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October Crop Production


NEW MEXICO: Corn for Grain acreage harvested is expected to total 45,000 acres, with a yield of 180 bushels an acre, for a total production of 8.1 million bushels. Upland cotton acreage harvested totaled 51,000 acres, with a forecasted yield of 866 pounds an acre, for a total production of 92,000 bales. American-Pima cotton harvested acreage totaled 11,000 acres, with a yield of 916 pounds an acre and a production of 21,000 bales. Sorghum for grain harvested acreage totaled 90,000 acres, with an average yield of 45 bushels an acre. Production is expected to total 60.8 million bushels. Peanut harvested acreage totaled 19,000 acres. The yield is estimated at 3,200 pounds an acre with a total production of 60.8 million pounds. Dry bean acreage is up slightly to 6,300 acres, while yield is down to 2,000 pounds an acre for a total production of 126,000 hundredweight. Alfalfa acreage totaled 250,000 acres with a yield of 5.2 tons an acre. Production is forecasted at 1.3 million tons.

UNITED STATES: Corn for grain acreage harvested and to be harvested for grain was also updated in a number of States and is now forecast at 74.3 million acres, up 15,000 acres from September and 1 percent higher than 2004. All cotton production is forecast at 22.7 million 480-pound bales, up 2 percent from the September forecast but 2 percent below last year's record high production. Yield is expected to average 797 pounds per acre, up 15 pounds from last month but down 58 pounds from 2004. The October area expected for harvest remains unchanged from last month at 13.7 million acres but is up 5 percent from 2004. Upland cotton area for harvest, at 13.4 million acres, is unchanged from last month's forecast but is up 5 percent from last year. American-Pima harvested acres are unchanged from last month but are up 7 percent from 2004. Sorghum production is forecast at 375 million bushels, down 6 percent from last month and down 18 percent from last year. Based on October 1 conditions, the sorghum yield forecast is 66.0 bushels per acre, unchanged from September but down 3.8 bushels from last year. Peanuts production is forecast at 4.92 billion pounds, up 15 percent from last year's crop but down 2 percent from last month. Area for harvest is expected to total 1.61 million acres, unchanged from September but up 15 percent from last year. Yields are expected to average 3,061 pounds per acre, down 56 pounds from September and down 15 pounds from 2004. U.S. dry edible bean production is forecast at 26.1 million cwt for 2005, up 1 percent from the August forecast and 47 percent above last year. Harvested acreage is forecast at 1.52 million acres, 1 percent below the August forecast but up 25 percent from last year. Alfalfa production is forecast at 75.9 million tons, up 3 percent from the August forecast and up 1 percent from last year.


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

62.0

850

875

132.0

113.0

   Upland Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

64.0

51.0

848

866

113.0

92.0

   A-P Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

10.5

11.0

869

916

19.0

21.0

Sorghum for Grain

Bu.

92

90

46.0

45.0

4,232

4,050

Peanuts

Lb.

17.0

19.0

3,500

3,200

59,500

60,800

Dry Edible Beans 3/ 4/

Lb.

6.0

6.3

2,600

2,000

156

126

Alfalfa, Hay

Ton

240

250

4.90

5.20

1,176

1,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corn for Grain 

Bu.

73,632

74,333

160.4

146.1

11,807,217

10,857,440

All Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

13,057.0

13,673.0

855

797

23,250.7

22,717.0

   Upland Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

12,809.0

13,408.0

843

788

22,505.1

22,013.0

   A-P Cotton 1/ 2/

Lb.

248.0

265.0

1,443

1,275

745.6

704.0

Sorghum for Grain

Bu.

6,517

5,687

69.8

66.0

454,899

375,105

Peanuts

Lb.

1,394.0

1,607.0

3,076

3,061

4,288,200

4,919,300

Dry Edible Beans 3/ 4/

Lb.

1,219.3

1,522.1

1,460

1,715

17,799

26,109

Alfalfa, Hay

Ton

21,707

22,118

3.47

3.43

75,383

75,940

1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ Production in 480-Lb. Net weight bales. 3/ Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast. 4/ Production in cwt.




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