Modest Drop in U.S. Hay Area
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/14 - SNS -- Farmers in the United States intend to harvest 57.6 million acres of all hay in 2014, down 1% from 2013, according to the USDA's seeded area report for 2014.
The expected harvested area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, at 18.2 million acres, is up 2% from 2013. Expected harvested area for all other types of hay totals 39.5 million acres, down 3% from 2013.
Harvested area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures is expected to increase throughout much of the upper Midwest and Northern Plains due to timely precipitation this spring. Other hay harvested acreage is expected to decline throughout much of the United States.
All hay record high acreages are expected to be harvested in Florida and Oklahoma. Record lows are expected in Maryland, Nebraska, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Hay Area Harvested by Type - States and United States: 2013 and 2014
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: All hay : Alfalfa and : All other
: : alfalfa mixtures : :
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2013 : 2014 1/ : 2013 : 2014 1/ : 2013 : 2014 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama 2/ .......: 790 750 (NA) (NA) 790 750
Arizona ..........: 285 305 250 270 35 35
Arkansas .........: 1,335 1,225 5 5 1,330 1,220
California .......: 1,440 1,370 900 930 540 440
Colorado .........: 1,310 1,330 650 750 660 580
Connecticut ......: 47 54 7 7 40 47
Delaware .........: 18 14 6 4 12 10
Florida 2/ .......: 300 320 (NA) (NA) 300 320
Georgia 2/ .......: 580 580 (NA) (NA) 580 580
Idaho ............: 1,480 1,470 1,120 1,080 360 390
:
Illinois .........: 660 650 340 320 320 330
Indiana ..........: 640 600 280 240 360 360
Iowa .............: 1,170 1,080 730 730 440 350
Kansas ...........: 2,750 2,550 550 550 2,200 2,000
Kentucky .........: 2,600 2,630 200 180 2,400 2,450
Louisiana 2/ .....: 400 410 (NA) (NA) 400 410
Maine ............: 135 150 10 10 125 140
Maryland .........: 225 180 30 30 195 150
Massachusetts ....: 84 82 9 11 75 71
Michigan .........: 940 970 610 640 330 330
:
Minnesota ........: 1,900 1,800 950 1,000 950 800
Mississippi 2/ ...: 720 600 (NA) (NA) 720 600
Missouri .........: 4,050 3,920 350 320 3,700 3,600
Montana ..........: 2,800 2,750 1,800 1,850 1,000 900
Nebraska .........: 2,500 2,370 700 720 1,800 1,650
Nevada ...........: 345 390 210 250 135 140
New Hampshire ....: 50 49 5 4 45 45
New Jersey .......: 97 106 17 14 80 92
New Mexico .......: 230 335 145 220 85 115
New York .........: 1,430 1,390 350 320 1,080 1,070
:
North Carolina ...: 858 778 8 8 850 770
North Dakota .....: 2,620 2,380 1,620 1,540 1,000 840
Ohio .............: 1,070 1,050 330 330 740 720
Oklahoma .........: 3,130 3,510 230 310 2,900 3,200
Oregon ...........: 1,020 1,050 400 390 620 660
Pennsylvania .....: 1,260 1,290 340 340 920 950
Rhode Island .....: 8 7 1 1 7 6
South Carolina 2/ : 290 280 (NA) (NA) 290 280
South Dakota .....: 3,050 3,220 1,800 1,820 1,250 1,400
Tennessee ........: 1,915 1,866 15 16 1,900 1,850
:
Texas ............: 5,640 5,440 140 140 5,500 5,300
Utah .............: 725 710 550 550 175 160
Vermont ..........: 180 170 35 35 145 135
Virginia .........: 1,240 1,275 90 75 1,150 1,200
Washington .......: 760 920 410 470 350 450
West Virginia ....: 590 570 20 20 570 550
Wisconsin ........: 1,600 1,600 1,100 1,150 500 450
Wyoming ..........: 990 1,100 450 540 540 560
:
United States ....: 58,257 57,646 17,763 18,190 40,494 39,456
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures included in all other hay.
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