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NEW MEXICO: The 2005 Corn for grain production as of September 1^st sits at 8.1 million bushels. Average yield remains unchanged from 2004 at 180 bushels an acre, but harvested acreage is down to 45,000 acres. Upland cotton is expected to yield 866 pounds an acre, for a total production of 92,000 bales. Harvested acreage is down 13,000 acres to 51,000 in 2005. American-Pima cotton is expected to yield 1,047 pounds an acre, for a total production of 24,000 bales. Harvested acreage is up slightly by 500 acres to 11,000 acres. Sorghum for grain yield is forecasted at 45 bushels an acre, down slightly from 2004, with a total production of 4.1 million bushels. Peanut production is estimated at 60.8 million pounds. Growers expect to harvest 19,000 acres and to yield 3,200 pounds an acre.

UNITED STATES: Corn for grain acreage harvested and to be harvested for grain is forecast at 74.3 million acres, down fractionally from August but up 1 percent from 2004. All cotton production is forecast at 22.3 million 480-pound bales, up 5 percent from the August forecast but 4 percent below last year's production. Yield is expected to average 782 pounds per acre, 34 pounds above last month. Upland cotton harvested acreage, at 13.4 million acres, is up slightly from August and 5 percent above 2004. American-Pima harvested area, at 265,000 acres, is up 4,000 acres from last month and up 7 percent from last year. Sorghum production is forecast at 398 million bushels, up 5 percent from last month but down 13 percent from last year. Based on September 1 conditions, the sorghum yield forecast is 66.0 bushels per acre, up 2.9 bushels from August but down 3.8 bushels from last year. Peanut production is forecast at a record high 5.01 billion pounds, up 18 percent from last year's crop but down 3 percent from last month. Planted acres, at 1.65 million, are down fractionally from the June estimate but up 15 percent from last year. Area for harvest is expected to total 1.61 million acres, down 5,000 from the June estimate but up 15 percent from last year. Yields are expected to average 3,117 pounds per acre, down 73 pounds from August but up 60 pounds from 2004. Summer Potato production of summer potatoes is forecast at 16.1 million cwt. in 2005, down 1 percent from the July 1 forecast and 12 percent below the 2004 final estimate. If realized, this would be a record low production since the series began in 1949, six percent below the previous record low set in 1980. Harvested area is estimated at 48,300 acres, 800 acres below the July estimate and down 10 percent from last year, the previous record low. The average yield is forecast at 334 cwt. per acre, 3 cwt. above the July forecast but 6 cwt. below last year.