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PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS


NEW MEXICO: Corn growers intend to plant 120,000 acres of corn for all purposes in 2005, down 4 percent from 2004. Sorghum is expected to hold at 140,000 planted acres. Winter wheat planted acreage is also unchanged in 2005, at 490,000 acres. Peanut intended plantings are up 6 percent to18,000 acres. Upland cotton producers intend to plant 2,000 more acres for a total of 70,000 acres. Pima cotton acreage is expected to be down 6 percent this year to 10,000 acres. All hay to be harvested intentions are estimated at 330,000 acres for 2005.

UNITED STATES: Corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 81.4 million acres, up 1 percent from 2004 and 4 percent above 2003. If realized, this would be largest corn acreage since 1985. Expected acreage is up from last year throughout much of the Corn Belt and southern Great Plains. All wheat planted area is expected to total 58.6 million acres in 2005, down 2 percent from 2004. All cotton plantings for 2005 are expected to total 13.8 million acres, 1 percent above last year. Upland acreage is expected to total 13.5 million acres, also up 1 percent. American-Pima cotton growers intend to increase their plantings 10 percent from 2004, to 275,000 acres. Peanut producers intend to plant 1.60 million acres of peanuts in 2005, up 12 percent from last year. The 2005 intended sorghum area planted for all purposes is estimated at 7.40 million acres, down 1 percent from last year. Hay producers expect to harvest 62.9 million acres of all hay in 2005, up 2 percent from last year.

Crop Summary, Acres Planted, New Mexico and U.S., 2003- 2005
New Mexico
United States
200 3 200 4 2005 1/ 2005/ 2004 2003 2004 2005 1/ 2005/ 2004
--------------1,000 Acres----------- -- Perce nt-- -----------------1,000 Acres---------------- -- Perce nt_
Corn 130 125 120 96 78,60 3 80,93 0 81,41 3 101
Sorghum 140 140 140 100 9,420 7,486 7,400 99
Oats --- --- --- --- 4,597 4,085 4,267 104
Barley --- --- --- --- 5,348 4,527 3,974 88
All Wheat 500 490 490 100 62,14 1 59,67 4 58,59 2 98
Winter 500 490 490 100 45,38 4 43,35 0 41,61 3 96
Other Spring --- --- --- --- 13,84 2 13,76 3 14,37 1 104
Soybean s --- --- --- --- 73,40 4 75,20 8 73,91 0 98
Peanuts 18.0 17.0 18.0 106 1,344 .0 1,430 .0 1,597 .0 112
All Cotton 59.1 78.6 80.0 102 13,47 9.6 13,65 8.6 13,81 5.0 101
Upland 53.0 68.0 70.0 103 13,30 1.0 13,40 9.0 13,54 0.0 101
A-P 6.1 10.6 10.0 94 178.6 249.6 275.0 110
All Hay 2/ 300 330 330 100 63,38 3 61,91 6 62,94 0 102
1/ Intended plantings in 2005 as indicated by reports from farmers. 2/ Intended area harvested in 2005 as indicated by reports from farmers.


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