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AUGUST CROP PRODUCTION


NEW MEXICO: Corn for grain production is forecast at 8.1 million bushels, down 22.4 percent from a year ago. Harvested acreage is down to 45,000 acres, while yields are expected to average 180 bushels per acre, unchanged from last year. Upland cotton is expected to yield 829 pounds an acre, down 2.2 percent from 2004. Producers anticipate harvesting 55,000 acres for a production of 95,000 bales. America-Pima cotton yield is forecasted at 1,056 pounds an acre, up 21.5 percent. Harvested acreage is slightly less than last year at 10,000 acres with production totaling 22,000 bales. Sorghum for grain production is forecasted at 4.1 million bushels, with yields down 2.2 percent to 45 bushels an acre. Peanut production is expected to reach 64.8 million pounds, up 8.9 percent from 2004. Both Alfalfa acreage and yields are up in 2005, with 1.3 million tons forecasted to be harvested this year.

UNITED STATES: Corn production is forecast at 10.3 billion bushels, down 12 percent from last year but 3 percent above 2003. All cotton production is forecast at 21.3 million 480-pound bales, down 8 percent from last year's record high 23.3 million bales. Yield is expected to average 748 pounds per harvested acre, down 107 pounds from 2004. Upland Cotton production is forecast at 20.6 million 480-pound bales, 9 percent below 2004. American-Pima production is forecast at 725,000 bales, down 3 percent from last year. Sorghum production forecast for the 2005 crop year is 380 million bushels, down 16 percent from last year. Based on August 1 conditions, the sorghum yield forecast is 63.1 bushels per acre, down 6.7 bushels from last year. Peanut production is forecast at a record high 5.14 billion pounds, up 21 percent from last year's crop and up 24 percent from 2003. Area for harvest is expected to total 1.61 million acres, unchanged from June but up 16 percent from 2004. Yields are expected to average a record high 3,190 pounds per acre, 133 pounds per acre above last year. Planted acres, at 1.65 million, are unchanged from the June estimate but 15 percent above 2004. Alfalfa production is forecast at 73.8 million tons, down 2 percent from last year. Yields are expected to average 3.34 tons per acre, a decrease of 0.13 ton from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 22.1 million acres, unchanged from June but up 2 percent from 2004.



August 2005 Crop Summary: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, 2004 and Forecasted August 1, 2005


Crop

Unit

Area Harvested

Yield Per Acre

Production

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

 

 

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

---------Units---------

----------1,000 Units-------------

NEW MEXICO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corn for Grain

Bu.

58

45

180.0

180.0

10,440

8,100

All Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

74.5

65.0

850

864

132.0

117.0

   Upland Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

64.0

55.0

848

829

113.0

95.0

   A-P Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

10.5

10.0

869

1,056

19.0

22.0

Sorghum for Grain

Bu.

92

90

46.0

45.0

4,232

4,050

Peanuts

Lb.

17

18

3,500

3,600

59,500

64,800

Potatoes, Fall

Cwt.

240

250

4.90

5.20

1,176

1,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corn for Grain

Bu.

73,632

74,368

160.4

139.2

11,807,217

10,349,841

All Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

13,057.0

13,657.0

855

748

23,250.7

21,291.0

   Upland Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

12,809.0

13,396.0

843

737

22,505.1

20,566.0

   A-P Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

248.0

261.0

1,443

1,333

745.6

725.0

Sorghum for Grain

Bu.

6,517

6,030

69.8

63.1

454,899

380,319

Peanuts

Lb.

1,394

1,612

3,057

3,190

4,261,700

5,142,100

Potatoes, Fall

Tons

21,707

22,118

3.47

3.34

75,383

73,849

1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ Yield reported in pounds per acre: production in bales (480 lb. net wt.).


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