New York Crop and Livestock Report August 2005

New York grain corn production is forecast at 54.6 million bushels, down 10 percent from last year. Area for harvest is expected to total 455 thousand acres, 9 percent below a year ago. Yield is forecast at 120 bushels per acre, down 2 bushels from 2004. The crop was developing well due to warm temperatures and adequate moisture.

All dry hay production is expected to total 2.67 million tons, down 9 percent from 2004. Production of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, at 990 thousand tons, is 25 percent below 2004. Other dry hay production is expected to total 1.68 million tons, up 5 percent from a year ago. Oat production, expected to total 4.80 million bushels, is 48 percent above a year ago. Soybean production is estimated at 7.09 million bushels, up 6 percent from 2004.

Corn production is forecast at 10.3 billion bushels, down 12 percent from last year. Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average 139.2 bushels per acre, down 21.2 bushels from the record high last year. With the exception of Michigan, forecast yields are lower in all of the Corn Belt States as warm, dry weather throughout the growing season depleted soil moisture levels and stressed the crop. The largest decreases occurred in Missouri, Illinois, and Kansas. Farmers expect to harvest 74.4 million acres of corn for grain, unchanged from June but up 1 percent from 2004.

Soybean production is forecast at 2.79 billion bushels, down 11 percent from 2004 but up 14 percent from 2003. Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 38.7 bushels per acre, down 3.8 bushels from the record high U.S. yield set last year. Yields are lower than 2004 across most of the country, with the exceptions being Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. Area for harvest, at 72.2 million acres, has declined slightly from June and is down 2 percent from 2004.

Crop	Unit	Acres for harvest		Yield per acre		Production
Crop	Unit	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005
		1,000 acres		Units		1,000 units
New York
Corn for grain	bu.	500	455	122	120	61,000	54,600
Wheat, winter	bu.	100	115	53	51	5,300	5,865
Oats	bu.	50	80	65	60	3,250	4,800
Rye	bu.	1/	1/	1/	1/	1/	1/
Soybeans	bu.	172	197	39	36	6,708	7,092
Beans, dry 2/	lbs.	23.5	24.5	1,050	1,500	247	368
Potatoes, fall	cwt.	19.2	3/	270	3/	5,184	3/
Hay, alfalfa	ton	470	450	2.8	2.2	1,316	990
Hay, other	ton	800	1,050	2.0	1.6	1,600	1,680
Apples	mil. lbs.	-	-	-	-	1,280	1,150
Grapes	ton	-	-	-	-	142	160
Peaches	ton	-	-	-	-	6.0	5.3
Pears	ton	-	-	-	-	16.5	13.0
United States
Corn for grain	bu.	73,632	74,368	160.4	139.2	11,807,217	10,349,841
Wheat, winter	bu.	34,462	34,271	43.5	44.4	1,499,434	1,520,848
Oats	bu.	1,792	1,976	64.7	64.7	115,935	127,819
Barley	bu.	4,021	3,471	69.4	68.2	279,253	236,729
Rye	bu.	320	323	2/	2/	2/	2/
Soybeans	bu.	73,958	72,184	42.5	38.7	3,140,996	2,791,133
Beans, dry 2/	lbs.	1,219	1,531	1,460	1,687	17,799	25,829
Potatoes, summer	cwt.	59	51	314	281	22,663	18,099
Potatoes, fall	cwt.	1,168	956	391	3/	456,688	3/
Hay, alfalfa	ton	21,707	22,118	3.47	3.34	75,383	73,849
Hay, other	ton	40,209	39,605	2.05	1.92	82,391	76,068
Apples	mil. lbs.	-	-	-	-	10,420	9,837
Grapes	ton	-	-	-	-	6,232	6,801
Peaches	ton	-	-	-	-	1,307	1,234
Pears	ton	-	-	-	-	890	853

1/ Estimate released September 30. 2/ Production in 100 lb. bags (cleaned basis). 3/ First forecast released November 10.

DRY BEANS: Planted Acreage by Classes,
New York and United States, 2003-2005

Class	New York			United States
Class	2003	2004	2005	2003	2004	2005
	1,000 acres			1,000 acres
Light Red Kidney	14.1	12.0	13.2	68.1	55.7	73.3
Dark Red Kidney	1.1	1.5	1.5	49.9	51.3	51.3
Black	8.2	9.0	9.0	84.3	138.3	111.6
All Other	1.6	1.5	1.3	1,203.8	1,354.3	1,668.8
TOTAL	25.0	24.0	25.0	1,406.1	1,599.6	1,905.0

Hired Workers on Farms and Wage Rates

Item	Northeast I 1/			United States
Item	Jul 11-17, 2004	Apr 10-16, 2005	Jul 10-16, 2005	Jul 11-17, 2004	Apr 10-16, 2005	Jul 10-16, 2005
	1,000 workers
All hired workers	43	34	46	961	753	930
Worked 150 days or more	32	28	35	637	600	656
Worked less than 150 days	11	6	11	324	153	274
	Hours worked per worker
All hired workers	39.9	38.6	40.0	39.2	39.9	40.6
	Dollars per hour
Field workers	9.31	9.01	8.88	8.34	8.56	8.62
Livestock workers	8.14	8.51	9.55	8.74	9.14	9.25
Field and livestock workers	8.89	8.83	9.11	8.43	8.72	8.78
All hired workers

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