U.S. Sorghum Production Summary - 1929-2015
Sorghum Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Utilization, Price, and Value - United States: 1929-2015
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Acreage for : : : : : : :
: all purposes : Harvested for grain : Harvested for silage : Forage
Year :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: grazed
: : : : Yield : : Price per : Value of : : Yield : : hogged
: Planted : Hv 1/ : Acres : per acre : Production : bushel 2/ : production : Acres : per acre : Production :
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: ----------- 1,000 ac ----------- bu 1,000 bu dollars 1,000 dollars 1,000 ac tons 1,000 t 1,000 ac
:
1929 ......: 8,830 8,235 3,523 14.2 49,967 1.350 37,240 103 6.10 628 4,609
1930 ......: 9,447 8,672 3,477 10.8 37,561 1.020 20,788 106 5.40 572 5,089
1931 ......: 10,685 9,968 4,443 16.2 71,914 0.538 21,573 133 5.80 775 5,392
1932 ......: 12,070 10,804 4,400 15.0 66,097 0.555 19,669 232 5.80 1,345 6,172
1933 ......: 12,602 11,428 4,354 12.5 54,386 0.909 27,515 377 4.80 1,791 6,697
1934 ......: 14,612 11,394 2,396 8.0 19,209 1.560 18,201 816 2.80 2,244 8,182
1935 ......: 16,492 14,335 4,597 12.5 57,610 0.973 31,855 666 4.70 3,133 9,072
1936 ......: 13,355 10,517 2,793 10.8 30,270 1.640 28,709 749 3.80 2,874 6,975
1937 ......: 13,001 11,531 4,915 14.2 69,948 0.918 35,053 580 5.20 2,988 6,036
1938 ......: 15,561 14,075 4,699 14.3 67,210 0.725 26,261 740 6.10 4,512 8,636
1939 ......: 17,863 15,490 4,760 11.2 53,280 1.040 30,321 904 4.80 4,364 9,826
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1940 ......: 21,208 19,184 6,374 13.5 85,824 0.873 41,019 1,081 5.80 6,217 11,729
1941 ......: 18,800 17,729 6,015 18.9 113,543 1.030 62,319 1,233 6.40 7,896 10,481
1942 ......: 16,082 14,783 5,991 18.3 109,653 1.410 85,223 927 6.50 6,032 7,865
1943 ......: 17,726 16,206 6,889 15.9 109,536 2.040 124,885 913 5.20 4,733 8,404
1944 ......: 18,458 17,851 9,386 19.7 184,978 1.630 168,898 879 6.40 5,644 7,586
1945 ......: 15,668 14,352 6,324 15.2 96,063 2.140 114,756 671 5.30 3,570 7,357
1946 ......: 14,266 13,249 6,669 15.9 106,025 2.500 147,402 623 5.80 3,587 5,957
1947 ......: 11,277 10,719 5,480 17.0 93,217 3.270 171,032 649 5.10 3,338 4,590
1948 ......: 13,214 12,599 7,317 18.0 131,384 2.290 168,235 602 7.20 4,318 4,680
1949 ......: 11,064 10,736 6,602 22.5 148,494 2.020 166,994 513 7.10 3,640 3,621
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1950 ......: 16,055 15,356 10,346 22.6 233,536 1.880 245,344 706 7.30 5,176 4,304
1951 ......: 15,028 13,949 8,544 19.1 162,863 2.360 215,468 855 6.90 5,858 4,550
1952 ......: 12,289 10,698 5,326 17.0 90,741 2.820 142,222 794 5.30 4,218 4,578
1953 ......: 14,590 12,192 6,295 18.4 115,719 2.360 152,036 1,083 6.00 6,506 4,814
1954 ......: 20,148 18,130 11,718 20.1 235,575 2.250 296,064 1,359 5.60 7,603 5,053
1955 ......: 23,921 20,791 12,891 18.8 242,638 1.740 238,005 1,758 5.50 9,643 6,142
1956 ......: 21,384 16,808 9,209 22.2 204,881 2.050 236,024 1,463 6.30 9,194 6,136
1957 ......: 26,886 25,662 19,682 28.8 567,506 1.740 550,600 1,989 8.30 16,560 3,991
1958 ......: 20,675 20,060 16,524 35.2 581,012 1.780 579,636 1,418 9.30 13,155 2,118
1959 ......: 19,508 19,018 15,406 36.1 555,441 1.530 472,078 1,347 8.60 11,640 2,265
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1960 ......: 19,598 19,150 15,601 39.7 619,954 1.490 514,886 1,386 9.10 12,618 2,163
1961 ......: 14,294 13,991 10,985 43.7 480,208 1.800 483,067 1,305 10.00 13,005 1,701
1962 ......: 15,060 14,758 11,571 44.1 510,284 1.820 516,509 1,227 10.50 12,907 1,960
1963 ......: 17,516 16,964 13,326 43.9 585,394 1.740 567,792 1,273 10.10 12,826 2,365
1964 ......: 16,770 15,751 11,742 41.7 489,796 1.880 511,988 1,200 9.40 11,249 2,809
1965 ......: 17,079 16,600 13,029 51.6 672,698 1.760 659,146 1,195 10.30 12,324 2,376
1966 ......: 16,372 15,966 12,813 55.8 714,992 1.820 729,600 1,089 10.90 11,851 2,064
1967 ......: 18,945 18,351 14,988 50.4 755,344 1.770 744,168 1,036 9.90 10,236 2,327
1968 ......: 17,793 17,302 13,890 52.6 731,277 1.690 690,608 908 10.70 9,749 2,504
1969 ......: 17,231 16,835 13,437 54.3 729,919 1.910 771,510 798 11.70 9,360 2,600
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Sorghum Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Utilization, Price, and Value -
United States: 1929-2015 (continued)
[Blank data cells indicate a program change or that the estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Acreage for : : : : : : :
: all purposes : Harvested for grain : Harvested for silage : Forage
Year :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: grazed
: : : : Yield : : Price per : Value of : : Yield : : hogged
: Planted : Hv 1/ : Acres : per acre : Production : bushel 2/ : production : Acres : per acre : Production :
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: ----------- 1,000 ac ----------- bu 1,000 bu dollars 1,000 dollars 1,000 ac tons 1,000 t 1,000 ac
:
1970 ......: 16,957 16,476 13,568 50.4 683,179 2.04 779,630 741 9.7 7,204 2,167
1971 ......: 20,547 19,828 16,142 53.8 867,997 1.86 895,808 1,011 10.9 10,998 2,675
1972 ......: 17,035 16,479 13,212 60.7 801,350 2.45 1,096,062 840 11.8 9,946 2,427
1973 ......: 18,994 18,629 15,700 58.8 923,224 3.82 1,978,268 836 11.4 9,520 2,093
1974 ......: 17,588 16,694 13,809 45.1 622,711 4.95 1,721,927 745 9.8 7,279 2,140
1975 ......: 18,080 17,604 15,403 49.0 754,354 4.21 1,777,100 763 9.8 7,492 1,438
1976 ......: 18,143 17,061 14,466 49.1 710,797 3.63 1,431,190 793 9.2 7,317 1,802
1977 ......: 16,636 16,192 13,797 56.6 780,944 3.25 1,411,570 839 10.9 9,184 1,556
1978 ......: 16,197 15,583 13,410 54.5 731,270 3.59 1,464,208 724 10.9 7,920 1,449
1979 ......: 15,277 14,876 12,901 62.6 807,422 4.19 1,880,177 764 11.8 8,990 1,211
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1980 ......: 15,639 14,659 12,513 46.3 579,343 5.19 1,704,691 734 9.5 7,003 1,412
1981 ......: 15,930 15,487 13,677 64.0 875,835 4.01 2,029,584 786 12.0 9,447 1,024
1982 ......: 16,028 15,654 14,137 59.1 835,083 4.41 1,927,535 603 12.3 7,403 914
1983 ......: 11,880 11,387 10,001 48.7 487,521 4.89 1,384,161 639 10.3 6,572 747
1984 ......: 17,254 16,643 15,355 56.4 866,241 4.15 2,050,471 609 10.6 6,472 679
1985 ......: 18,285 17,942 16,782 66.8 1,120,271 3.45 2,243,450 534 12.3 6,566 626
1986 ......: 15,339 14,361 13,862 67.7 938,869 2.45 1,323,441 499 11.8 5,878
1987 ......: 11,756 10,960 10,531 69.4 730,809 3.04 1,179,444 429 12.4 5,307
1988 ......: 10,343 9,560 9,042 63.8 576,686 4.05 1,337,424 518 10.1 5,252
1989 ......: 12,642 11,644 11,103 55.4 615,420 3.75 1,287,739 541 10.4 5,647
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1990 ......: 10,535 9,616 9,089 63.1 573,303 3.79 1,220,501 527 10.2 5,377
1991 ......: 11,064 10,353 9,870 59.3 584,860 4.01 1,331,302 483 10.0 4,846
1992 ......: 13,177 12,503 12,050 72.6 875,022 3.38 1,667,194 453 12.1 5,468
1993 ......: 9,882 9,267 8,916 59.9 534,172 4.13 1,234,500 351 11.2 3,914
1994 ......: 9,787 9,244 8,882 72.7 645,741 3.80 1,317,149 362 11.9 4,316
1995 ......: 9,429 8,666 8,253 55.6 458,648 5.69 1,389,772 413 10.3 4,242
1996 ......: 13,097 12,234 11,811 67.3 795,274 4.17 1,986,316 423 11.8 4,976
1997 ......: 10,052 9,570 9,158 69.2 633,545 3.95 1,408,534 412 13.1 5,385
1998 ......: 9,626 8,031 7,723 67.3 519,933 2.97 904,123 308 11.4 3,526
1999 ......: 9,288 8,864 8,544 69.7 595,166 2.80 937,081 320 11.6 3,716
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2000 ......: 9,195 8,004 7,726 60.9 470,526 3.37 845,755 278 10.5 2,932
2001 ......: 10,248 8,931 8,579 59.9 514,040 3.46 978,783 352 11.0 3,860
2002 ......: 9,589 7,533 7,125 50.6 360,713 4.14 855,140 408 9.6 3,913
2003 ......: 9,420 8,141 7,798 52.7 411,219 4.26 964,937 343 10.4 3,558
2004 ......: 7,486 6,869 6,517 69.6 453,606 3.19 843,344 352 13.6 4,782
2005 ......: 6,454 6,047 5,736 68.5 392,739 3.33 736,629 311 13.6 4,224
2006 ......: 6,522 5,284 4,937 56.1 276,824 5.88 883,204 347 13.3 4,612
2007 ......: 7,712 7,184 6,792 73.2 497,445 7.28 1,925,312 392 13.4 5,246
2008 ......: 8,404 7,724 7,312 65.1 475,855 5.72 1,641,963 412 13.9 5,710
2009 ......: 6,599 5,757 5,502 69.4 381,605 5.75 1,202,331 255 14.5 3,693
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2010 ......: 5,369 5,078 4,806 71.9 345,464 8.96 1,616,773 272 12.5 3,412
2011 ......: 5,451 4,171 3,945 54.0 212,993 10.70 1,259,635 226 10.4 2,353
2012 ......: 6,259 5,348 4,995 49.6 247,742 11.30 1,606,237 353 11.9 4,196
2013 ......: 8,076 6,965 6,585 59.6 392,331 7.64 1,716,927 380 14.3 5,420
2014 ......: 7,138 6,716 6,401 67.6 432,575 7.20 1,721,330 315 13.1 4,123
2015 ......: 8,459 8,157 7,851 76.0 596,751 5.90 2,080,568 306 14.6 4,475
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1/ Includes acres for syrup.
2/ United States prices weighted by sales. Price per cwt. beginning in 2000.
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