Texas and United States Crop Production Summary with Comparisons Table

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August 14, 2008.

August 1, 2008 Crop Production Summary with Comparisons
Area	Crop	Planted (1,000 acres)		Harvested ^1/ (1,000 acres)		Yield per Acre (units)		Unit for yield and production	Production (1,000 units)
Area	Crop	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	Unit for yield and production	2007	2008
TX	Beans, dry edible	17.0	15.5	16.2	14.0	1,500	1,400	Lb:Cwt	243	196
	Corn, all	2,150	2,450	2,000	2,250	148	126	Bushel	296,000	283,500
	Cotton, American-Pima	25.0	20.0	24.0	16	920	840	Lb:Bale	46.0	28.0
	Cotton, Upland	4,900	4,700	4,700	3,400	843	734	Lb:Bale	8,250	5,200
	Grapes	–	–	–	–	–	–	Ton	4.9	10.5
	Hay, Alfalfa	–	–	140	150	5.50	4.80	Ton	770	720
	Hay, Other	–	–	5,200	4,600	2.80	1.60	Ton	14,560	7,360
	All Hay	–	–	5,340	4,750	2.87	1.70	Ton	15,330	8,080
	Oats	710	690	100	130	40.0	43.0	Bushel	4,000	5,590
	Peaches	–	–	–	–	–	–	Ton	8.7	5.5
	Peanuts	190.0	240.0	187.0	235.0	3,950	3,800	Pound	738,650	893,000
	Potatoes, summer	11.2	10.3	9.8	9.5	395	370	Cwt	3,871	3,515
	Rice	146	190	145	189	6,600	7,200	Lb:Cwt	9,565	13,608
	Sorghum, all	2,750	2,600	2,450	2,250	66	52	Bushel	161,700	117,000
	Soybeans	86	200	82	185	37.0	23.0	Bushel	3,034	4,255
	Sugarcane for sugar & seed	–	–	43.7	41.5	33.4	39.8	Ton	1,460	1,652
	Sunflowers, all	41	68	37	61	1,441	*	Pound	53,300	*
	Sweet Potatoes	1.9	1.7	1.8	1.6	90	**	Cwt	162	**
	Wheat, Winter	6,200	5,900	3,800	3,500	37.0	30.0	Bushel	140,600	105,000
US	Beans, dry edible	1,526.9	1,401.9	1,478.7	1,353.6	1,716	1,786	Lb:Cwt	25,371	24,1721
	Corn	93,600	86,977	86,542	79,290	151.1	155.0	Bushel	13,073,893	12,287,875
	Cotton, American-Pima	292.2	202.0	288.1	193.9	1,419	1,292	Lb:Bale	851.8	521.8
	Cotton, Upland	10,535.0	9,044.0	10,201.0	7,655.0	864	831	Lb:Bale	18,355.1	13,245.0
	Grapes	–	–	–	–	–	–	Ton	7,018.0	7,195.1
	Hay, Alfalfa	–	–	21,670	20,778	3.35	3.41	Ton	72,575	70,944
	Hay, Other	–	–	39,955	39,661	1.95	1.94	Ton	77,729	77,011
	All Hay	–	–	61,625	60,439	2.44	2.45	Ton	150,304	147,955
	Oats	3,760	3,467	1,505	1,443	60.9	64.4	Bushel	91,599	89,897
	Peaches	–	–	–	–	–	–	Ton	1,128.7	1,093.9
	Peanuts	1,230.0	1,461.0	1,195.0	1,426.0	3,130	3,151	Pound	3,740,650	4,493,400
	Potatoes, summer	53.7	48.0	51.3	45.5	332	321	Cwt	17,032	14,627
	Rice	2,761	2,895	2,748	2,879	7,185	7,116	Lb:Cwt	197,456	204,882
	Sorghum, all	7,718	7,301	6,805	6,642	74.2	63.7	Bushel	504,993	410,134
	Soybeans	63,631	74,783	62,820	73,341	41.2	40.5	Bushel	2,585,207	2,972,577
	Sugarcane for sugar & seed	–	–	879.6	868.5	34.1	35.0	Ton	29,969	30,420
	Sunflowers, all	2,068	2,164	2,009.5	2,062.5	1,437	*	Pound	2,888.555	*
	Sweet Potatoes	100.6	104.1	97.5	100.8	185	**	Cwt	18,082	**
	Wheat, Winter	44,987	46,605	35,952	40,252	42.2	46.6	Bushel	1,515,989	1,874,857
^1/ Harvested for principal use of each crop, i.e. grain, beans, nuts. * Yield and production available October 10, 2008. ** First estimate available January 2009.