WASHINGTON - Aug 10/17 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 369 million bushels, down 23% from last year, according to the latest USDA production estimate's of the season.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 5.31 million acres, unchanged from the June forecast but down 14% from 2016. Based on August 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 69.6 bushels per acre, 8.3 bushels below the 2016 record high yield of 77.9 bushels per acre.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016 and Forecasted August 1, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 acres -- ---- bushels --- -- 1,000 bushels -- : Arkansas ...........: 44 23 73.0 80.0 3,212 1,840 Colorado ...........: 415 410 50.0 55.0 20,750 22,550 Kansas .............: 2,950 2,450 91.0 79.0 268,450 193,550 Louisiana ..........: 46 13 102.0 95.0 4,692 1,235 Mississippi ........: 11 9 89.0 89.0 979 801 Missouri ...........: 54 32 95.0 95.0 5,130 3,040 Nebraska ...........: 175 110 102.0 92.0 17,850 10,120 Oklahoma ...........: 370 290 55.0 40.0 20,350 11,600 South Dakota .......: 200 240 79.0 59.0 15,800 14,160 Texas ..............: 1,750 1,600 66.0 65.0 115,500 104,000 : Other States 1/ ....: 148 134 51.0 48.6 7,548 6,510 : United States ......: 6,163 5,311 77.9 69.6 480,261 369,406 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States include Georgia, Illinois, New Mexico, and North Carolina. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Crop Production 2017 Summary."
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