Sorghum Output Up 9%
WASHINGTON - Oct 9/20 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 371 million bushels, up 4% from the previous forecast and up 9% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimate.
Acreage updates were made in several States following a thorough review of all available data. Planted area, at 5.79 million acres, is up 3% from the previous estimate and up 10% from last year. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 5.0 million acres, up 3% from the previous forecast and up 7% from 2019.
Based on October 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 74.1 bushels per acre, 0.2 bushel higher than the previous forecast and 1.1 bushels per acre above the 2019 yield of 73.0 bushels per acre. Growers are expecting a record high yield in South Dakota.
Sorghum Area Planted for All Purpose and Harvested for Grain - States and United States:
2019 and 2020
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Colorado .........: 365 375 310 300
Kansas ...........: 2,600 3,000 2,400 2,760
Nebraska .........: 200 195 130 135
Oklahoma .........: 300 310 260 255
South Dakota .....: 250 210 175 100
Texas ............: 1,550 1,700 1,400 1,450
:
United States ....: 5,265 5,790 4,675 5,000
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1/ Forecasted.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and
Forecasted October 1, 2020
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2020 : :
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 :-----------------------: 2019 : 2020
: : : :September 1: October 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- 1,000 bushels
:
Colorado ...........: 310 300 41.0 36.0 40.0 12,710 12,000
Kansas .............: 2,400 2,760 85.0 85.0 86.0 204,000 237,360
Nebraska ...........: 130 135 93.0 93.0 89.0 12,090 12,015
Oklahoma ...........: 260 255 51.0 44.0 42.0 13,260 10,710
South Dakota .......: 175 100 80.0 86.0 86.0 14,000 8,600
Texas ..............: 1,400 1,450 61.0 66.0 62.0 85,400 89,900
:
United States ......: 4,675 5,000 73.0 73.9 74.1 341,460 370,585
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