CROP ACREAGE, YIELD, PRODUCTION AND VALUE

SORGHUM: Acreage, yield, production and value, Illinois, 1987-96
Year Sorghum for grain
Harvested
acres		 Yield
per acre		 Production Marketing year
average price
per bushel		 Value of production
Total Per acre
harvested
  Thousand
acres		 Bushels Thousand
bushels		 Dollars Thousand
dollars		 Dollars
1987 140 86 12,040 1.46 17,578 125.55
1988 80 75 6,000 2.30 13,800 172.50
1989 140 83 11,620 2.13 24,751 176.79
1990 195 75 14,625 2.09 30,566 156.74
1991 173 80 13,840 2.32 32,109 185.60
1992 260 103 26,780 1.85 49,543 190.55
1993 210 83 17,430 2.23 38,869 185.09
1994 180 99 17,820 1.92 34,214 190.07
1995 170 69 11,730 3.27 38,357 225.62
1996 220 84 18,480 2.30 1/ 42,504 193.20
Year Sorghum for silage All sorghum
Harvested acres Yield per acre Production Planted Harvested 2/
  Thousand
acres		 Tons Thousand
tons		 Thousand
acres		 Thousand
acres
1987 6 12.0 72 150 146
1988 3 8 24 90 83
1989 6 12.0 72 150 146
1990 6 10.0 60 210 201
1991 3 8.0 24 180 176
1992 5 15.0 75 270 265
1993 2 8.0 16 230 212
1994 2 13.0 26 190 182
1995 2 9.0 18 180 172
1996 1 11.0 11 230 221
1/ Marketing year average price is preliminary for 1996. 2/ Includes sorghum for grain and silage.

DID YOU KNOW...

In 1996, Hamilton County led all counties in Illinois in total production of grain sorghum. Growers in Hamilton County produced 1,666,000 bushels of grain sorghum with an average yield of 98 bushels per acre. Wayne County ranked second with total production of 1,557,000 bushels. St. Clair County ranked third producing 1,313,600 bushels.

Illinois ranked sixth among all states in total grain sorghum production producing 18,480,000 bushels on 220,000 harvested acres.

Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service
Annual Summary - 1997		 Page 27


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