Hay Usage Increases
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/14 - SNS -- All hay stored on United States farms December 1, 2013 totaled 89.3 million tons, up 17% from a year ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
Disappearance from May 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013 totaled 60.5 million tons, compared with 64.7 million tons for the same period a year earlier.
Hay stocks were up from low 2012 levels as improved weather conditions lead to larger production totals in many states when compared with last year's drought. Hay stocks decreased in the Southeast, Delta and Southwest where production was lower in 2013.
Hay Stocks on Farms - States and United States: May 1 and December 1, 2012 and 2013
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: May 1 : December 1
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013
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: 1,000 tons
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Alabama .......: 269 215 1,620 1,470
Arizona .......: 35 35 240 200
Arkansas ......: 340 170 1,150 2,150
California ....: 240 320 1,900 1,900
Colorado ......: 230 360 1,600 1,400
Connecticut ...: 12 7 52 50
Delaware ......: 4 3 17 32
Florida .......: 42 25 470 460
Georgia .......: 169 250 1,200 1,150
Idaho .........: 700 570 2,100 2,350
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Illinois ......: 300 155 1,050 1,150
Indiana .......: 165 110 900 1,040
Iowa ..........: 500 290 1,840 2,750
Kansas ........: 650 460 3,000 4,500
Kentucky ......: 775 470 3,400 4,200
Louisiana .....: 70 150 905 500
Maine .........: 35 22 127 120
Maryland ......: 80 75 310 290
Massachusetts .: 15 12 81 69
Michigan ......: 360 140 850 1,140
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Minnesota .....: 900 490 2,800 3,180
Mississippi ...: 251 200 1,365 1,250
Missouri ......: 1,025 600 4,600 5,900
Montana .......: 1,550 860 3,800 4,700
Nebraska ......: 1,070 610 3,050 3,800
Nevada ........: 238 140 650 650
New Hampshire .: 13 10 49 21
New Jersey ....: 12 15 119 110
New Mexico ....: 120 105 600 400
New York ......: 327 150 1,800 2,000
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North Carolina : 369 240 1,200 1,380
North Dakota ..: 1,700 880 4,500 4,900
Ohio ..........: 308 140 1,200 1,500
Oklahoma ......: 500 700 2,900 3,900
Oregon ........: 275 230 1,700 1,700
Pennsylvania ..: 450 300 1,700 2,000
Rhode Island ..: 1 1 7 7
South Carolina : 80 110 440 440
South Dakota ..: 2,400 850 4,300 5,400
Tennessee .....: 716 425 2,700 3,370
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Texas .........: 950 1,650 6,100 5,900
Utah ..........: 350 230 900 1,250
Vermont .......: 45 36 200 205
Virginia ......: 900 410 2,300 2,450
Washington ....: 230 180 1,200 1,200
West Virginia .: 285 145 795 870
Wisconsin .....: 925 410 1,810 2,900
Wyoming .......: 400 200 950 1,000
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United States .: 21,381 14,156 76,547 89,304
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