Smaller Sorghum Harvest
WASHINGTON - Nov 9/16 - SNS -- Sorghum production in the United States is forecast at 462 million bushels, down 1% from last month and down 23% from last year, according to the USDA.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 6.05 million acres, unchanged from the October forecast but down 23% from 2015.
Based on November 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 76.5 bushels per acre, down 0.7 bushel from last month but up 0.5 bushel from last year. If realized, this will be the highest yield on record for the United States. A record high yield is expected in Kansas.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015 and
Forecasted November 1, 2016
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2016 : :
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 :-----------------------: 2015 : 2016
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- 1,000 bushels
:
Arkansas ........: 440 44 98.0 70.0 70.0 43,120 3,080
Colorado ........: 400 390 55.0 53.0 51.0 22,000 19,890
Kansas ..........: 3,200 2,900 88.0 91.0 89.0 281,600 258,100
Louisiana .......: 74 50 85.0 97.0 97.0 6,290 4,850
Mississippi .....: 115 12 79.0 87.0 87.0 9,085 1,044
Missouri ........: 140 56 94.0 100.0 93.0 13,160 5,208
Nebraska ........: 240 170 96.0 89.0 91.0 23,040 15,470
Oklahoma ........: 410 370 52.0 45.0 48.0 21,320 17,760
South Dakota ....: 220 215 83.0 77.0 82.0 18,260 17,630
Texas ...........: 2,450 1,700 61.0 65.0 65.0 149,450 110,500
:
Other States 1/ .: 162 138 58.2 62.6 62.6 9,426 8,635
:
United States ...: 7,851 6,045 76.0 77.2 76.5 596,751 462,167
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1/ For 2015, Other States include Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, and New Mexico. For 2016, Other
States include Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, and North Carolina. Individual State level
estimates will be published in the "Crop Production 2016 Summary."
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