Modest Drop in Sorghum Estimates
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/19 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 352 million bushels, down 1% from the previous forecast and down 4% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 4.74 million acres, down 1% from the previous forecast and down 6% from 2018. Based on September 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 74.3 bushels per acre, 0.4 bushel higher than the previous forecast and 2.2 bushels per acre above the 2018 yield of 72.1 bushels per acre. Growers are expecting record high yields in South Dakota.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and
Forecasted September 1, 2019
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2019 : :
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 :-----------------------: 2018 : 2019
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: 1,000 acres ---------- bushels ---------- 1,000 bushels
:
Arkansas 1/ ........: 10 (NA) 77.0 (NA) (NA) 770 (NA)
Colorado ...........: 325 335 53.0 50.0 48.0 17,225 16,080
Georgia 1/ .........: 15 (NA) 53.0 (NA) (NA) 795 (NA)
Illinois 1/ ........: 16 (NA) 111.0 (NA) (NA) 1,776 (NA)
Kansas .............: 2,650 2,400 88.0 79.0 82.0 233,200 196,800
Louisiana 1/ .......: 6 (NA) 84.0 (NA) (NA) 504 (NA)
Mississippi 1/ .....: 3 (NA) 90.0 (NA) (NA) 270 (NA)
Missouri 1/ ........: 21 (NA) 100.0 (NA) (NA) 2,100 (NA)
Nebraska ...........: 170 165 94.0 94.0 93.0 15,980 15,345
New Mexico 1/ ......: 47 (NA) 38.0 (NA) (NA) 1,786 (NA)
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North Carolina 1/ ..: 8 (NA) 60.0 (NA) (NA) 480 (NA)
Oklahoma ...........: 240 265 50.0 53.0 53.0 12,000 14,045
South Dakota .......: 200 170 80.0 77.0 83.0 16,000 14,110
Texas ..............: 1,350 1,400 46.0 72.0 68.0 62,100 95,200
:
United States ......: 5,061 4,735 72.1 73.9 74.3 364,986 351,580
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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