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Washington, DC, USA
August 12, 2009
U.S. farmers successfully battled
soggy July weather and remain on target for producing the
largest soybean crop in history, according to the Crop
Production report, released today by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).Soybean
production is forecast at a record-high, 3.2 billion bushels, up
8 percent from last year. Yield is expected to average 41.7
bushels per acre, up 2.1 bushels per acre from 2008. If
realized, this will be the fourth largest soybean yield on
record.
Corn production is forecast at 12.8 billion bushels, up 5
percent from last year, but down 2 percent from the 2007 record.
Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to
average 159.5 bushels per acre, up 5.6 bushels from last year.
If realized, this will be the second highest yield on record.
Growers are expected to harvest 80 million acres of corn for
grain, down 100,000 acres from June, but up 2 percent from last
year.
All cotton production is forecast at 13.2 million bales,
up 3 percent from last year. Yield is expected to average 816
pounds per harvested acre, up 3 pounds from last year. Producers
expect to harvest 7.77 million acres of all cotton, up 3 percent
from last year.
Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.54 billion
bushels, up 1 percent from the July 1 forecast, but down 18
percent from 2008. Based on August 1 conditions, the U.S. yield
is forecast at 44.2 bushes per acre, up from last month, but 3
bushels below last year. Harvest in 18 major producing states
was 85 percent complete by August 2.
The August Crop Production report contains NASS’s first
estimates of yield and production for corn, soybeans and other
spring-planted row crops. Nearly 28,000 producers in major
producing states, which usually account for about 75 percent of
the U.S. production, were interviewed to obtain probable yield.
These growers will continue to be surveyed throughout the
growing season to provide indications of average yields.
This month's Crop Production report is at
http://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/crop0809.pdf |
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