Sorghum Estimate Rises 3%
WASHINGTON - Nov 8/19 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 358 million bushels, up 3% from the previous forecast but down 2% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop report.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 4.72 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 7% from 2018.
Based on November 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 75.9 bushels per acre, 2.0 bushels higher than the previous forecast and 3.8 bushels per acre above the 2018 yield of 72.1 bushels per acre
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and
Forecasted November 1, 2019
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2019 : :
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 :-----------------------: 2018 : 2019
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres ---------- bushels ---------- 1,000 bushels
:
Arkansas 1/ ........: 10 (NA) 77.0 (NA) (NA) 770 (NA)
Colorado ...........: 325 325 53.0 45.0 48.0 17,225 15,600
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 82.0 86.0 233,200 206,400
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 ...........: 170 140 94.0 93.0 98.0 15,980 13,720
New Mexico 1/ ......: 47 (NA) 38.0 (NA) (NA) 1,786 (NA)
:
North Carolina 1/ ..: 8 (NA) 60.0 (NA) (NA) 480 (NA)
Oklahoma ...........: 240 270 50.0 52.0 52.0 12,000 14,040
South Dakota .......: 200 180 80.0 83.0 86.0 16,000 15,480
Texas ..............: 1,350 1,400 46.0 68.0 66.0 62,100 92,400
:
United States ......: 5,061 4,715 72.1 73.9 75.9 364,986 357,640
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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