USDA Sorghum Forecast Falls
WASHINGTON - Nov 9/23 - SNS -- This year's sorghum harvest is forecast at 322 million bushels, down 10% from the previous estimate but up 71% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2023.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 6.26 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 37% from 2022.
Based on November 1 conditions, yield is forecast at 51.4 bushels per acre, down 6.0 bushels from the previous estimate but up 10.3 bushels from the 2022 yield of 41.1 bushels per acre.
Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2022 and
Forecasted November 1, 2023
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2023 : :
: 2022 : 2023 : 2022 :-----------------------: 2022 : 2023
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels --------- 1,000 bushels
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Colorado ...........: 380 405 20.0 50.0 50.0 7,600 20,250
Kansas .............: 2,700 3,300 39.0 56.0 47.0 105,300 155,100
Nebraska ...........: 125 220 55.0 79.0 79.0 6,875 17,380
Oklahoma ...........: 240 330 24.0 43.0 43.0 5,760 14,190
South Dakota .......: 175 255 68.0 91.0 80.0 11,900 20,400
Texas ..............: 950 1,750 53.0 57.0 54.0 50,350 94,500
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United States ......: 4,570 6,260 41.1 57.4 51.4 187,785 321,820
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