NEW MEXICO: Corn planted for all purposes is estimated at 120,000 acres in 2005, down 4 percent from last year. Farmers anticipate harvesting 45,000 acres for grain. Winter wheat planted for the 2005 crop totaled 490,000 acres, unchanged from 2004, with 280,000 harvested for grain. Sorghum acreage is estimated at 140,000 acres, also unchanged from last year, with acres to be harvested for grain dropping slightly to 90,000 acres. Upland cotton producers planted 55,000 acres compared to 68,000 the previous year. American-Pima cotton planted acreage is estimated at 10,000 acres, down 600 acres from 2004. Alfalfa harvested acreage is estimated at 250,000 acres, up 4.2 percent. Other hay acreage also increased, at 100,000 acres compared to 90,000 the previous year. Peanut acreage is estimated to be up 1,000 acres to 18,000. Dry bean acreage is unchanged at 6,000 acres.

UNITED STATES: Corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 81.6 million acres, up 1 percent from 2004 and 4 percent above 2003. Winter wheat The 2005 winter wheat planted area, at 41.4 million acres, is 4 percent below last year and down less than 1 percent from the previous estimate. Sorghum area planted to sorghum in 2005 is estimated at 7.01 million acres, down 6 percent from 2004. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 6.03 million acres, down 7 percent from last year. Kansas continues to have the largest area of sorghum planted at 2.90 million acres, down 9 percent from last year. Upland cotton acreage totaled 13.8 million acres, also up 3 percent. American-Pima cotton growers planted 266,000 acres. This is a 7 percent increase from last year's crop, but 49 percent above two years ago. Harvested area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures is forecast at 22.1 million acres, up 2 percent from last year. All other hay harvested area is expected to total 39.6 million acres, down 2 percent. Peanuts area planted in 2005 is estimated at 1.65 million acres, up 15 percent from 2004. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.61 million acres, up 16 percent from last year. Summer potato growers in the summer producing States planted an estimated 51,100 acres of potatoes this year, down 13 percent from last year and 19 percent below two years ago.

GRAIN STOCKS

UNITED STATES: Corn stocks in all positions on June 1, 2005 totaled 4.32 billion bushels, up 45 percent from June 1, 2004. This is the highest June 1 stocks level since 1988. Of the total stocks, 2.46 billion bushels are stored on farms, up 60 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 1.86 billion bushels, are up 30 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2005 indicated disappearance is 2.44 billion bushels, compared with 2.30 billion bushels during the same period last year. All wheat stored in all positions on June 1, 2005 totaled 540 million bushels, down 1 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 161 million bushels, up 22 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 379 million bushels, are down 9 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2005 indicated disappearance is 445 million bushels, down 6 percent from the same period a year earlier. Grain sorghum stored in all positions on June 1, 2005 totaled 104 million bushels, up 29 percent from a June 1, 2004. The March - May 2005 indicated disappearance from all positions is 99.2 million bushels, up from 78.1 million bushels during the same period a year ago.

U.S. Grain Stocks, By Position and Month 2004-2005