Sorghum Yields Seen Better
WASHINGTON - Sep 11/15 - SNS -- This year's U.S. sorghum crop is forecast at 574 million bushels, up less than 1% from last month and up 33% from last year, accordoing to the USDA's latest crop production update.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 7.67 million acres, unchanged from August 1 but up 20% from 2014. Based on September 1 conditions, yield is forecast at a record 74.9 bushels per acre, up 0.3 bushel from last month and up 7.3 bushels from last year. A record high yield is expected in Nebraska.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2014 and
Forecasted September 1, 2015
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2015 : :
: 2014 : 2015 : 2014 :-----------------------: 2014 : 2015
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: 1,000 acres ---------- bushels ---------- 1,000 bushels
:
Arkansas ........: 165 480 97.0 105.0 100.0 16,005 48,000
Colorado ........: 280 300 30.0 40.0 40.0 8,400 12,000
Illinois ........: 21 43 106.0 109.0 100.0 2,226 4,300
Kansas ..........: 2,700 2,900 74.0 79.0 82.0 199,800 237,800
Louisiana .......: 96 82 93.0 89.0 80.0 8,928 6,560
Mississippi .....: 105 95 80.0 95.0 93.0 8,400 8,835
Missouri ........: 73 160 101.0 88.0 91.0 7,373 14,560
Nebraska ........: 160 220 82.0 92.0 98.0 13,120 21,560
New Mexico ......: 60 70 42.0 47.0 50.0 2,520 3,500
Oklahoma ........: 310 430 56.0 59.0 59.0 17,360 25,370
South Dakota ....: 150 160 63.0 73.0 73.0 9,450 11,680
Texas ...........: 2,250 2,700 61.0 68.0 66.0 137,250 178,200
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Other States 1/ .: 31 33 56.2 57.2 61.2 1,743 2,018
:
United States ...: 6,401 7,673 67.6 74.6 74.9 432,575 574,383
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1/ Other States include Arizona and Georgia. Individual State level estimates will be published
in the "Crop Production 2015 Summary."
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