Modest Decline In Alfalfa Output
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/22 - SNS -- Production of alfalfa and alfalfa mixture dry hay for 2022 is forecast at 49.1 million tons, down less than 1% from 2021, according to the latest USDA production estimate.
Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 3.17 tons per acre, down 0.06 ton from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 15.5 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report, but up 1% from 2021. Record high yields are forecast in Idaho and Wyoming.
Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures for Hay Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2021 and Forecasted August 1, 2022
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: Area harvested : Yield : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022
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: --- 1,000 acres --- ------ tons ----- ---- 1,000 tons ---
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Arizona ...........: 275 295 8.30 8.30 2,283 2,449
California ........: 500 490 7.40 7.30 3,700 3,577
Colorado ..........: 780 690 4.00 2.90 3,120 2,001
Idaho .............: 960 1,000 4.10 4.50 3,936 4,500
Illinois ..........: 290 300 3.75 4.25 1,088 1,275
Indiana ...........: 260 280 3.30 2.90 858 812
Iowa ..............: 910 620 3.50 3.50 3,185 2,170
Kansas ............: 690 700 3.60 3.40 2,484 2,380
Kentucky ..........: 100 100 3.30 3.00 330 300
Michigan ..........: 560 570 3.10 1.90 1,736 1,083
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Minnesota .........: 670 670 2.60 2.90 1,742 1,943
Missouri ..........: 240 210 3.05 2.00 732 420
Montana ...........: 1,550 1,650 1.70 1.80 2,635 2,970
Nebraska ..........: 910 810 4.10 3.00 3,731 2,430
Nevada ............: 210 190 5.10 4.50 1,071 855
New Mexico ........: 125 125 5.00 5.20 625 650
New York ..........: 270 240 2.20 2.40 594 576
North Dakota ......: 920 1,050 0.90 2.10 828 2,205
Ohio ..............: 300 300 3.10 3.30 930 990
Oklahoma ..........: 180 220 3.10 3.20 558 704
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Oregon ............: 400 370 3.40 4.20 1,360 1,554
Pennsylvania ......: 320 400 2.90 3.10 928 1,240
South Dakota ......: 1,300 1,600 1.50 1.90 1,950 3,040
Texas .............: 100 95 5.40 3.80 540 361
Utah ..............: 490 470 3.70 3.80 1,813 1,786
Virginia ..........: 30 35 2.90 3.80 87 133
Washington ........: 390 390 4.60 4.40 1,794 1,716
Wisconsin .........: 910 890 3.20 3.10 2,912 2,759
Wyoming ...........: 470 570 2.80 3.20 1,316 1,824
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Other States 1/ ...: 136 135 2.79 2.94 379 397
:
United States .....: 15,246 15,465 3.23 3.17 49,245 49,100
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1/ Other States include Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, and West Virginia.
Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Crop Production 2022 Summary."
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