Sorghum Yields Advance
WASHINGTON - Nov 10/20 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 371 million bushels, up slightly from the previous forecast and up 9% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 5.00 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 7% from 2019. Based on November 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 74.2 bushels per acre, 0.1 bushel higher than the previous forecast and 1.2 bushels per acre above the 2019 yield of 73.0 bushels per acre.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and
Forecasted November 1, 2020
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2020 : :
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 :-----------------------: 2019 : 2020
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- 1,000 bushels
:
Colorado ...........: 310 300 41.0 40.0 35.0 12,710 10,500
Kansas .............: 2,400 2,760 85.0 86.0 86.0 204,000 237,360
Nebraska ...........: 130 135 93.0 89.0 92.0 12,090 12,420
Oklahoma ...........: 260 255 51.0 42.0 38.0 13,260 9,690
South Dakota .......: 175 100 80.0 86.0 80.0 14,000 8,000
Texas ..............: 1,400 1,450 61.0 62.0 64.0 85,400 92,800
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United States ......: 4,675 5,000 73.0 74.1 74.2 341,460 370,770
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