U.S. Hay Harvest Area Unchanged
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/13 - SNS -- Hay producers intend to harvest 56.6 million acres of all hay in 2013, up slightly from 2012, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2013.
Expected harvested area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, at 17.7 million acres, is up 2% from 2012. Expected area for all other types of hay totals 39.0 million acres, down fractionally from 2012.
Harvested area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures is expected to decline throughout much of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains due to unfavorably hot, dry conditions throughout much of the spring and into summer. Exceptional drought coupled with inadequate snow-melt and irrigation water supplies triggered a significant reduction in expected acreage in Colorado.
Other hay acreage is expected to increase in States situated from the northern Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes, as timely spring rainfall boosted hay field and pasture growth. Additionally, several States had a large amount of acreage come out of CRP.
Hay Area Harvested by Type - States and United States: 2012 and 2013
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: All hay : Alfalfa and : All other
: : alfalfa mixtures :
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 1/ : 2012 : 2013 1/ : 2012 : 2013 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama 2/ .......: 860 860 (NA) (NA) 860 860
Arizona ..........: 295 300 250 260 45 40
Arkansas .........: 1,450 1,360 10 10 1,440 1,350
California .......: 1,550 1,430 950 900 600 530
Colorado .........: 1,460 1,370 750 650 710 720
Connecticut ......: 58 52 7 5 51 47
Delaware .........: 16 16 6 6 10 10
Florida 2/ .......: 320 300 (NA) (NA) 320 300
Georgia 2/ .......: 580 580 (NA) (NA) 580 580
Idaho ............: 1,340 1,430 1,040 1,150 300 280
:
Illinois .........: 580 600 330 330 250 270
Indiana ..........: 630 630 280 280 350 350
Iowa .............: 1,140 1,110 730 700 410 410
Kansas ...........: 2,750 2,700 650 600 2,100 2,100
Kentucky .........: 2,380 2,350 180 200 2,200 2,150
Louisiana 2/ .....: 460 450 (NA) (NA) 460 450
Maine ............: 130 118 10 8 120 110
Maryland .........: 205 230 30 30 175 200
Massachusetts ....: 69 65 9 10 60 55
Michigan .........: 970 940 660 610 310 330
:
Minnesota ........: 1,750 1,880 850 930 900 950
Mississippi 2/ ...: 750 720 (NA) (NA) 750 720
Missouri .........: 3,660 3,510 260 260 3,400 3,250
Montana ..........: 2,200 2,700 1,500 1,850 700 850
Nebraska .........: 2,570 2,600 770 700 1,800 1,900
Nevada ...........: 415 420 240 250 175 170
New Hampshire ....: 52 50 5 5 47 45
New Jersey .......: 105 90 17 15 88 75
New Mexico .......: 285 240 200 180 85 60
New York .........: 1,560 1,490 410 390 1,150 1,100
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North Carolina ...: 662 759 7 9 655 750
North Dakota .....: 2,190 2,230 1,290 1,280 900 950
Ohio .............: 1,100 1,060 350 310 750 750
Oklahoma .........: 3,190 3,230 190 230 3,000 3,000
Oregon ...........: 1,000 980 380 400 620 580
Pennsylvania .....: 1,420 1,380 400 380 1,020 1,000
Rhode Island .....: 8 9 1 1 7 8
South Carolina 2/ : 250 320 (NA) (NA) 250 320
South Dakota .....: 3,100 3,080 1,850 1,780 1,250 1,300
Tennessee ........: 1,765 1,865 15 15 1,750 1,850
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Texas ............: 5,100 4,790 100 90 5,000 4,700
Utah .............: 660 735 500 570 160 165
Vermont ..........: 185 170 35 30 150 140
Virginia .........: 1,305 1,290 85 90 1,220 1,200
Washington .......: 780 770 400 400 380 370
West Virginia ....: 630 628 20 18 610 610
Wisconsin ........: 1,450 1,780 1,050 1,280 400 500
Wyoming ..........: 875 950 475 450 400 500
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United States ....: 56,260 56,617 17,292 17,662 38,968 38,955
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures included in all other hay.
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