Sorghum Output Sinks 44%
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/22 - SNS -- Sorghum production is forecast at 252 million bushels, down 12% from the previous forecast and down 44% from last year, according to the USDA's latest production forecast.
Acreage updates were made in several States following a thorough review of all available data. Planted area, at 6.37 million acres, is up 1% from the previous estimate but down 13% from last year. Area harvested for grain is forecast at 5.48 million acres, up 2% from the previous forecast but down 16% from 2021.
Based on September 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 46.0 bushels per acre, 23.0 bushels below the 2021 yield of 69.0 bushels per acre. If realized, Texas will have record low planted and harvested acres.
Sorghum Area Planted for All Purpose and Harvested for Grain - States and United States:
2021 and 2022
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Colorado .........: 495 545 400 450
Kansas ...........: 3,600 3,300 3,400 3,100
Nebraska .........: 320 320 230 265
Oklahoma .........: 430 420 380 360
South Dakota .....: 310 280 210 205
Texas ............: 2,150 1,500 1,870 1,100
:
United States ....: 7,305 6,365 6,490 5,480
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1/ Forecasted.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021 and
Forecasted September 1, 2022
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2022 : :
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 :-----------------------: 2021 : 2022
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- 1,000 bushels
:
Colorado ...........: 400 450 37.0 32.0 30.0 14,800 13,500
Kansas .............: 3,400 3,100 78.0 61.0 45.0 265,200 139,500
Nebraska ...........: 230 265 86.0 60.0 60.0 19,780 15,900
Oklahoma ...........: 380 360 54.0 35.0 28.0 20,520 10,080
South Dakota .......: 210 205 64.0 67.0 67.0 13,440 13,735
Texas ..............: 1,870 1,100 61.0 42.0 54.0 114,070 59,400
:
United States ......: 6,490 5,480 69.0 53.2 46.0 447,810 252,115
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