Sorghum Crop May Jump 32%
WASHINGTON - Aug 13/15 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 573 million bushels, up 32% from last year, according to the USDA's first productiuon forecast for 2015.
If realized, this will represent the highest production total in the United States since 1999. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 7.67 million acres, down 1% from June but 20% more than was harvested in 2014. Based on August 1 conditions, yield is forecast at a record 74.6 bushels per acre, 7 bushels above the 2014 average and 1.4 bushels higher than the previous record yield set in 2007. Record high yields are expected in Arkansas, Illinois, and Mississippi. Planted area for the Nation is estimated at 8.74 million acres, down 1% from June.
As of August 2, 57% of the sorghum crop was headed, 3 percentage points ahead of the same time last year and 4 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average.
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