165.0 bushels per acre, up 0.3 bushel from last year’s record of 164.7.  
      
     New York production of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, at 1.06 million tons, is 32 percent above 2009. Other dry 
hay production is expected to total 1.62 million tons, down 3 percent from a year ago.   An increase in alfalfa 
acreage resulted in higher production, and a decrease in other hay harvested acreage resulted in lower 
production.
      
     Dry bean production in New York is forecast at 261 thousand hundredweight (cwt.), up 35 percent from the 193 thousand cwt. produced last 
year. Harvested acreage is expected to total 14.5 thousand acres, down 1,100 acres from 2009. Yields are expected to average 1,800 pounds per 
acre up 45 percent from last year’s 1,240 pounds. U.S. dry edible bean production is forecast at 30.7 million cwt., up 21 percent from last year.
      
     New York oat production, expected to total 3.80 million bushels, is 18 percent below a year ago. Acreage for 
grain harvest is estimated at 55 thousand acres, down 8 percent from last year. Yields are forecast at 69 bushels 
per acre, down 8 bushels from 2009.  U.S. production is forecast at 87.2 million bushels, 1 percent below the July 1 
forecast and down 6 percent from 2009.  If realized, this will be the lowest production on record.
     
     Winter wheat production for New York is estimated at 6.37 million bushels, down 7 percent from the 2009 
crop of 6.83 million bushels. Acreage for harvest is down 10 percent at 95 thousand acres. Yields are expected to 
average 67 bushels per acre, 2 bushels more than a year earlier. U.S. production is forecast at 1.52 billion bushels, 
up 1 percent from last month and up slightly from 2009.
     
     Soybean production in the Empire State is estimated at 13.3 million bushels, up 21 percent from last year’s 
10.9 million bushels. Acreage for harvest increased 11 percent from 254 thousand a year earlier to a record high 
282 thousand acres. Yields are expected to average a record high 47 bushels per acre, up 4 bushels from last 
year.  U.S. soybean production is forecast at a record high 3.43 billion bushels, up 2 percent from last year.  Based 
on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 44.0 bushels per acre, unchanged from last year’s record 
high yield.

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