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September Agricultural Survey Results


WINTER WHEAT

NEW MEXICO: The 2005 winter wheat production for New Mexico is estimated at 9.7 million bushels, up 25 percent from last year. Yield is 36.0 bushels per acre, compared to 26.0 bushels last year. Acres harvested for grain is estimated at 270,000.

UNITED STATES: The 2005 winter wheat production is estimated at 1.49 billion bushels, down 2 percent from the August forecast and down slightly from last year. The U.S. yield is 44.4 bushels per acre, unchanged from August but 0.9 bushel above last year's final yield. Acreage for grain is estimated at 33.7 million acres, 2 percent below the last forecast and down 3 percent from the previous year.


Winter Wheat: Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, and Production, 2004-2005

Crop

Area Planted 1/

Area Harvested

Yield Per Acre

Production

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

 

-------------------------1,000 Acres----------------------

--------------------------1,000 Bushels------------------------

AZ

5

5

4

2

90.0

80.0

360

160

AR

670

220

620

160

53.0

52.0

32,860

8,320

CO

2,300

2,550

1,700

2,200

27.0

24.0

45,900

52,800

KS

10,000

10,000

8,500

9,500

37.0

40.0

314,500

380,000

MO

1,050

590

930

540

52.0

54.0

48,360

29,160

MT

1,900

2,100

1,630

2,050

41.0

45.0

66,830

92,250

NE

1,850

1,850

1,650

1,760

37.0

39.0

61,050

68,640

NM

490

450

300

270

26.0

36.0

7,800

9,720

OH

920

860

890

830

62.0

71.0

55,180

58,930

OK

6,200

5,700

4,700

4,000

35.0

32.0

164,500

128,000

SD

1,650

1,500

1,250

1,440

45.0

44.0

56,250

63,360

TX

6,300

5,500

3,500

3,000

31.0

32.0

108,500

96,000

UT

130

140

120

130

43.0

47.0

5,160

6,110

WA

1,800

1,850

1,750

1,800

67.0

67.0

117,250

120,600

WY

150

160

135

145

26.0

30.0

3,510

4,350

All Other States

7,935

6,845

6,783

5,853

60.7

64.0

411,424

375,369

U.S.

43,350

40,320

34,462

33,680

43.5

44.4

1,499,434

1,493,769

1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.




GRAIN STOCKS


Corn stocks in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 2.11 billion bushels, up 120 percent from September 1, 2004. This is the highest September 1 stocks level since 1993. Of the total stocks, 821 million bushels are stored on farms, up 87 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 1.29 billion bushels, are up 148 percent from a year ago to the highest September 1 level since 1988. The June - August 2005 indicated disappearance is 2.21 billion bushels, compared with 2.01 billion bushels during the same period last year.

All wheat stored in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 1.92 billion bushels, down 1 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 719 million bushels, down 9 percent from the previous year. Off-farm stocks, at 1.20 billion bushels, are up 4 percent from a year ago. The June - August 2005 indicated disappearance is 720 million bushels, down 6 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Grain sorghum stored in all positions on September 1, 2005 totaled 57.0 million bushels, up 70 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 5.90 million bushels, are up 59 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 51.1 million bushels, are up 71 percent from September 1, 2004. The June - August 2005 indicated disappearance from all positions is 56.2 million bushels, up from 47.0 million bushels during the same period a year ago.


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

Date

2004

2005

On Farms

Off Farms 1/

Total All Positions

On Farms

Off Farms 1/

Total All Positions

 

          ------------------------------------------------1,000 Bushels--------------------------------------------------

 

CORN

Mar 1

3,030,000

2,241,459

5,271,459

4,137,000

2,618,261

6,755,261

Jun 1

1,540,000

1,430,140

2,970,140

2,462,300

1,857,482

4,319,782

Sep 1

438,000

520,091

958,091

820,500

1,291,734

2,112,234

Dec 1

6,144,000

3,306,598

9,450,598

 

 

 

 

SORGHUM

Mar 1

21,000

137,652

158,652

33,400

170,122

203,522

Jun 1

7,650

72,944

80,594

16,000

97,170

113,170

Sep 1

3,700

29,849

33,549

5,900

51,107

57,007

Dec 1

78,700

203,505

282,205

 

 

 

 

ALL WHEAT

Mar 1

257,890

762,727

1,020,617

304,710

679,681

984,391

Jun 1

131,880

414,559

546,439

161,275

378,825

540,100

Sep 1

790,600

1,147,807

1,938,407

719,360

1,199,274

1,918,634

Dec 1

531,020

899,306

1,430,326

 

 

 

1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors.




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