Third Best Sorghum Yield
WASHINGTON - Sep 11/20 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 358 million bushels, up 5% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production update.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 4.85 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 4% from 2019.
Based on September 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 73.9 bushels per acre, 1 bushel above the 2019 yield of 73.0 bushels per acre. If realized, the average yield for the Nation will represent the third highest yield on record. Growers are expecting a record high yield in South Dakota.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and
Forecasted September 1, 2020
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2020 : :
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 :-----------------------: 2019 : 2020
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- 1,000 bushels
:
Colorado ...........: 310 330 41.0 40.0 36.0 12,710 11,880
Kansas .............: 2,400 2,550 85.0 93.0 85.0 204,000 216,750
Nebraska ...........: 130 120 93.0 93.0 93.0 12,090 11,160
Oklahoma ...........: 260 275 51.0 55.0 44.0 13,260 12,100
South Dakota .......: 175 120 80.0 86.0 86.0 14,000 10,320
Texas ..............: 1,400 1,450 61.0 58.0 66.0 85,400 95,700
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United States ......: 4,675 4,845 73.0 76.6 73.9 341,460 357,910
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