Better Sorghum Yields
WASHINGTON - Nov 10/15 - SNS -- Sorghum production in the U.S. is forecast at 594 million bushels, up 4% from last month and up 37% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates for 2015.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 7.65 million acres, unchanged from October but up 19% from 2014. Based on November 1 conditions, yield is forecast at a record 77.7 bushels per acre, up 2.7 bushels from last month and up 10.1 bushels from last year. Record high yields are expected in Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
As of November 1, sorghum harvest was 79% complete, 15 percentage points ahead of last year and 7 percentage points ahead of the five-year average.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2014 and
Forecasted November 1, 2015
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2015 : :
: 2014 : 2015 : 2014 :-----------------------: 2014 : 2015
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres ---------- bushels ---------- 1,000 bushels
:
Arkansas ........: 165 430 97.0 100.0 100.0 16,005 43,000
Colorado ........: 280 350 30.0 40.0 40.0 8,400 14,000
Illinois ........: 21 37 106.0 100.0 100.0 2,226 3,700
Kansas ..........: 2,700 3,150 74.0 82.0 88.0 199,800 277,200
Louisiana .......: 96 77 93.0 70.0 70.0 8,928 5,390
Mississippi .....: 105 115 80.0 89.0 87.0 8,400 10,005
Missouri ........: 73 140 101.0 95.0 99.0 7,373 13,860
Nebraska ........: 160 240 82.0 100.0 106.0 13,120 25,440
New Mexico ......: 60 64 42.0 45.0 56.0 2,520 3,584
Oklahoma ........: 310 400 56.0 55.0 54.0 17,360 21,600
South Dakota ....: 150 210 63.0 78.0 86.0 9,450 18,060
Texas ...........: 2,250 2,400 61.0 66.0 65.0 137,250 156,000
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Other States 1/ .: 31 32 56.2 61.5 61.5 1,743 1,968
:
United States ...: 6,401 7,645 67.6 75.0 77.7 432,575 593,807
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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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