Little Change in Barley Crop
WASHINGTON - Jul 11/13 - SNS -- Barley production in the United States is forecast at 220 million bushels, down fractionally from 2012, according to the latest crop production estimates from the USDA.
Based on conditions as of July 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 71.4 bushels per acre, up 3.5 bushels from last year. Area harvested for grain or seed, at 3.08 million acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but down 5% from 2012.
In Utah, producers are expecting a record high yield. When compared with last year, yield was expected to increase throughout much of the United States due to timely rainfall during the growing season. Conversely, hot, dry conditions coupled with a less than adequate supply of irrigation water in the Pacific Coast States led to expected decreases in yield this year.
With persistently wet weather causing significant seeding delays in Minnesota and North Dakota throughout much of spring, producers had sown 83% of the Nation's crop by June 2, seventeen percentage points behind last year and 10 percentage points behind the 5-year average.
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