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In this Issue:

•  #Corn and Soybean Production
•  #Acreage, Yield, and Production
•  #Turkey Production
•  #Cattle and Calves Inventory
•  #Milk Cow Inventory
•  #Prices
•  #Livestock Slaughter
•  #Dairy
•  #Poultry

Grain corn yields are expected to average 95 bushels per acre, 10 bushels below the August 1 forecast and 3 bushels less than in 2000. The crop was seriously affected by the summer drought conditions. Production is forecast at 51.3 million bushels, up 9 percent from last year's output. The increase can be attributed to the 13 percent increase in acres planted for grain. U.S. corn production is forecast at 9.24 billion bushels, down 7 percent from 2000. Yields are expected to average 133.5 bushels per acre, down 3.6 bushels from a year ago. If realized, this would be the lowest yield and production since 1997.

Soybean yields, forecast at 38 bushels per acre, were down 2 bushels from the August forecast but 5 bushels above 2000. Dryness resulted in poor pod development. Soybean production in New York is forecast at 5.24 million bushels, up 20 percent from last year. U.S. soybean production is forecast at a record high 2.83 billion bushels, 2 percent above 2000. Yields are expected to average 38.2 bushels per acre, 0.1 bushel above 2000.

New York turkey producers expect to raise an estimated 500,000 turkeys during 2001. This total will be 2 percent below the 510,000 birds raised in 2000, but 2 percent above the 1999 total.

The preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United States during 2001 is 270 million, the same as were raised in 2000.

Minnesota continues to be the number one producing state with 44 million turkeys, 1 percent increase from last year. North Carolina ranks second with 43 million, 5 percent more than 2000. Arkansas is in third place by producing 26 million birds, 7 percent less than a year ago. Missouri and Virginia are tied with each producing 24 million birds. Missouri is up 4 percent from a year ago, while Virginia is down 6 percent. California expects to raise 19 million turkeys, 6 percent above a year earlier.
 

Prices received by New York farmers during August for selected commodities were mixed compared with a month earlier. Prices for wheat, soybeans, milk, and eggs increased while prices for corn, oats, and hay declined.

Grain corn prices averaged $2.36 per bushel, down 12 cents from July but 5 cents above August 2000. Oats, at $1.37 per bushel, were down 6 cents from a month earlier but 3 cents above a year ago. Wheat, at $2.39 per bushel, was up 6 cents from July and 57 cents above last August. Soybeans returned $4.82 per bushel, up 24 cents from a month earlier. Hay prices averaged $104.00 per ton baled, $12.00 below July but the same as August 2000.

Dairy farmers in New York received an average of $17.10 per hundredweight of milk sold during August, up 10 cents from a month earlier and $3.90 above last August. Poultry producers received an average of 47.5 cents per dozen eggs sold, up 2.2 cents from July but 11.0 cents less than a year earlier.

At the National level, the Preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by U.S. Farmers was 109 based on 1990-92=100, up 2 points from the July Index. Higher prices for lettuce, strawberries, cantaloupes, and wheat were partially offset by lower prices for cattle, onions, peaches, and celery. The seasonal change in the mix of commodities farmers sell often affects the overall index. Higher seasonal marketings of tobacco, cattle, grapes, and sweet corn were offset by lower marketing of wheat, hay, strawberries, and milk. Compared with August 2000, the Index was 13 points higher. Prices increases from August 2000 for milk, broilers, cattle, and corn were partially offset by lower prices for eggs, turkeys, tomatoes, and cotton.

New York dairy herds produced 1,016 million pounds of milk during August, up 0.7 percent from the August 2000 level. The increase was the result of a increase in the rate per cow. The number of milk cows totaled 673,000, down 9,000 head from August of the previous year. Milk per cow averaged 1,510 pounds, up 2 percent from August 2000.

Milk production in the 20 major states during August totaled 11.8 billion pounds, down 0.8 percent from production in these same states during August 2000. Production per cow averaged 1,529 pounds for August, 4 pounds above August 2000. The number of cows on farms in the 20 major states was 7.74 million head, 82,000 head less than August 2000, and 7,000 head less than July 2001.

Egg production on New York farms during July totaled 99 million eggs, up 4 percent from July 2000. An increase in the number of layers resulted in the higher production. Hens that completed a force molt on August 1, 2001 accounted for 0.5 percent of the laying flock.

Laying flocks in the United States produced 7.18 billion eggs during July, up 2 percent from a year earlier. An indication of future egg supply, egg-type chicks hatched in the U.S. during July were up 14 percent from July 2000. The 30.9 million eggs in incubators on August 1, 2001 were up 2 percent from the previous year.

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