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Phone: (217) 492-4295 U.S. Department of Agriculture Illinois Department of Agriculture http://www.agr.state.il.us/agstats.htm |
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VOL. 20, NO. 09 |
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Acreage Corn planted in Illinois in 1999 is estimated at 10.8 million acres, unchanged from the March intentions and up 200 thousand acres from 1998. Planting began in mid April but was delayed by rainfall in early May. After the second week of May, conditions improved and planting advanced ahead of the five-year average and continued ahead through the remainder of the planting season. Planting was near completion towards the end of May. The average height of corn on June 27 was 41 inches, compared to 33 inches last year. This is the tallest the corn has been on this date since the crop of 1991. The crop was rated 29 percent excellent, 56 percent good, 13 percent fair and two percent poor on June 25. Acreage planted and to be planted to soybeans in Illinois in 1999 is estimated at a record 10.8 million acres, one percent more than the previous record of 10.7 million acres in 1998 and equal to the acreage expected to be planted in March. Planting progressed behind the five- year average in early May but advanced to well ahead of the average for the remainder of the planting season. By the end of the first week in June, 90 percent of the crop was planted and by the end of the second week planting was nearly complete. The crop was rated 19 percent excellent, 58 percent good, 20 percent fair and three percent very poor on June 25. An estimated 1.05 million acres of winter wheat were seeded in Illinois last fall, 16 percent less than the previous year. Farmers expect to harvest 1.02 million acres, 15 percent less than during 1998. With the mild winter and wet spring, the crop developed very quickly this year and as of June 27, 46 percent of the crop had been harvested. This compares to 51 percent last year and 24 percent for the five-year average.
U.S. corn planted for all purposes is estimated at 77.6 million acres, down three percent from last year. Growers expect to harvest 71.0 million acres for grain, down two percent from 1998. Ideal weather in the eastern Corn Belt helped planting finish ahead of the normal pace. The corn acreage estimate was based on survey information collected between May 28 and June 17. Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 99 percent of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the interview compared to an average of 96 percent for the past ten years. Growers in the seven major states (IL, IN, IA, MN, NE, OH and WI) planted 51.4 million acres, a decrease of two percent from 1998. Ohio showed the largest percentage decrease in plantings for the major States, with a six percent decline. Growers shifted from corn to other commodities such as soybeans. Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin also showed decreased plantings from 1998. Illinois and Indiana were the only two major states to show an increase in planted acreage from last year. The soybean planted area is estimated at 74.2 million acres, three percent above last year's record acreage. Area for harvest is estimated at 73.3 million acres, up four percent from the 1998 record harvest. Planted acreage has steadily increased every year since 1990 when the soybean planted area totaled 57.8 million acres. The largest acreage increases are in Nebraska and South Dakota, up 550,000 and 450,000 acres, respectively. The two largest soybean states, Iowa, at 10.9 million and Illinois, at 10.8 million, are increasing area planted by 400,000 and 100,000 acres, respectively. Growers in both Missouri and Ohio increased acreage by 300,000 acres as well. Minnesota farmers planted an additional 100,000 acres of soybeans. Planted area in Indiana is unchanged from 1998 and acreage decreased 50,000 in Arkansas. Winter wheat acres harvested are now expected to total 35.6 million, down one percent from the June 1 forecast and 11 percent less than the 1998 acreage for grain. This will be the smallest area for grain since 1972. Planted area is still 43.4 million acres, down seven percent from last year. Most of the harvested area decrease is due to a one percent drop in Hard Red Winter grain acres. This is mainly in Oklahoma where cool, wet weather has slowed harvest in the eastern two-thirds of the state. Soft Red Winter area is down slightly. Most of the White Winter acreage drop is in Washington as more acreage was replanted to spring wheat than originally thought.
June 1 Grain Stocks Stocks of corn in Illinois on June 1, 1999 are estimated at 574.2 million bushels. This is the largest June 1 level since 1993 when corn stocks totaled 648.8 million bushels. On-farm stocks were 270 million bushels, up 17 percent from June 1, 1998. Off-farm stocks, at 304.2 million bushels, were up 11 percent from a year earlier and accounted for 53 percent of the total stocks. The March-May indicated disappearance is 364.8 million bushels, compared to the disappearance of 350.5 million bushels last year. Soybean stocks are estimated at 149.4 million bushels on June 1, 1999, 37 percent above a year earlier. On-farm stocks totaled 70 million bushels, resulting in a March-May on-farm disappearance of 85 million bushels. This represents the largest on-farm disappearance for this time period since records began in 1938. Off-farm stocks totaled 79.4 million bushels, 58 percent more than the previous year. The March-May indicated disappearance for stocks in all positions is 128.7 million bushels, 18 percent above the disappearance of 108.7 million bushels a year ago. Wheat stocks on June 1, 1999 are estimated at 21.4 million bushels, 69 percent above a year ago and is the highest level since 1978. On-farm stocks, at 1.5 million bushels, accounted for seven percent of the total stocks. Off-farm stocks were 19.9 million bushels, up 74 percent from a year earlier and easily the highest level this decade. U.S. corn stocks in all positions on June 1, 1999, totaled 3.62 billion bushels, up 19 percent from June 1, 1998. Of the total stocks, 2.26 billion bushels were stored on farms, up 23 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 1.36 billion bushels, were up 12 percent from a year ago. The March-May 1999 indicated disappearance is 2.08 billion bushels, ten percent above the disappearance of 1.90 billion bushels during the same period a year earlier. Soybeans stored in all positions on June 1, 1999, totaled 850 million bushels, up 43 percent from stocks held on June 1, 1998. On-farm stocks totaled 460 million bushels, up 45 percent from last June, and accounted for 54 percent of the June 1, 1999 stocks. Off-farm stocks, at 390 million bushels, were up 43 percent from the previous year. Indicated disappearance for the March-May 1999 quarter totaled 607 million bushels, fractionally less than the same period one year ago. All wheat stored in all positions on June 1, 1999 totaled 945 million bushels, up 31 percent from a year ago to the biggest June number since the 1987-88 market year. Farm stocks are 278 million bushels and are up 24 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 667 million bushels, are up 34 percent. Disappearance for March-May 1999 is 505 million bushels, up 14 percent from the ending quarter in 1998.
2/ Data not published. Hogs and Pigs The number of hogs and pigs on Illinois farms on June 1, 1999 was 4.3 million head, 14 percent less than a year earlier and three percent less than June 1997. This was 50 thousand less than were on hand on March 1, 1999 and is the lowest inventory on record since December 1937. Breeding hogs, at 460 thousand head, were down 21 percent from a year earlier and down two percent from last quarter. Market hogs, at 3.84 million head, were down 13 percent from June 1998 and down one percent from March 1999. The Illinois March-May pig crop, at 1.82 million, was down 17 percent from a year earlier. There were 210 thousand sows that farrowed, 45 thousand fewer than the same time last year. Pigs per litter, at 8.65, was down from the record average 8.7 pigs saved per litter set last quarter. Illinois hog producers intend to farrow 400 thousand sows between June 1 and November 30, 1999. This would be 14 percent below the actual farrowings during this period a year ago. Producers expect to farrow 200 thousand sows during the June-August quarter, down 13 percent from a year earlier. The first intentions estimate for farrowings during the September-November quarter is 200 thousand sows, 15 percent less than farrowed during that period in 1998. U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 1999, was 60.5 million head. This was three percent below June 1998, but one percent above March 1, 1999. Breeding inventory, at 6.52 million head, was down six percent from June 1, 1998, but virtually unchanged from March 1, 1999. Market hog inventory, at 54.0 million head, was two percent below last year, but one percent above last quarter. The total number of hogs under contract, owned by operations with over 5,000 head, but raised by contractees, accounted for 30 percent of the total U.S. hog inventory. The March-May 1999 U.S. pig crop, at 26.3 million head, was three percent less than 1998, but four percent more than 1997. Sows farrowing during this period totaled 2.99 million head, three percent below last year. The sows farrowed during this quarter represented 46 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs per litter rose to an average of 8.80 pigs saved per litter for the March-May period, compared to 8.75 pigs last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.80 for operations with 1-99 hogs to 9.00 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs. U.S. hog producers intend to have 2.94 million sows farrow during the June-August 1999 quarter, four percent below the actual farrowings during the same period in 1998, but virtually unchanged from 1997. Intended farrowings for September-November 1999, at 2.87 million sows, are four percent below the same period last year and two percent below 1997.
2/ Intentions. Milk Production Milk production in Illinois totaled 183 million pounds in May 1999, down five percent from May of last year. The number of milk cows on farms averaged 123,000 head, down four percent from May last year. Milk per cow averaged 1,490 pounds, down 20 pounds from a year ago. Milk production for the 20 States totaled 12.4 billion pounds, up three percent from the 20 States production total in May 1998. Production per cow in the 20 States was 1,610 pounds, up 54 pounds per cow from May 1998. The number of milk cows on farms in the 20 States was 7.7 million head in May, up slightly from May 1998.
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