CROP ACREAGE, YIELD, PRODUCTION AND VALUE

SORGHUM: Acreage, yield, production and value, Illinois, 1988-97

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
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 42,504 193.20
1997 155 91 14,105 2.4 1/ 33,852 218.40
Year Sorghum for silage All sorghum
Harvested acres Yield per acre Production Planted Harvested 2/
  Thousand
acres

Tons
Thousand
tons
Thousand
acres
Thousand
acres
1988 3 8.0 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
1997 1 12.0 12 160 156
1/ Marketing year average price is preliminary for 1997. 2/ Includes sorghum for grain and silage.
Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service
Annual Summary - 1998
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