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2005 May Ag Yield Survey Results

WINTER WHEAT

UNITED STATES: Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.59 billion bushels, up 6 percent from 2004. Based on May 1 conditions, the U.S. yield is forecast at 45.4 bushels per acre, 1.9 bushels more than last year. Grain area totals 35.1 million acres, up 2 percent from last season.

Winter Wheat: Harvested Acres, Yield, Production, Selected States and U.S., 2004 and Forecasted May 2005
State Area Harvested Yield Production
2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005
------------1,000 Acres----------- ----------------Bushels--------------- ------------1,000 Bushels----------
AR 620 185 53.0 48.0 32,860 8,880
CO 1,700 2,450 27.0 35.0 45,900 85,750
KS 8,500 9,600 37.0 44.0 314,500 422,400
MO 930 600 52.0 52.0 48,360 31,200
MT 1,630 2,050 41.0 41.0 66,830 84,050
NE 1,650 1,700 37.0 45.0 61,050 7,650
OH 890 810 62.0 66.0 55,180 53,460
OK 4,700 4,300 35.0 34.0 164,500 146,200
SD 1,250 1,400 45.0 45.0 56,250 6,300
TX 3,500 3,500 31.0 30.0 108,500 105,000
WA 1,750 1,850 67.0 68.0 117,250 125,800
All Other States 7,342 6,624 58.3 77.6 428,254 514,172
U.S. 34,462 35,069 43.5 45.4 1,499,434 1,590,862


HAY STOCKS

UNITED STATES: Hay Stocks on Farms: All hay stored on farms May 1, 2005 totaled 27.7 million tons, up 7 percent from the previous year. Disappearance of hay from December 1, 2004 - May 1, 2005, totaled 86.6 million tons, 2 percent greater than the disappearance of 85.1 million tons for the same period a year earlier

Hay: Stocks on Farms by State and U.S., December 1 and May 1, 2002-2005
State December 1
May 1
2002 2003 2004 2003 2004 2005
-------------------------------------------------------------------1,000 Tons--------------------------------------------------------------------
AZ 203 280 250 45 55 35
CA 1,840 2,086 1,724 200 306 215
CO 1,548 1,841 2,527 360 610 470
KS 4,800 5,600 6,304 1,150 1,400 1,735
MO 6,897 7,148 8,101 1,083 1,462 2,166
MT 4,086 3,986 4,427 953 790 860
NV 882 857 741 167 121 80
NM 550 525 545 98 115 164
ND 4,300 4,690 3,923 940 828 917
OK 5,357 4,244 5,186 1,190 1,275 1,400
SD 5,825 7,210 6,939 1,154 1,515 2,100
TX 10,460 9,910 10,451 3,888 2,849 2,779
WA 1,600 1,620 1,560 285 470 322
WY 1,250 1,963 1,818 200 478 383
All Other Sts 53,380 59,067 59,798 10,300 13,673 14,082
U.S. 102,978 111,027 114,294 22,013 25,947 27,708


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