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                       South Dakota        
                     JULY CROP REPORT

News Release                                    July 12, 2005

       JULY 1 WINTER WHEAT YIELD UP FROM LAST YEAR


SIOUX FALLS, July 12, 2005    The South Dakota July 1
winter wheat production is forecast at 68.60 million bushels,
up 4 percent from the June 1 forecast. The yield, at 49.0
bushels, is up 2 bushels from the June 1 forecast and up 4
bushels from last year.  Harvested area, at 1,400,000 acres, is
up 150,000 acres from last year and remains unchanged from
the June 1 forecast.  The July 1 yield and production forecasts
are both records for South Dakota.   

Other spring wheat production is forecast at 82.25 million
bushels, up 14 percent from 2004.  The yield, forecast at 47
bushels per acre, is unchanged from last year's record yield. 
Acres intended for harvest, at 1.75 million, are up 14 percent
from last year.  

Oat production, at 14.94 million bushels, is up 7 percent from
last year.  The yield is forecast at 83 bushels, up 1 bushel 
from last year's record yield.  Acres harvested for grain are 
forecast at 180,000, up 10,000 acres from 2004.  

Barley production is forecast at 3.0 million bushels, down 5
percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 60 bushels per 
acre, down 3 bushels from last year.  Acres intended for 
harvest, at 50,000, are unchanged from last year.

                       
  The complete report can be accessed at www.usda.gov/nass/
          or call Carter Anderson or Steve Noyes at
                        605-323-6500