ILLINOIS
FARM REPORT

JULY CROP REPORT

The Illinois wheat yield for the 2000 crop is now estimated to average 56 bushels per acre based on July surveys, up one bushel from the June forecast. This is four bushels below the yield attained in 1999 and five bushels below the record yield in 1997. With a yield of 56 bushels per acre, production would be 50.96 million bushels, 16 percent below the 1999 production. Acreage expected to be harvested for grain at 910 thousand acres is down ten percent from the acreage harvested for grain in 1999. By July 2, 71 percent of the crop was harvested which compares to 66 percent last year and the five-year average of 46 percent.

Production of oats in Illinois for 2000 is estimated at 4.38 million bushels, three percent above 1999. Acreage to be harvested for grain, at 60 thousand acres, is unchanged from last year. The yield is estimated at 73 bushels per acre, two bushels above last year's average yield. As of July 2, 14 percent of the crop was ripe compared to ten percent last year and the five-year average of four percent.

The Illinois peach crop for 2000 is estimated at 19 million pounds. This year's forecast is unchanged from last year.

ACREAGE & PRODUCTION
Crop	Illinois		United States
	1999	2000	1999	2000
	Acreage and production in thousands
Winter Wheat
Acres 1/	1,010	910	35,572	35,401
Yield, bu.	60.0	56.0	47.8	44.9
Production	60,600	50,960	1,699,989	1,588,376
Oats, Grain
Acres 1/	60	60	2,453	2,472
Yield, bu.	71.0	73.0	59.6	61.2
Production	4,260	4,380	146,218	151,380
Potatoes (Summer)
Acres 1/	4.7	5.3	63.9	62.7
Yield, cwt.	350	300	295	289
Production	1,645	1,590	18,865	18,102
Peaches
Production	19.0	19.0	2,513.4	2,668.1
1/ Harvested acres.

WINTER WHEAT, 1999-2000
District	Acres planted		Acres for harvest		Yield		Production
	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000
	1,000 acres		1,000 acres		Bushels		1,000 bushels
Northwest	20	21	18	20	67	61	1,206	1,215
Northeast	33	36	32	35	71	53	2,272	1,855
West	52	48	50	44	61	57	3,050	2,508
Central	29	36	28	35	65	56	1,820	1,960
East	29	49	28	47	78	65	2,184	3,055
West Southwest	179	165	174	160	62	59	10,788	9,440
East Southeast	205	200	198	194	57	63	11,286	12,222
Southwest	349	280	334	265	59	49	19,706	12,985
Southeast	154	115	148	110	56	52	8,288	5,720
ILLINOIS	1,050	950	1,010	910	60	56	60,600	50,960

U.S. CROP PRODUCTION

Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.59 billion bushels. This is down two percent from last month and down seven percent from 1999. The U.S. yield is forecast at 44.9 bushels per acre, down 1.8 bushels from last month. Hard Red Winter, at 887 million bushels, is down six percent from a month ago. White Winter is up for the second consecutive month and now totals 235 million bushels. Soft Red Winter is up four percent from the last forecast, at 467 million bushels. Durum wheat production is forecast at 128 million bushels, up 29 percent from 1999. The U.S. yield is forecast at 32.2 bushels per acre, 4.4 bushels more than last year. Other Spring wheat production is forecast at 526 million bushels, up five percent from 1999. The U.S. yield is forecast at 34.9 bushels per acre, 0.8 bushels higher than last year. Of this total, 470 million is Hard Red Spring wheat, up five percent from last season.

Winter Wheat acres for harvest as grain are forecast at 35.4 million, down slightly from 1999. Harvest progress in the 18 major producing states had reached 65 percent completion by July 2. This was more than 20 points ahead of both last year and the normal pace.

Yield declines are forecast in all of the major Hard Red Wheat (HRW) States. Forecasted head counts from the Objective Yield surveys in the six HRW States (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas) are down slightly from last month, while weight per head is down a collective four percent. Above average rainfall during June caused some harvest delay in Oklahoma. Harvest has progressed rapidly in Kansas and Nebraska.

Harvested yields were better than previously expected in the Soft Red Wheat (SRW) States. Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi and Pennsylvania now expect record highs. These states joined Ohio where a record had been forecast a month ago. Collective head count forecasts are virtually unchanged in the SRW Objective Yield States (Illinois, Missouri and Ohio), but average weight per head is up eight percent from a month ago.

SOYBEANS: PERCENT OF ACREAGE PLANTED FOLLOWING ANOTHER CROP 1/
State	1997	1998	1999	2000
Alabama	21	26	36	26
Arkansas	23	25	23	28
Delaware	60	43	31	49
Florida	27	15	0	39
Georgia	44	42	44	32
ILLINOIS	5	5	5	4
Indiana	5	4	2	2
Kansas	1	2	2	3
Kentucky	34	51	36	37
Louisiana	7	6	6	13
Maryland	48	33	33	36
Mississippi	8	5	9	9
Missouri	9	13	7	9
New Jersey	33	21	33	25
N. Carolina	43	44	50	39
Ohio	1	1	1	1
Oklahoma	26	11	16	19
Pennsylvania	26	18	16	6
S. Carolina	66	48	45	38
Tennessee	31	35	28	32
Texas	9	3	4	13
Virginia	60	45	43	29
U.S.	8	7	6	6
1/ Data as obtained from area frame samples. These data do not represent official estimates but provide raw data as obtained from survey respondents. The purpose of these data is to portray trends in production practices.

LAYERS & EGG PRODUCTION
In Illinois, the average number of layers on hand was up 18 percent in March, up nine percent in April and up eight percent in May compared to those same months last year. The number of eggs produced increased 21 percent in March, 11 percent in April and increased seven percent in May compared to the same time last year.

In the United States, the average number of layers on hand and the number of eggs produced increased in March, April and May compared to a year ago. The average number of layers on hand was up three percent in March and up two percent in April and May. The number of eggs produced was up three percent for March and April and up two percent in May.

LAYERS & EGG PRODUCTION, ILLINOIS & UNITED STATES, MARCH-MAY 2000
	Illinois
	March		April		May 1/
	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000
Average Number of Layers on hand (thousand)	3,081	3,622	3,337	3,654	3,258	3,532
Eggs produced (million)	70	85	72	80	74	79
	United States
Average Number of Layers on hand (thousand)	322,758	330,927	321,515	329,243	320,498	326,554
Eggs produced (million)	7,052	7,235	6,784	7,013	6,941	7,107
1/ Preliminary.

AGRICULTURAL PRICES

June prices received by Illinois farmers for all commodities decreased five points from the revised May number, and is at 76 percent of the base. The current year's base is computed by multiplying the average production for the five-year period by the average price for each year. These five years are summed and then divided by five to arrive at an average (base) for the period. The current five-year average production is then multiplied by the current price and divided by the average for the five years to arrive at the current index. The June all crops index, at 68 percent of the base, is six points below last month and one point below June 1999. Prices decreased for corn, soybeans, sorghum and oats. The all livestock index is at 101 percent of the base, two points lower than the revised May figure. The price of hogs, beef cattle and calves decreased. The hog-corn ratio is at 24.6.

The preliminary U.S. All Farm Products Index of Prices Received in June was 99 based on 1990-92=100, down two points from the May index. Lower prices for lettuce, corn, cattle, soybeans and broccoli more than offset the relatively lower marketings of oranges, tomatoes, strawberries and cattle. Compared with June 1999, the All Farm Products Index was two points higher. Price increases from June 1999 for hogs, cattle, lettuce and soybeans more than offset price decreases for milk, oranges, corn and broilers.

INDEX OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS
Commodity	May 1999	June 1999	May 2000	June 15, 2000
ILLINOIS	1993-97=100		1994-98=100
All Farm Products	73	73	81*	76
All Crops	68	69	74*	68
Food grains	55	64	62*	70
Feed grains/hay	72	72	75*	65
Soybeans	65	66	75*	72
All Livestock	85	83	103*	101
Meat animals	82	80	106*	104
Dairy products	95	98	85*	86
UNITED STATES	1990-92=100
Prices Received	98	97	101*	99
All Crops	103	100	104*	99
Food grains	90	87	86*	85
Feed grains/hay	93	91	97*	87
Oilseeds	81	80	92*	87
All Livestock	93	95	99*	99
Meat animals	83	84	98*	96
Dairy products	97	100	92*	93
Prices Paid	115	115	120*	120
Parity Ratio 1/	85	84	84*	83
1/ Prices received index divided by prices paid index. * Revised.

PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS 1/
Commodity	Unit	Illinois				United States
		May 1999	June 1999	May 2000	June 15, 2000	May 1999	June 1999	May 2000	June 15, 2000
		Dollars
Corn	Bushels	2.08	2.08	2.20*	1.90	1.99	1.97	2.10*	1.81
Soybeans	Bushels	4.57	4.54	5.28*	5.00	4.50	4.44	5.19*	4.91
Sorghum	Cwt.	3.50	3.57	3.94*	3.40	2.90	2.85	3.38*	3.12
Wheat, all	Bushels	2.04	2.12	2.27*	2.30	2.49	2.50	2.59*	2.52
Oats	Bushels	1.70	1.12	1.59*	1.50	1.31	1.22	1.32*	1.24
Hay, all baled	Tons	78.00	75.00	81.00	82.00	92.60	81.70	89.40*	82.50
Alfalfa hay, bld	Tons	83.00	78.00	86.00	87.00	96.60	85.00	93.90*	85.70
Other hay, bld	Tons	59.00	63.00	62.00	62.00	70.10	68.50	71.30*	70.90
Hogs, all	Cwt.	35.10	32.60	47.10*	46.80	36.60	34.10	48.50*	47.90
Barrows, Gilts	Cwt.	35.60	33.00	47.70*	47.90	37.00	34.50	49.00*	48.60
Sows	Cwt.	29.50	27.70	40.20*	34.10	28.00	28.00	39.30*	35.00
Beef cattle	Cwt.	62.20	63.20	70.90*	68.60	62.10	63.70	69.40*	67.90
Cows	Cwt.	35.60	36.50	40.20*	39.20	36.40	36.70	38.90*	39.20
Steers, Heifers	Cwt.	62.70	63.70	71.50*	69.20	65.20	66.70	73.20*	71.30
Calves	Cwt.	107.00	106.00	116.00*	114.00	87.60	89.00	107.00*	103.00
Milk cows	Head	2/	2/	2/	2/	2/	2/	2/	2/
Milk, all	Cwt.	12.90	13.10	11.10	11.20	12.70	13.10	12.00*	12.20
Milk, fluid	Cwt.	12.90	13.10	11.10	3/	12.80	13.20	12.10*	12.20
Milk, mfg.	Cwt.	12.30	12.10	10.50	3/	11.60	12.00	10.10*	10.40
Hog-corn ratio		16.9	15.7	21.4*	24.6	18.4	17.3	23.1*	26.5
1/ Prices received represents the average of all grades or classes at point of first sale and should not be confused with market quotations. 2/ Estimated in January, April, July and October. 3/ State prices not published. * Revised.

AGRICULTURAL EXPORT SHARES

AGRICULTURAL EXPORT SHARES, ILLINOIS AND UNITED STATES, 1997-99 1/
	Illinois			United States
	1997	1998	1999	1997	1998	1999
	Million dollars
Feed grains and products	1,287.9	916.2	978.0	8,447.6	6,342.9	6,805.6
Soybeans and products	1,550.9	1,435.4	1,107.5	9,253.6	9,020.3	6,530.3
Live animals and meat	234.1	240.7	229.9	5,319.3	5,421.7	5,334.5
Wheat and products	140.2	146.2	144.6	4,331.1	3,964.3	3,930.7
Feeds and fodders	89.5	89.7	85.5	1,811.2	1,721.3	1,673.4
Hides and skins	50.1	40.4	32.9	1,693.2	1,358.3	1,108.5
Seeds	57.6	42.4	37.4	912.9	827.3	799.7
Fats, oil and greases	19.3	21.9	19.6	542.9	655.2	561.1
Vegetables	31.5	24.5	21.5	4,081.0	4,167.9	4,245.2
Total	3,565.2	3,060.4	2,750.6	57,365.1	53,730.2	49,102.1
1/ Fiscal year ending September 30.

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