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Preliminary planting intentions of New York farmers as of March 1, 2001 indicate that row crop and dry hay acreage will be above last year's levels, while acreage seeded to small grain crops will be below the previous year. Empire State farmers intend to plant 1.10 million acres of corn for all purposes (grain and silage) for the 2001 crop year, up 12 percent from last year. Soybean plantings are expected to increase by 4 percent to a record high 140,000 acres. Dry bean intentions, at 30,000 acres, are up 20 percent from a year earlier. New York farmers intend to harvest 1.60 million acres of dry hay in 2001, 5 percent above last year. Wheat planted acreage totaled 125,000 acres, down 17 percent from 2000. Oat plantings are expected to total 75,000 acres, down 6 percent from a year earlier. Acreage to be harvested for grain, at 55,000 acres, is down 8 percent. Barley seedings are expected to total 10,000 acres, down 17 percent from last year.

Nationally, corn growers intend to plant 76.7 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2001, down 4 percent from 2000. Farmers intend to plant 24 percent of their acreage with varieties developed using biotechnology, down 1 percentage point from 2000. Soybean intentions are estimated at 76.7 million acres, up 3 percent from last year. Producers intend to plant 63 percent of the soybean acreage to herbicide resistant varieties in 2001. All wheat planted area is expected to total 60.3 million acres, down 4 percent from 2000. Oat acreage seeded and to be seeded for the 2001 crop is expected to total 4.43 million acres, down 1 percent from last year's final planted acres. Growers intend to harvest 2.20 million acres for grain, down 5 percent from a year earlier. Dry bean intentions, at 1.45 million acres, are down 17 percent from last year and 28 percent below 1999. Producers expect to harvest 63.8 million acres of dry hay in 2001, up 7 percent fron the 59.9 million acres harvested in 2000.

U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2001 was 58.8 million head. This was 2 percent above March 2000, but 1 percent below December 1, 2000. Breeding inventory, at 6.24 million head, was up 1 percent. Market hog inventory totaled 52.5 million head, 2 percent above last year.

The December 2000-February 2001 pig crop, at 24.9 million head, was 2 percent more than 2000, but 1 percent less than 1999. Producers intend to have 2.91 million sows farrow during the March-May quarter, 1 percent above the actual farrowings during the same period last year. Intended farrowings for June-August 2001, at 2.92 million, are 1 percent above 2000.

Corn stored in all positions on March 1, 2001 totaled 6.04 billion bushels, up 8 percent from March 1, 2000. On farm stocks totaled 3.60 billion bushels, up 9 percent from a year ago. Disappearance from December 2000-February 2001 was 2.48 billion bushels, 2 percent above the disappearance of 2.44 billion bushels during the same period a year earlier.

All wheat stocks totaled 1.34 billion bushels, down 5 percent from a year ago. Stocks on farms are 390 million bushels, down 8 percent from last year. Disappearance for the quarter ending March 1 is 466 million bushels, down slightly from the same period in 2000.

Commercial red meat production in New York slaughter plants totaled 50 million pounds dressed weight in 2000. The number of calves slaughtered in the State, at 143,700 head, was down 11 percent from 1999. New York ranked third in 2000 (fourth in 1999) in the number of calves slaughtered during the year, accounting for 12.7 percent of the Nation's total calf slaughter. Cattle slaughter in the Empire State totaled 63,200 head during 2000, down 4 percent from a year earlier and 27 percent below 1998.

Red meat production for the United States totaled 46.3 billion pounds in 2000, slightly higher than the previous record high set in 1999. Nationally, commercial cattle slaughter during 2000 totaled 36.2 million head, up less than 1 percent from 1999. Calf slaughter totaled 1.13 million head, down 12 percent from a year ago. Hog slaughter totaled 98.0 million head, down 3 percent from 1999. Sheep and lamb slaughter, at 3.46 million head, was down 6 percent from 1999.

Prices received by New York farmers during March for selected commodities were mostly lower compared with a month. Prices for corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, apples, and eggs declined while prices for soybeans, hay, and milk increased.

Grain corn prices averaged $2.42 per bushel during March, down 3 cents from February but 9 cents above March 2000. Oat prices fell 1 cent from the previous month to $1.52 per bushel. Wheat, at $2.04 per bushel, was down 10 cents from a month earlier and 13 cents less than March a year ago. Soybeans returned $4.60 per bushel, up 11 cents from February. Hay averaged $106.00 per ton baled, up $3.00 from February but $12.00 below a year earlier. Potatoes were down 30 cents from the previous month to $8.25 per hundredweight (cwt.). Apples for fresh market averaged $16.20 per cwt., 10 cents below February and 50 cents less than a year ago.

New York dairy farmers received an average of $14.90 per cwt. of milk sold during March, up 80 cents from the previous month and $2.10 above last March. Poultry producers received an average of 59.8 cents per dozen eggs sold, down 0.9 cents from February but 12.5 cents above March 2000.

At the National level, the Preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by U.S Farmers in March was 104 based on 1990-92=100, up 4 points from the February Index. Higher prices for hogs, broilers, milk, and cattle were partially offset by lower prices for apples, lettuce, strawberries, and corn. The seasonal change in the mix of commodities farmers sell often affects the overall index. Higher seasonal marketings of strawberries, asparagus, milk, and broilers were partially offset by lower marketings of cattle, cotton, oranges, and corn. Compared with March 2000, the All Farm Products Index was 8 points higher.

During March, New York dairy cows produced 992 million pounds of milk, down 5 percent from the 1,044 million pounds produced in March 2000. Milk per cow averaged 1,480 pounds, down 15 pounds from the previous March. The milking herd decreased 28,000 head from a year earlier to 670,000 head.

Milk output in the 20 major production States totaled 12.4 billion pounds, down 2.2 percent from March a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,599 pounds, 33 pounds below March 2000, while the number of milk cows decreased by 18,000 head to 7.76 million.

New York egg production during February totaled 90 million eggs, 5 percent above a year earlier. An increase in the size of the laying flock more than offset a decrease in the egg laying rate.

Laying flocks throughout the Nation produced 6.52 billion eggs during February 2001, down 2 percent from a year ago. An indication of future egg supply, egg-type chicks hatched in the U.S. during February were up 8 percent, while eggs in incubators on March 1, 2001 were down 2 percent from a year earlier.

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