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NEW
MEXICO: The
first pecan forecast for the 2005 pecan production year as of October 1st,
is 62 million pounds, a new record for production in New Mexico. The 2005 forecast
shows an increase of 23 million pounds from 2004, an “off” year
in the alternate bearing cycle of our trees. Compared to the last “on”
year in the cycle, 2005's production is currently expected to be 7 million pounds
higher than 2003's 55 million pounds of pecans.
UNITED
STATES: The October 1
forecast for 2005 pecan utilized production is 289 million pounds (in-shell
basis), up 55 percent from last year's crop and 2 percent above 2003. Improved
varieties are expected to produce 232 million pounds or 80 percent of the total,
while the Native and seedling varieties, at 57.0 million pounds, make up the
remaining 20 percent. The 2005 crop is expected to be larger than last year's,
in most producing States, mainly because it is an up year in the alternate bearing
pattern typical of pecans. Louisiana and Mississippi are exceptions to the high
cycle due to extensive hurricane damage to trees.
All Pecans: Utilized Production 2003-04 and Forecasted October 1, 2005 |
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State |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
|
---------------------------------------------------1,000 Pounds--------------------------------------------- |
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AL |
8,000 |
1,100 |
3,500 |
AZ |
22,500 |
14,000 |
21,000 |
AR |
3,800 |
1,700 |
3,000 |
CA |
3,700 |
3,500 |
3,900 |
FL |
2,100 |
500 |
1,400 |
GA |
75,000 |
45,000 |
90,000 |
KS |
2,000 |
1,800 |
3,100 |
LA |
20,000 |
9,000 |
4,000 |
MS |
7,000 |
1,000 |
800 |
MO 1/ |
--- |
--- |
1,500 |
NM |
55,000 |
39,000 |
62,000 |
NC |
2,500 |
100 |
2,000 |
OK |
6,000 |
28,000 |
20,000 |
SC |
4,500 |
1,100 |
2,500 |
TX |
70,000 |
40,000 |
70,000 |
US |
282,100 |
185,800 |
288,700 |
1/ Estimates began in 2005.