HDR1012000110011212960830CROP PRODUCTION HDR2012000110011212960830HIGHLIGHTS & SUMMARY Crop Production National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released December 12, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Crop Production" call at (202) 720-2127, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the Agricultural Statistics Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. Forecast refer to December 1, 1996. The "Crop Production" U.S. Summary is available on Autofax, (202) 720-2000, report 1150. See page B-11. Index and report features are located at the end of this report. Cotton Production Up 1 Percent All cotton production is forecast at 18.7 million bales, up 1 percent from last month and a 5 percent increase from last year. Yield is indicated at 704 pounds per acre, up 167 pounds from 1995. This is the third largest production and the third highest yield on record. Late August rainfall in Texas and favorable weather during harvest, resulted in the highest large boll count and the second highest boll weight in 10 years. Forecasted production in Texas increased 150,000 bales from November, and the Upland cotton yield of 517 pounds per harvested acre is a record high. The Mississippi forecast increased 50,000 bales from last month. During the growing season, producers had favorable weather, light insect pressure, and high boll counts. All oranges: Production for the 1996-97 season is forecast at a record large 12.4 million tons, unchanged from the previous forecast in October but up 6 percent from a year ago. This year's crop is 5 percent larger than the previous record of 11.8 million tons set in the 1979-80 season. Florida's production amounts to 220 million boxes (9.90 million tons), unchanged from October but 8 percent above last season. Florida's all orange, early varieties, and Valencia forecasts remained unchanged from October and are each record large crops. Early and mid-season varieties are expected to produce 130 million boxes (5.85 million tons), 7 percent above last year. The Valencia forecast is 90.0 million boxes (4.05 million tons), 10 percent above a year ago. The California all orange production forecast, at 63.0 million boxes (2.36 million tons), is carried forward from October and is 5 percent less than last season. The Navel orange forecast is 37.0 million boxes (1.39 million tons), down 3 percent from last year's production of 38.0 million boxes. The California Valencia forecast is 26.0 million boxes (975,000 tons), 7 percent less than last year. Cr Pr 2-2 (12-96) Florida frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) yield for the 1996-97 season is forecast at 1.53 gallons per box at 42.0 degrees Brix, unchanged from October. The forecast projects the final yield as reported by the Florida Citrus Processors Association. The final 1995-96 yield for all fruit used in FCOJ was 1.52 gallons per box at 42.0 degrees Brix. Projected yields for 1996-97 early and midseason and Valencia varieties will be published in the January Crop Production report. This report was approved on December 12, 1996, by the Acting Secretary of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Statistics Service's Agricultural Statistics Board. Acting Secretary of Agricultural Statistics Board Agriculture Chairperson Eugene Moos Rich Allen Crop Summary: Production, United States, 1995-96 and Forecasted 1996-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Utilized Production :---------------------------------------------------- Crop : : Oct 1, : Dec 1, : : 1996 1/ : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crop Year 2/ : 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 : : 1,000 Tons Citrus Fruits : Oranges : 11,723 12,380 12,380 Grapefruit : 2,718 3,041 3,041 Lemons 3/ : 992 1,015 1,015 Tangerines : 348 415 415 Temples (FL) : 97 113 113 Tangelos (FL) : 110 171 171 K-Early Citrus (FL) : 7 9 7 : : Metric Tons : Oranges : 10,634,930 11,230,950 11,230,950 Grapefruit : 2,465,730 2,758,750 2,758,750 Lemons 3/ : 899,930 920,790 920,790 Tangerines : 315,700 376,480 376,480 Temples (FL) : 88,000 102,510 102,510 Tangelos (FL) : 99,790 155,130 155,130 K-Early Citrus (FL) : 6,350 8,160 6,350 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ October is the last previous forecast, since citrus production is no longer forecasted in November. 2/ Crop year begins with the bloom of the first year and ends with the completion of harvest the following year. 3/ December 1 forecast carried forward from October 1. Crop Summary: Area Planted and Harvested, United States, 1995 and Forecasted December 1, 1996 (Domestic Units) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area Planted : Area Harvested Crop :---------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Acres : : All Cotton : 16,931.4 14,243.0 16,006.7 12,779.6 Upland : 16,716.8 13,979.0 15,795.6 12,517.7 Amer-Pima : 214.6 264.0 211.1 261.9 Dry Edible Beans 1/ : 2,069.3 1,825.0 1,899.3 1,729.7 Burley Tobacco : 234.2 277.1 Sugarcane for : Sugar and Seed : 932.3 878.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ 1995 revised. Crop Summary: Area Planted and Harvested, United States, 1995 and Forecasted December 1, 1996 (Metric Units) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area Planted : Area Harvested Crop :------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Hectares : : All Cotton : 6,851,970 5,764,000 6,477,750 5,171,780 Upland : 6,765,120 5,657,160 6,392,320 5,065,790 Amer-Pima : 86,850 106,840 85,430 105,990 Dry Edible Beans 1/ : 837,430 738,560 768,630 699,990 Burley Tobacco : 94,780 112,140 Sugarcane for : Sugar and Seed : 377,290 355,320 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ 1995 revised. Crop Summary: Yield per Acre and Production, United States, 1995 and Forecasted December 1, 1996 (Domestic Units) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per Acre: Production Crop and Unit :--------------------------------------------------- : : : : Nov 1, : Dec 1, : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- 1,000 ------------ : All Cotton 1/ Bale: 537 704 17,899.8 18,594.1 18,738.1 Upland 1/ " : 533 698 17,532.2 18,027.1 18,197.1 Amer-Pima 1/ " : 836 992 367.6 567.0 541.0 Cottonseed Ton : 6,848.7 7,128.4 7,186.4 Dry Edible Beans 1/2/Cwt : 1,622 1,589 30,812 26,989 27,485 Burley Tobacco Lb : 1,863 2,065 436,343 584,247 572,332 Sugarcane for : Sugar and Seed Ton : 33.0 32.2 30,796 27,968 28,312 Pecans 3/ Lb : 268,000 250,700 230,700 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Yield in pounds. 2/ 1995 revised. 3/ November 1 forecast carried forward from October 1. Crop Summary: Yield per Hectare and Production, United States, 1995 and Forecasted December 1, 1996 (Metric Units) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ :Yield per Hectare: Production Crop :------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Nov 1, : Dec 1, : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Metric Tons : All Cotton : 0.60 0.79 3,897,230 4,048,390 4,079,740 Upland : 0.60 0.78 3,817,190 3,924,940 3,961,950 Amer-Pima : 0.94 1.11 80,040 123,450 117,790 Cottonseed : 6,213,040 6,466,780 6,519,390 Dry Edible Beans 1/ : 1.82 1.78 1,397,610 1,224,200 1,246,700 Burley Tobacco : 2.09 2.32 197,920 265,010 259,610 Sugarcane for : Sugar and Seed : 74.05 72.28 27,937,660 25,372,140 25,684,210 Pecans 2/ : 121,560 113,720 104,640 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ 1995 revised. 2/ November 1 forecast carried forward from October 1. HDR2012000110011212960830STATE TABLES Cotton: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by Type, State and United States, 1995 and Forecasted December 1, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Harvested : Yield : Production 1/ Type :-------------------------------------------------------------------- and : : : : 1996 : : State : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 :-------------------: 1995 : 1996 : : : : Nov 1 : Dec 1 : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :--- 1,000 Acres -- ------- Pounds ------- 1,000 Bales 2/ : Upland : AL : 578.0 556.0 409 699 699 492.0 810.0 AZ : 364.0 324.0 1,046 1,170 1,141 793.0 770.0 AR : 1,110.0 990.0 635 776 776 1,468.0 1,600.0 CA : 1,165.0 995.0 953 1,206 1,182 2,312.0 2,450.0 FL 3/ : 109.0 100.0 472 672 672 107.2 140.0 GA : 1,490.0 1,375.0 625 698 698 1,941.0 2,000.0 KS 3/ : 2.6 1.7 185 311 311 1.0 1.1 LA : 1,075.0 940.0 614 664 664 1,375.0 1,300.0 MS : 1,420.0 1,030.0 622 839 862 1,841.0 1,850.0 MO : 453.0 405.0 544 711 711 513.0 600.0 NM : 56.0 54.0 609 720 764 71.0 86.0 NC : 800.0 720.0 479 660 660 798.0 990.0 OK : 315.0 240.0 187 270 260 123.0 130.0 SC : 342.0 265.0 528 779 815 376.0 450.0 TN : 660.0 520.0 527 600 618 724.0 670.0 TX : 5,750.0 3,900.0 372 498 517 4,460.0 4,200.0 VA 3/ : 106.0 102.0 620 706 706 137.0 150.0 US :15,795.6 12,517.7 533 691 698 17,532.2 18,197.1 : Amer-Pima : AZ : 48.1 39.9 720 818 878 72.2 73.0 CA : 115.0 165.0 937 1,193 1,120 224.5 385.0 NM : 15.0 17.0 605 734 621 18.9 22.0 TX : 33.0 40.0 756 756 732 52.0 61.0 US : 211.1 261.9 836 1,039 992 367.6 541.0 : All : AL : 578.0 556.0 409 699 699 492.0 810.0 AZ : 412.1 363.9 1,008 1,132 1,112 865.2 843.0 AR : 1,110.0 990.0 635 776 776 1,468.0 1,600.0 CA : 1,280.0 1,160.0 951 1,204 1,173 2,536.5 2,835.0 FL 3/ : 109.0 100.0 472 672 672 107.2 140.0 GA : 1,490.0 1,375.0 625 698 698 1,941.0 2,000.0 KS 3/ : 2.6 1.7 185 311 311 1.0 1.1 LA : 1,075.0 940.0 614 664 664 1,375.0 1,300.0 MS : 1,420.0 1,030.0 622 839 862 1,841.0 1,850.0 MO : 453.0 405.0 544 711 711 513.0 600.0 NM : 71.0 71.0 608 723 730 89.9 108.0 NC : 800.0 720.0 479 660 660 798.0 990.0 OK : 315.0 240.0 187 270 260 123.0 130.0 SC : 342.0 265.0 528 779 815 376.0 450.0 TN : 660.0 520.0 527 600 618 724.0 670.0 TX : 5,783.0 3,940.0 375 501 519 4,512.0 4,261.0 VA 3/ : 106.0 102.0 620 706 706 137.0 150.0 : US :16,006.7 12,779.6 537 698 704 17,899.8 18,738.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Production ginned and to be ginned. 2/ 480-Lb. net weight bales. 3/ Estimates for current year carried forward from previous forecast. Cottonseed: Production, United States, 1994-95 and Forecasted December 1, 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Production State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Tons : US : 7,603.9 6,848.7 7,186.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio. Burley Tobacco: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State, and United States, 1994-95 and Forecasted December 1, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Harvested : Yield : Production State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Acres ----- --- Pounds --- -------- 1,000 Pounds ------- : Type 31 : IN : 6,700 7,600 2,030 1,970 15,265 13,601 14,972 KY : 155,000 190,000 1,950 2,100 420,000 302,250 399,000 MO 1/ : 2,700 2,900 2,025 2,200 8,015 5,468 6,380 NC : 8,100 8,300 1,290 1,900 17,548 10,449 15,770 OH : 7,700 8,300 1,950 1,700 18,360 15,015 14,110 TN : 43,000 48,000 1,700 2,050 108,375 73,100 98,400 VA : 9,000 10,000 1,540 2,000 21,285 13,860 20,000 WV 1/ : 2,000 2,000 1,300 1,850 3,550 2,600 3,700 : US : 234,200 277,100 1,863 2,065 612,398 436,343 572,332 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast. Papayas: Area and Fresh Production, by Month, Hawaii, 1995-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area : Fresh Production :------------------------------------------------------------------ Month : Total in Crop : Harvested : : :----------------------------------------: 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : --------------- Acres -------------- -- 1,000 Pounds -- : Oct 1/ : 3,740 3,550 2,375 1,530 3,125 3,140 Nov : 3,760 3,500 2,370 1,400 3,775 2,970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ October 1996 acreage was revised. Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production, by State and United States, 1994-96 1/ 2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :------------------------------------------------------------ : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Acres : CA : 136.0 145.0 135.0 131.0 137.0 130.0 CO : 205.0 190.0 150.0 195.0 165.0 135.0 ID : 140.0 110.0 95.0 138.0 108.0 93.0 KS : 34.0 34.0 28.0 32.0 31.0 24.0 MI : 390.0 390.0 340.0 360.0 385.0 320.0 MN : 135.0 190.0 130.0 121.6 150.0 120.0 MT : 10.2 11.0 10.5 10.0 10.8 10.3 NE : 200.0 225.0 205.0 190.0 205.0 195.0 NM : 12.5 12.5 12.0 12.5 12.5 12.0 NY : 39.0 34.0 30.0 38.5 33.0 29.0 ND : 570.0 600.0 580.0 470.0 540.0 565.0 OR : 10.2 10.2 9.2 10.0 10.0 8.8 TX : 30.0 25.0 13.0 26.0 23.0 10.0 UT : 6.5 7.3 5.0 6.3 7.0 0.6 WA : 40.0 41.0 37.0 40.0 41.0 35.0 WI : 11.4 9.3 8.3 11.3 9.0 8.0 WY : 46.0 35.0 37.0 43.0 32.0 34.0 : US : 2,015.8 2,069.3 1,825.0 1,835.2 1,899.3 1,729.7 :------------------------------------------------------------ : Yield Per Acre : Production :------------------------------------------------------------ : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 :------------------------------------------------------------ : -------- Pounds --------- ------- 1,000 Cwt ------ : CA : 2,115 2,000 1,880 2,771 2,740 2,444 CO : 1,610 1,550 1,750 3,140 2,558 2,363 ID : 1,950 2,000 2,050 2,691 2,160 1,907 KS : 1,750 1,550 1,850 560 481 444 MI : 1,300 1,800 1,450 4,680 6,930 4,640 MN : 1,710 1,370 1,500 2,079 2,055 1,800 MT : 2,200 1,900 2,280 220 205 235 NE : 1,880 1,750 1,900 3,572 3,588 3,705 NM : 2,260 2,010 2,200 283 251 264 NY : 1,520 1,630 1,280 585 538 371 ND : 1,300 1,330 1,320 6,110 7,182 7,458 OR : 1,970 2,080 1,800 197 208 158 TX : 840 980 840 218 225 84 UT : 380 460 1,600 24 32 10 WA : 2,100 2,200 2,030 840 902 710 WI : 2,100 1,300 1,800 237 117 144 WY : 1,910 2,000 2,200 821 640 748 : US : 1,582 1,622 1,589 29,028 30,812 27,485 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Excludes beans grown for garden seed. 2/ 1995 revised. Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested by Commercial Class, State, and Total, 1994-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class : Area Planted : Area Harvested and :------------------------------------------------------------ State : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Acres Large Lima : CA : 24.0 21.0 22.0 23.5 20.0 21.0 : Baby Lima : CA : 26.0 23.0 24.0 24.5 22.0 23.0 : Navy : CO : 2.0 0.8 2.0 0.8 ID : 3.5 6.3 7.6 3.4 6.3 7.4 KS : 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.1 MI : 230.0 220.0 210.0 210.0 218.0 200.0 MN : 45.2 76.5 46.0 41.1 61.2 42.9 NE : 4.0 6.0 5.0 3.5 5.8 4.6 NM : 4.1 4.3 5.0 4.1 4.3 5.0 ND : 135.0 168.0 135.0 112.0 149.0 132.0 OR : 1.0 2.0 1.8 0.9 1.9 1.8 WY : 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.7 1.9 3.7 Total : 428.4 487.1 414.4 380.2 450.3 397.4 : Great Northern : CO : 0.9 4.0 1.3 0.9 4.0 1.3 ID : 3.5 7.9 8.2 3.5 7.8 8.1 KS : 2.0 2.5 1.8 2.3 MN : 6.8 1.0 4.8 0.9 NE : 77.0 110.0 100.0 73.0 98.0 94.6 WA : 1.7 2.2 1.7 2.2 WY : 4.0 6.0 5.0 3.8 5.2 4.4 Total : 85.4 138.4 120.2 81.2 123.3 113.8 : Small White : ID : 3.5 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.8 MI : 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 OR : 2.3 1.7 0.5 2.3 1.7 0.5 WA : 1.6 2.5 2.0 1.6 2.5 2.0 Total : 8.4 8.3 5.4 8.3 8.3 5.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --continued Dry Edible Beans: Yield and Production, by Commercial Class, State, and Total, 1994-96 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class : Yield Per Acre : Production and :------------------------------------------------------------ State : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -------- Pounds -------- ------- 1,000 Cwt ------ Large Lima : CA : 1,830 2,080 2,050 429 415 430 : Baby Lima : CA : 2,490 2,320 2,230 609 510 514 : Navy : CO : 1,800 1,750 36 14 ID : 2,060 2,210 2,000 70 139 148 KS : 1,730 1,550 26 17 MI : 1,310 1,810 1,400 2,750 3,950 2,800 MN : 1,650 1,380 1,470 678 845 631 NE : 1,890 1,900 2,070 66 110 95 NM : 2,270 1,980 2,200 93 85 110 ND : 1,360 1,400 1,450 1,524 2,086 1,914 OR : 2,110 2,260 2,330 19 43 42 WY : 1,710 1,580 2,300 29 30 85 Total : 1,392 1,625 1,466 5,291 7,319 5,825 : Great Northern : CO : 1,560 1,600 1,620 14 64 21 ID : 2,090 2,030 2,170 73 158 176 KS : 1,560 1,610 28 37 MN : 1,400 1,780 67 16 NE : 2,020 1,760 1,920 1,478 1,723 1,817 WA : 2,350 2,360 40 52 WY : 2,110 1,850 2,300 80 96 101 Total : 2,026 1,765 1,951 1,645 2,176 2,220 : Small White : ID : 1,880 2,000 1,930 64 62 54 MI : 1,000 1,500 10 15 OR : 2,300 2,120 2,000 53 36 10 WA : 2,310 2,000 2,300 37 50 46 Total : 1,976 1,964 2,075 164 163 110 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --continued Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested by Commercial Class, State, and Total, 1994-96 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class : Area Planted : Area Harvested and :------------------------------------------------------------ State : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Acres Pinto : CO : 191.2 164.5 139.7 181.5 140.7 125.2 ID : 72.8 48.9 44.8 71.8 48.3 44.4 KS : 30.7 29.0 22.5 29.0 26.4 19.5 MI : 5.0 4.0 9.0 5.0 4.0 8.0 MN : 32.0 46.9 30.0 24.6 35.0 28.0 MT : 10.2 11.0 10.5 10.0 10.8 10.3 NE : 100.0 85.0 88.0 95.5 80.8 84.3 NM : 7.1 7.0 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.7 ND : 410.0 399.0 413.0 337.0 362.0 402.0 OR : 4.0 2.0 2.2 4.0 1.9 2.0 TX : 12.0 2.4 1.0 10.4 2.3 0.9 UT : 6.5 7.3 5.0 6.3 7.0 0.6 WA : 11.7 10.0 14.2 11.7 10.0 13.0 WY : 38.0 26.0 27.0 36.0 24.0 25.0 Total : 931.2 843.0 813.6 829.9 760.2 769.9 : Light Red : Kidney : CA : 14.0 13.0 10.0 13.5 12.0 10.0 CO : 8.7 14.5 8.7 8.5 13.5 8.2 ID : 0.6 1.4 0.9 0.6 1.1 0.8 MI : 14.0 12.0 12.0 13.0 12.0 10.0 MN : 9.6 7.0 8.0 9.4 6.6 7.4 NE : 15.0 17.0 10.0 14.2 14.0 9.7 NY : 21.0 19.0 16.5 20.5 18.0 16.0 Total : 82.9 83.9 66.1 79.7 77.2 62.1 : Dark Red : Kidney : CA : 7.0 4.5 5.0 7.0 4.5 5.0 ID : 0.7 1.3 0.5 0.7 1.1 0.5 MI : 21.0 16.0 11.0 18.0 15.0 10.0 MN : 35.6 35.3 32.0 34.6 27.5 29.0 NY : 5.0 4.0 3.5 5.0 4.0 3.0 ND : 6.0 3.0 3.0 5.2 3.0 2.9 WI : 11.4 9.3 8.3 11.3 9.0 8.0 Total : 86.7 73.4 63.3 81.8 64.1 58.4 : Pink : CA : 7.0 7.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 8.0 ID : 23.6 14.9 7.7 23.2 14.6 7.7 MN : 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.5 NM : 1.0 0.8 0.3 1.0 0.8 0.3 ND : 7.5 6.0 7.0 6.3 5.1 6.8 WA : 3.7 4.5 3.1 3.7 4.5 3.1 Total : 42.8 38.4 31.1 41.2 35.7 30.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --continued Dry Edible Beans: Yield and Production, by Commercial Class, State, and Total, 1994-96 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class : Yield Per Acre : Production and :------------------------------------------------------------ State : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -------- Pounds -------- ------- 1,000 Cwt ------ Pinto : CO : 1,600 1,530 1,780 2,912 2,158 2,225 ID : 1,970 2,010 2,170 1,414 971 963 KS : 1,750 1,550 1,900 508 410 370 MI : 1,200 1,750 1,500 60 70 120 MN : 1,200 1,240 1,200 295 433 336 MT : 2,200 1,900 2,280 220 205 235 NE : 1,800 1,750 1,850 1,719 1,414 1,560 NM : 2,180 2,000 2,180 155 140 146 ND : 1,270 1,300 1,270 4,280 4,704 5,102 OR : 1,900 2,110 2,000 76 40 40 TX : 1,160 1,000 890 121 23 8 UT : 380 460 1,600 24 32 10 WA : 2,330 2,500 2,390 273 250 311 WY : 1,900 2,080 2,180 684 499 544 Total : 1,535 1,493 1,555 12,741 11,349 11,970 : Light Red : Kidney : CA : 1,950 1,740 1,850 263 209 185 CO : 1,810 1,950 1,390 154 263 114 ID : 1,830 1,640 2,130 11 18 17 MI : 1,310 1,670 1,400 170 200 140 MN : 2,180 1,520 1,910 205 100 141 NE : 1,700 1,670 2,050 241 234 199 NY : 1,480 1,620 1,250 303 292 200 Total : 1,690 1,705 1,604 1,347 1,316 996 : Dark Red : Kidney : CA : 1,790 1,600 1,700 125 72 85 ID : 1,570 1,820 2,000 11 20 10 MI : 1,280 1,400 1,200 230 210 120 MN : 2,000 1,450 1,700 692 399 493 NY : 1,460 1,600 1,200 73 64 36 ND : 1,790 1,430 1,660 93 43 48 WI : 2,100 1,300 1,800 237 117 144 Total : 1,786 1,443 1,603 1,461 925 936 : Pink : CA : 2,160 1,630 1,500 151 98 120 ID : 1,990 2,060 2,220 462 301 171 MN : 1,400 1,510 66 68 NM : 2,800 2,250 2,670 28 18 8 ND : 1,380 1,160 1,370 87 59 93 WA : 2,350 2,440 2,130 87 110 66 Total : 1,978 1,826 1,730 815 652 526 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --continued Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested by Commercial Class, State, and Total, 1994-96 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class : Area Planted : Area Harvested and :------------------------------------------------------------ State : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 Acres Small Red : ID : 27.0 17.2 12.7 26.6 16.9 12.6 MI : 9.0 3.0 9.0 3.0 WA : 11.5 11.0 5.0 11.5 11.0 4.7 Total : 38.5 37.2 20.7 38.1 36.9 20.3 : Cranberry : CA : 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 ID : 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 MI : 30.0 28.0 27.0 28.0 27.0 25.0 MN : 3.0 3.7 2.0 3.0 3.5 1.8 Total : 33.0 35.0 33.4 31.0 33.8 31.1 : Black : CA : 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 CO : 0.6 1.0 0.6 1.0 ID : 1.9 2.9 1.2 1.9 2.8 1.1 MI : 78.0 89.0 60.0 75.0 88.0 57.0 MN : 2.8 6.5 4.0 2.6 5.2 3.7 NE : 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.0 0.9 NY : 9.0 8.0 7.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 ND : 8.0 18.0 15.0 6.6 15.0 14.6 WA : 3.2 2.5 3.2 2.5 Total : 107.5 130.9 89.2 102.8 125.5 85.3 : Blackeye : CA : 32.0 44.5 27.0 30.0 43.5 26.0 TX : 14.0 11.1 8.2 12.1 10.1 6.2 Total : 46.0 55.6 35.2 42.1 53.6 32.2 : Garbanzo : CA : 14.0 19.0 25.0 14.0 17.0 23.0 ID : 1.5 3.6 6.3 1.5 3.6 5.5 OR : 0.9 1.3 3.0 0.9 1.3 2.8 WA : 5.5 6.7 8.6 5.5 6.7 8.1 Total : 21.9 30.6 42.9 21.9 28.6 39.4 : Other : CA : 10.0 9.0 10.0 9.5 8.0 10.0 CO : 1.6 5.2 0.3 1.5 5.0 0.3 ID : 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.4 1.1 0.8 KS : 1.7 1.8 3.0 1.5 1.7 2.2 MI : 11.0 11.0 8.0 10.0 11.0 7.0 MN : 6.8 2.1 2.0 6.3 1.5 1.8 NE : 2.0 6.0 1.0 1.9 5.4 0.9 NM : 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 NY : 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 ND : 3.5 6.0 7.0 2.9 5.9 6.7 OR : 2.0 3.2 1.7 1.9 3.2 1.7 TX : 4.0 11.5 3.8 3.5 10.6 2.9 WA : 2.8 2.1 1.9 2.8 2.1 1.9 WY : 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 0.9 0.9 Total : 53.1 63.5 43.5 49.0 59.8 40.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --continued Dry Edible Beans: Yield and Production, by Commercial Class, State, and Total, 1994-96 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class : Yield Per Acre : Production and :------------------------------------------------------------ State : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -------- Pounds -------- ------- 1,000 Cwt ------ Small Red : ID : 1,910 1,980 2,130 508 335 268 MI : 1,780 1,170 160 35 WA : 2,300 2,270 2,280 265 250 107 Total : 2,029 2,019 2,020 773 745 410 : Cranberry : CA : 2,100 1,670 42 50 ID : 1,460 1,850 19 24 MI : 1,290 1,740 1,600 360 470 400 MN : 1,970 1,260 1,780 59 44 32 Total : 1,352 1,701 1,627 419 575 506 : Black : CA : 1,700 1,400 2,000 34 28 20 CO : 1,670 1,900 10 19 ID : 2,110 1,960 2,090 40 55 23 MI : 1,320 1,930 1,650 990 1,700 940 MN : 1,650 1,600 1,590 43 83 59 NE : 1,680 1,700 2,000 32 17 18 NY : 1,620 1,690 1,430 146 135 100 ND : 1,320 1,390 1,420 87 208 207 WA : 2,500 2,400 80 60 Total : 1,422 1,837 1,603 1,462 2,305 1,367 : Blackeye : CA : 2,570 2,230 2,120 771 970 550 TX : 590 1,200 900 71 121 56 Total : 2,000 2,035 1,882 842 1,091 606 : Garbanzo : CA : 1,870 1,690 1,540 262 288 355 ID : 600 1,750 670 9 63 37 OR : 1,440 1,540 1,210 13 20 34 WA : 800 1,520 1,000 44 102 81 Total : 1,498 1,654 1,287 328 473 507 : Other : CA : 1,340 1,350 1,350 127 108 135 CO : 930 800 1,000 14 40 3 ID : 2,070 1,730 2,000 29 19 16 KS : 1,730 1,530 1,680 26 26 37 MI : 1,100 1,410 1,210 110 155 85 MN : 1,700 1,200 1,330 107 18 24 NE : 1,890 1,670 1,780 36 90 16 NM : 2,330 2,000 7 8 NY : 1,580 1,570 1,170 63 47 35 ND : 1,340 1,390 1,400 39 82 94 OR : 1,890 2,160 1,880 36 69 32 TX : 740 760 690 26 81 20 WA : 1,930 1,900 2,470 54 40 47 WY : 1,870 1,670 2,000 28 15 18 Total : 1,433 1,334 1,401 702 798 562 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Citrus Fruits: Utilized Production by Crop, State, and United States, 1995-96 and Forecasted 1997 on December 1, 1996 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Utilized Production : Utilized Production : Boxes : Ton Equivalent Crop and State :----------------------------------------------------------- : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : 1996-97 : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : 1996-97 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------ 1,000 Boxes 2/ ----- ------- 1,000 Tons ------- Oranges : Early Mid & : Navel 3/ : AZ 4/ : 400 700 650 15 27 24 CA 4/ : 35,000 38,000 37,000 1,313 1,426 1,388 FL : 119,700 121,200 130,000 5,387 5,454 5,850 TX : 950 830 1,300 40 35 55 US : 156,050 160,730 168,950 6,755 6,942 7,317 Valencia : AZ 4/ : 650 950 850 24 36 32 CA 4/ : 21,000 28,000 26,000 788 1,051 975 FL : 85,800 82,000 90,000 3,861 3,690 4,050 TX : 105 110 150 4 4 6 US : 107,555 111,060 117,000 4,677 4,781 5,063 All : AZ 4/ : 1,050 1,650 1,500 39 63 56 CA 4/ : 56,000 66,000 63,000 2,101 2,477 2,363 FL : 205,500 203,200 220,000 9,248 9,144 9,900 TX : 1,055 940 1,450 44 39 61 US : 263,605 271,790 285,950 11,432 11,723 12,380 Temples : FL : 2,550 2,150 2,500 114 97 113 Grapefruit : White Seedless : FL : 25,700 23,200 26,500 1,092 986 1,126 Colored Seedless : FL : 28,700 28,100 31,500 1,220 1,194 1,339 Other : FL : 1,300 1,050 1,000 55 45 43 All : AZ 4/ : 1,400 1,200 1,100 47 40 37 CA 4/ 5/ : Desert : 3,300 111 Other Areas : 6,000 201 Total : 9,300 8,100 8,000 312 271 268 FL : 55,700 52,350 59,000 2,367 2,225 2,508 TX : 4,650 4,550 5,700 186 182 228 US : 71,050 66,200 73,800 2,912 2,718 3,041 Tangerines : AZ 4/ : 650 1,000 850 25 38 32 CA 4/ : 2,500 2,600 2,600 94 97 98 FL : 3,550 4,500 6,000 168 213 285 US : 6,700 8,100 9,450 287 348 415 Lemons 4/ : AZ : 3,600 5,100 4,700 137 194 179 CA : 20,000 21,000 22,000 760 798 836 US : 23,600 26,100 26,700 897 992 1,015 Tangelos : FL : 3,150 2,450 3,800 142 110 171 K-Early Citrus : FL : 120 160 150 5 7 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Citrus Fruit Footnotes 1/ The crop year begins with the bloom of the first year shown and ends with year harvest is completed. 2/ Net lbs. per box: oranges-AZ & CA-75, FL-90, TX-85; grapefruit-AZ & CA-67, FL-85, TX-80; lemons-76, tangelos, K-Early Citrus & Temples-90; tangerines-AZ & CA-75, FL-95. 3/ Navel and miscellaneous varieties in AZ and CA. Early and mid-season varieties in FL and TX, including small quantities of tangerines in TX. 4/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast. 5/ California Desert and Other Areas Grapefruit forecasts combined to All Grapefruit beginning in 1995-96. Pecans: Utilized Production by Crop, State, and United States, 1994-95 and Forecasted December 1, 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Utilized Production Crop and State :----------------------------------------------------- : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Pounds Improved Varieties 1/ : AL : 2,000 7,000 10,000 AZ 2/ : 18,000 AR 3/ : 600 900 900 CA 3/ : 1,500 2,900 2,100 FL 3/ : 400 600 1,500 GA : 50,000 62,000 80,000 LA : 1,500 2,000 3,000 MS 3/ : 1,200 1,400 NM : 24,000 45,000 24,000 NC 3/ : 2,200 1,800 2,000 OK : 1,300 2,500 1,000 SC 3/ : 5,400 2,400 4,000 TX : 30,000 47,000 35,000 US : 118,900 175,300 182,900 Native & Seedling : AL : 2,000 3,000 5,000 AR 3/ : 900 700 500 FL 3/ : 1,500 500 1,000 GA : 15,000 13,000 10,000 KS 3/ : 3,600 500 400 LA : 9,500 11,000 15,000 MS 3/ : 1,000 1,100 NC 3/ : 2,800 1,500 800 OK : 10,700 16,500 3,000 SC 3/ : 3,600 1,100 1,000 TX : 10,000 28,000 10,000 US : 59,600 76,800 47,800 All Pecans : AL : 4,000 10,000 15,000 AZ 2/ : 18,000 AR 3/ : 1,500 1,600 1,400 CA 3/ : 1,500 2,900 2,100 FL 3/ : 1,900 1,100 2,500 GA : 65,000 75,000 90,000 KS 3/ : 3,600 500 400 LA : 11,000 13,000 18,000 MS 3/ : 2,200 2,500 NM : 24,000 45,000 24,000 NC 3/ : 5,000 3,300 2,800 OK : 12,000 19,000 4,000 SC 3/ : 9,000 3,500 5,000 TX : 40,000 75,000 45,000 : Oth Sts 4/ : 20,500 15,900 : US : 199,000 268,000 230,700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties. 2/ Estimates published separately beginning in 1996. 3/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast. 4/ AZ, MS, MO, and TN in 1994. AZ, MO, and TN in 1995. No breakdown between varieties available. Forecasts discontinued in 1996 for MO and TN. Sugarcane: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Use, State, and United States, 1994-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use : Area Harvested : Yield 1/ : Production 1/ and :--------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 1995 : 1996 : 1995 : 1996 : 1994 : 1995 : 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres ---- Tons ---- ------- 1,000 Tons ------- : For Sugar : FL : 417.0 420.0 34.6 34.0 14,216 14,445 14,280 HI : 48.5 40.0 81.5 81.9 5,266 3,953 3,276 LA : 368.0 325.0 25.6 25.0 8,589 9,421 8,125 TX : 41.2 34.7 32.4 28.6 1,334 1,336 991 : US : 874.7 819.7 33.3 32.5 29,405 29,155 26,672 : For Seed : FL : 20.0 20.0 33.9 34.0 721 677 680 HI : 4.5 3.0 26.0 26.0 98 117 78 LA : 32.0 35.0 25.6 25.0 683 819 875 TX : 1.1 .3 25.5 24.0 22 28 7 : US : 57.6 58.3 28.5 28.1 1,524 1,641 1,640 : For Sugar : and Seed : FL : 437.0 440.0 34.6 34.0 14,937 15,122 14,960 HI : 53.0 43.0 76.8 78.0 5,364 4,070 3,354 LA : 400.0 360.0 25.6 25.0 9,272 10,240 9,000 TX : 42.3 35.0 32.2 28.5 1,356 1,364 998 : US : 932.3 878.0 33.0 32.2 30,929 30,796 28,312 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Net tons. Coffee: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, Hawaii 1994-96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area Harvested : Yield : Production 1/ State:------------------------------------------------------------------------ :1994-95:1995-96:1996-97:1994-95:1995-96:1996-97:1994-95:1995-96:1996-97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ------- Acres ------- ------- Pounds ------- --- 1,000 Pounds --- : HI : 4,400 5,400 5,700 980 1,000 1,140 4,300 5,400 6,500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Parchment basis. Monthly Marketings - United States United States: U.S. monthly marketing percentages for wheat, oats, barley, corn, sorghum, soybeans, flaxseed, sunflower, cotton, and peanuts are based on the 12 months which are used for the U.S. marketing year. These months are consistent with the data used to weight U.S. marketing year average prices. Marketings are based on monthly probability surveys which obtain quantities of the crop purchased from producers and price information. Purchases are not identified by crop production year, but represent the commodity sold during the 12 months of the marketing year. Monthly marketings for hay and dry edible beans are based on estimates derived from State marketing years and thus may extend over a period exceeding 12 months. Crop Marketing Seasons of Specified Field Crops Barley: June 1 to May 31 for California; July 1 to June 30 for all other monthly marketing estimating States. Corn for Grain: August 1 to July 31 for Georgia and Texas; September 1 to August 31 for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio; October 1 to September 30 for all other monthly marketing estimating States. Dry Edible Beans: September 1 to August 31 for all estimating States. Flaxseed: July 1 to June 30 for all estimating States. Hay: April 1 to March 31 for Arizona; May 1 to April 30 for Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah; June 1 to May 31 for all other monthly marketing estimating States. Oats: May 1 to April 30 for Texas; June 1 to May 31 for California; July 1 to June 30 for all other monthly marketing estimating States. Sorghum for Grain: June 1 to May 31 for Texas; August 1 to July 31 for Arkansas and Oklahoma; September 1 to August 31 for Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, and South Dakota; October 1 to September 30 for Colorado and Nebraska. Soybeans: September 1 to August 31 for all estimating States. Sunflower: September 1 to August 31 for Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Wheat: May 1 to April 30 for Arizona, California, Oklahoma, and Texas; June 1 to May 31 for Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, and Missouri; July 1 to June 30 for the all other monthly marketing estimating States. Field Crops: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales by Crop and Month, United States, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crop Marketing Year Month :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : 1994-95 : 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : : Hay Flaxseed Peanuts : Apr : .4 .4 May : 3.9 3.5 Jun : 12.1 11.0 Jul : 12.4 11.1 5.9 2.8 Aug : 10.6 10.3 3.8 9.7 .3 1.0 Sep : 10.7 9.9 18.5 21.8 36.2 40.4 Oct : 8.7 8.1 22.2 33.6 42.6 40.7 Nov : 7.9 7.9 14.1 6.7 15.7 14.6 Dec : 7.6 7.9 8.0 3.9 4.3 2.5 Jan : 7.8 7.7 13.4 4.6 .9 .7 Feb : 6.3 7.4 4.4 6.1 .1 Mar : 5.7 7.0 5.1 3.2 Apr : 4.4 5.6 2.7 1.5 May : 1.5 2.2 0.6 1.5 Jun : 1.3 4.6 : Year : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : : Oats Wheat Barley : Jun : 5.6 6.4 12.4 8.9 6.5 3.9 Jul : 21.4 14.9 16.8 21.6 8.3 4.1 Aug : 23.7 26.8 11.8 11.2 20.0 18.2 Sep : 10.0 9.1 9.5 10.0 10.4 15.6 Oct : 7.1 5.6 6.9 7.8 7.0 8.8 Nov : 3.3 4.7 5.6 6.3 7.9 11.0 Dec : 3.6 6.1 8.6 8.6 9.6 10.1 Jan : 5.3 5.9 8.5 9.0 11.3 9.6 Feb : 6.3 5.4 6.0 5.4 7.5 7.0 Mar : 5.3 5.2 4.8 4.4 4.9 4.9 Apr : 4.8 5.2 4.1 3.7 4.0 3.7 May : 3.6 4.7 5.0 3.1 2.6 3.1 : Year : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnotes at end of table. --continued Field Crops: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales by Crop and Month, United States, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Crop Marketing Year Month :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : 1994-95 : 1995-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : : Sorghum Corn Cotton : Aug : 5.0 3.2 Sep : 6.9 4.1 5.0 8.1 4.6 6.1 Oct : 15.2 30.9 11.2 17.1 14.8 15.2 Nov : 14.1 15.3 12.2 12.9 23.5 19.2 Dec : 13.3 10.0 8.5 8.0 27.1 18.6 Jan : 12.3 9.6 16.3 17.4 11.3 16.2 Feb : 5.2 3.6 7.9 8.3 6.0 5.4 Mar : 4.9 2.6 7.7 8.5 2.9 5.1 Apr : 3.1 1.7 5.3 6.2 1.3 4.0 May : 4.5 1.5 5.8 4.3 1.1 2.4 Jun : 6.6 3.7 6.2 3.3 1.4 2.2 Jul : 7.2 8.0 6.9 3.4 1.5 1.5 Aug : 6.7 9.0 7.0 2.5 : Year : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 : : Soybeans Dry Edible Beans Sunflower : Sep : 7.0 8.1 22.7 21.9 2.4 4.2 Oct : 20.6 26.9 17.9 14.0 15.6 23.7 Nov : 10.0 8.5 11.4 9.8 22.4 21.6 Dec : 7.7 7.2 8.9 7.9 12.9 11.5 Jan : 12.7 15.2 9.3 7.2 8.5 9.0 Feb : 7.9 6.1 4.7 6.7 6.5 6.2 Mar : 8.8 6.3 6.0 7.2 6.6 5.8 Apr : 5.0 5.8 4.9 6.0 5.4 3.8 May : 5.5 3.8 3.6 6.1 4.8 3.0 Jun : 4.4 3.4 4.0 5.2 5.4 3.4 Jul : 6.0 4.7 3.0 4.1 5.0 5.7 Aug : 4.4 4.0 3.6 3.9 4.5 2.1 : Year : 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Revised for 1994-95. Hay: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing :Apr :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec :Jan :Feb :Mar :Apr :May Year : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AZ 1994-95 : 11 10 11 10 10 11 7 7 6 6 5 6 1995-96 : 11 10 11 10 10 11 7 7 6 6 5 6 : AR 1994-95 : 5 23 10 5 9 7 6 6 16 6 5 2 1995-96 : 5 23 10 5 9 7 6 6 16 6 5 2 : CA 1994-95 : 13 14 14 14 11 9 4 4 3 2 4 8 1995-96 : 12 12 14 15 10 8 5 3 3 4 4 10 : CO 1994-95 : 6 12 10 9 12 12 11 14 5 4 3 2 1995-96 : 12 9 10 8 9 9 10 11 6 6 6 4 : ID 1994-95 : 17 21 8 12 8 5 10 6 7 3 2 1 1995-96 : 10 9 10 15 8 12 9 6 7 6 4 4 : IL 1994-95 : 12 10 9 11 6 7 9 9 10 7 7 3 1995-96 : 10 8 8 6 4 6 9 13 13 13 7 3 : IN 1994-95 : 15 11 9 8 7 8 10 8 8 8 5 3 1995-96 : 15 11 9 8 7 8 10 8 8 8 5 3 : IA 1994-95 : 16 11 9 8 5 6 7 11 11 8 5 3 1995-96 : 16 11 9 8 5 6 7 11 11 8 5 3 : KS 1994-95 : 5 6 8 8 11 15 13 11 7 6 5 5 1995-96 : 5 6 8 8 11 15 13 11 7 6 5 5 : KY 1994-95 : 4 13 9 9 10 7 5 13 11 9 7 3 1995-96 : 4 13 9 9 10 7 5 13 11 9 7 3 : MI 1994-95 : 11 10 9 6 6 6 6 10 9 12 8 7 1995-96 : 12 9 6 3 6 4 7 8 14 15 12 4 : MN 1994-95 : 17 12 13 13 5 6 4 4 7 12 4 3 1995-96 : 8 11 11 12 7 2 6 7 10 13 5 8 : MO 1994-95 : 3 17 17 14 8 6 4 6 11 7 5 2 1995-96 : 3 12 11 10 8 4 8 10 9 11 9 5 : MT 1994-95 : 5 5 9 9 8 17 12 10 8 9 6 2 1995-96 : 5 5 9 9 8 17 12 10 8 9 6 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued Hay: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing :Apr :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec :Jan :Feb :Mar :Apr :May Year : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : NE 1994-95 : 7 6 7 10 11 12 11 18 6 6 4 2 1995-96 : 7 4 2 10 12 6 18 11 9 10 6 5 : NV 1994-95 : 2 6 12 14 14 10 9 8 7 7 7 4 1995-96 : 2 6 12 14 14 10 9 8 7 7 7 4 : NM 1994-95 : 16 17 16 15 12 8 4 3 3 3 2 1 1995-96 : 10 16 16 13 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 3 : NY 1994-95 : 10 12 9 7 7 8 9 9 8 10 6 5 1995-96 : 10 12 9 7 7 8 9 9 8 10 6 5 : ND 1994-95 : 3 10 5 13 16 16 5 5 6 6 12 3 1995-96 : 3 4 6 11 7 17 15 8 5 11 9 4 : OH 1994-95 : 24 14 9 5 4 6 9 7 9 7 3 3 1995-96 : 20 13 9 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 : OK 1994-95 : 8 15 17 9 12 7 6 8 8 5 3 2 1995-96 : 6 12 12 14 8 7 6 8 7 8 8 4 : OR 1994-95 : 10 12 12 14 12 9 8 8 6 4 3 2 1995-96 : 6 13 11 11 8 9 9 10 8 6 5 4 : PA 1994-95 : 11 12 6 8 4 9 10 10 10 9 7 4 1995-96 : 11 12 6 8 4 9 10 10 10 9 7 4 : SD 1994-95 : 12 11 9 8 8 7 7 15 15 5 2 1 1995-96 : 12 11 9 8 8 7 7 15 15 5 2 1 : TX 1994-95 : 4 11 14 11 15 10 10 8 8 4 3 2 1995-96 : 5 12 11 10 9 7 9 9 8 9 8 3 : UT 1994-95 : 3 10 10 10 11 12 12 10 8 6 5 3 1995-96 : 3 10 15 10 12 11 8 7 7 6 5 6 : WA 1994-95 : 14 13 12 11 10 7 5 8 7 5 4 4 1995-96 : 14 13 12 11 10 7 5 8 7 5 4 4 : WI 1994-95 : 11 8 8 6 5 8 8 9 9 11 9 8 1995-96 : 16 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 9 7 7 : WY 1994-95 : 9 8 12 17 11 13 10 6 6 6 1 1 1995-96 : 9 8 12 17 11 13 10 6 6 6 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Percents used to calculate marketing year average prices. Barley: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec :Jan :Feb :Mar :Apr :May :Jun Year : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : CA 1994-95 : 16 17 19 3 3 1 4 1 3 2 22 9 1995-96 : 13 20 12 8 5 5 5 1 4 2 2 23 : CO 1994-95 : 7 31 15 6 18 3 15 1 1 1 1 1 1995-96 : 16 19 9 23 27 4 1 1 : ID 1994-95 : 5 22 11 5 13 7 15 8 6 4 2 2 1995-96 : 1 19 15 8 13 10 14 6 5 4 2 3 : MN 1994-95 : 10 19 10 5 7 12 9 5 7 7 4 5 1995-96 : 9 13 11 7 13 11 10 6 4 5 2 9 : MT 1994-95 : 7 14 12 9 9 9 12 10 9 3 3 3 1995-96 : 2 14 12 11 14 13 11 8 6 4 2 3 : ND 1994-95 : 10 22 11 7 7 12 12 7 4 3 2 3 1995-96 : 5 16 14 9 10 10 10 9 6 4 3 4 : OR 1994-95 : 4 16 11 17 10 4 5 27 1 2 2 1 1995-96 : 3 15 15 12 7 9 6 16 6 5 5 1 : SD 1994-95 : 15 13 10 4 4 6 7 11 8 5 3 14 1995-96 : 13 18 9 4 6 8 10 12 6 5 2 7 : UT 1994-95 : 14 20 8 8 6 5 8 9 8 6 3 5 1995-96 : 6 19 13 7 10 8 11 6 4 4 5 7 : WA 1994-95 : 3 15 15 13 12 9 13 10 5 2 1 2 1995-96 : 1 21 42 11 8 5 4 1 2 2 2 1 : WY 1994-95 : 2 83 4 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 1995-96 : 84 8 4 2 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Oats: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec :Jan :Feb :Mar :Apr :May :Jun Year : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : CA 1994-95 : 8 8 84 1995-96 : 9 17 9 17 9 17 9 4 9 : IL 1994-95 : 31 17 8 1 2 2 4 5 13 10 4 3 1995-96 : 24 37 4 3 2 3 1 16 4 3 1 2 : IN 1994-95 : 26 4 3 13 3 2 2 2 32 1 7 5 1995-96 : 71 18 5 6 : IA 1994-95 : 43 23 6 2 2 1 3 1 6 6 4 3 1995-96 : 29 45 5 1 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 : MI 1994-95 : 8 50 7 3 2 3 5 4 3 9 3 3 1995-96 : 4 39 4 6 5 1 12 8 3 6 8 4 : MN 1994-95 : 22 29 9 4 2 5 4 3 5 5 5 7 1995-96 : 15 29 10 5 5 6 4 5 5 7 4 5 : NE 1994-95 : 33 21 17 5 3 2 2 5 5 3 2 2 1995-96 : 34 39 3 3 3 3 6 3 2 1 1 2 : NY 1994-95 : 2 1 4 4 1 1 18 54 5 2 3 5 1995-96 : 7 21 30 3 3 1 3 8 10 6 8 : ND 1994-95 : 7 18 16 15 5 5 6 9 4 4 3 8 1995-96 : 12 24 13 9 7 7 7 6 5 4 4 2 : OH 1994-95 : 13 37 5 7 7 4 6 4 4 6 4 3 1995-96 : 28 31 23 6 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 : OR 1994-95 : 4 18 12 18 6 6 8 5 4 4 15 1995-96 : 2 13 25 12 9 15 8 7 4 2 2 1 : PA 1994-95 : 10 31 6 5 3 2 9 8 8 8 4 6 1995-96 : 18 26 5 2 4 3 6 4 11 6 9 6 : SD 1994-95 : 25 23 6 5 2 5 7 8 8 4 4 3 1995-96 : 10 19 8 6 5 9 9 7 9 9 6 3 : TX 1994-95 : 76 15 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1995-96 : 38 19 1 7 9 7 13 6 : WI 1994-95 : 17 32 7 5 3 3 6 3 5 6 3 10 1995-96 : 10 29 9 5 3 4 5 6 7 9 7 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. All Wheat: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing :May : Jun: Jul: Aug: Sep: Oct: Nov: Dec:Jan: Feb: Mar: Apr:May:Jun Year : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent AZ 1994-95 : 25 60 12 2 1 1995-96 : 19 54 23 4 : AR 1994-95 : 69 17 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1995-96 : 74 23 1 1 1 : CA 1994-95 : 13 24 28 11 6 1 1 4 3 2 2 5 1995-96 : 17 17 30 13 6 2 2 4 6 1 1 1 : CO 1994-95 : 17 10 9 8 7 10 15 7 6 3 5 3 1995-96 : 15 18 11 8 5 11 14 8 4 3 2 1 : GA 1994-95 : 58 20 6 6 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1995-96 : 61 36 2 1 : ID 1994-95 : 4 16 13 10 6 8 12 11 7 5 7 1 1995-96 : 1 7 16 13 11 11 15 6 5 6 4 5 : IL 1994-95 : 22 49 12 4 1 2 1 6 1 2 1995-96 : 6 67 8 5 2 1 3 7 1 : IN 1994-95 : 6 55 19 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 2 1 1995-96 : 21 57 11 2 1 1 5 2 : KS 1994-95 : 21 23 13 9 5 3 8 6 3 4 2 3 1995-96 : 5 33 15 13 8 3 9 6 3 3 1 1 : MI 1994-95 : 29 29 12 5 2 7 7 3 2 1 1 2 1995-96 : 38 26 5 7 8 3 6 5 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --continued All Wheat: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing :May : Jun: Jul: Aug: Sep: Oct: Nov: Dec:Jan: Feb: Mar: Apr:May:Jun Year : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : MN 1994-95 : 9 14 10 8 7 10 8 5 5 7 9 8 1995-96 : 7 16 11 6 7 11 9 6 10 6 6 5 : MO 1994-95 : 17 36 10 11 3 2 5 9 3 2 1 1 1995-96 : 14 59 9 4 3 1 2 6 1 1 : MT 1994-95 : 5 8 7 8 10 10 13 10 9 6 6 8 1995-96 : 6 6 7 9 10 11 14 10 8 8 5 6 : NE 1994-95 : 30 14 10 6 4 10 9 5 5 2 3 2 1995-96 : 27 17 9 9 4 9 10 7 4 3 1 : ND 1994-95 : 6 7 12 9 9 10 9 8 7 8 7 8 1995-96 : 8 8 12 9 10 10 11 9 8 6 5 4 : OH 1994-95 : 64 13 5 2 1 3 6 3 1 1 1 1995-96 : 76 10 3 1 4 1 3 1 1 : OK 1994-95 : 1 21 13 11 9 9 4 17 4 4 4 3 1995-96 : 4 33 19 5 6 9 2 10 6 3 1 2 : OR 1994-95 : 6 22 18 8 6 6 15 9 4 2 2 2 1995-96 : 8 13 18 11 10 14 12 4 3 4 2 1 : SD 1994-95 : 8 14 10 8 6 10 12 6 5 6 7 8 1995-96 : 16 13 10 8 7 10 11 9 7 5 2 2 : TX 1994-95 : 16 42 16 6 3 2 1 3 4 6 1 1995-96 : 13 24 39 13 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 : WA 1994-95 : 5 16 14 10 9 10 11 8 5 4 4 4 1995-96 : 2 14 19 15 13 12 11 3 2 5 3 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Flaxseed: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing : Jul :Aug : Sep :Oct : Nov :Dec : Jan :Feb : Mar :Apr : May :Jun Year : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : ND 1994-95: 6 3 17 22 15 8 14 5 5 3 1 1 1995-96: 3 10 19 36 7 5 5 6 3 1 1 4 : SD 1994-95: 10 8 41 23 3 4 1 2 1 3 1 3 1995-96: 2 9 43 12 7 5 3 4 3 1 1 10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Sorghum: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing :Jun:Jul:Aug:Sep:Oct:Nov:Dec:Jan:Feb:Mar:Apr:May:Jun:Jul:Aug:Sep Year : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent AR 1994-95 : 17 47 20 3 5 4 3 1 1995-96 : 27 42 26 2 1 2 : CO 1994-95 : 5 20 30 14 5 6 2 5 1 4 2 6 1995-96 : 27 25 19 9 7 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 : KS 1994-95 : 5 16 16 17 15 7 6 4 6 3 2 3 1995-96 : 2 40 18 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 : MO 1994-95 : 15 32 14 9 11 4 5 4 2 2 1 1 1995-96 : 12 26 16 10 15 5 6 3 1 2 2 2 : NE 1994-95 : 18 20 14 15 6 7 4 5 4 3 3 1 1995-96 : 35 19 10 17 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 6 : NM 1994-95 : 12 15 31 15 14 3 5 1 1 2 1 1995-96 : 3 46 23 19 4 3 1 1 : OK 1994-95 : 2 9 6 5 35 13 10 10 6 3 1 1995-96 : 1 1 22 35 17 10 4 3 1 2 1 3 : TX 1994-95 : 6 32 15 8 9 6 7 7 2 3 2 3 1995-96 :19 22 18 5 16 8 5 5 1 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Corn: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec :Jan :Feb :Mar:Apr :May:Jun :Jul:Aug:Sep Year : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : CO 1994-95 : 13 15 14 15 7 8 6 6 5 3 5 3 1995-96 : 11 28 20 15 7 5 5 3 1 1 2 2 : GA 1994-95 : 30 19 11 6 4 7 5 3 3 6 3 3 1995-96 : 37 21 5 2 3 5 3 2 2 1 7 12 : IL 1994-95 : 3 9 10 9 25 10 9 5 6 4 5 5 1995-96 : 7 18 8 8 28 9 9 4 4 2 2 1 : IN 1994-95 : 5 15 13 7 19 10 8 5 5 4 5 4 1995-96 : 8 21 8 8 19 11 8 6 3 2 3 3 : IA 1994-95 : 4 10 13 7 11 6 7 7 7 8 11 9 1995-96 : 8 14 14 6 16 7 11 8 5 4 5 2 : KS 1994-95 : 9 19 14 14 16 7 6 3 4 2 3 3 1995-96 : 8 28 18 14 14 6 5 2 2 1 1 1 : KY 1994-95 : 12 16 8 5 21 11 8 5 4 3 3 4 1995-96 : 26 13 5 6 21 11 7 4 2 1 1 3 : MI 1994-95 : 3 18 14 14 6 6 5 5 11 7 7 4 1995-96 : 18 19 13 20 10 6 7 3 1 1 1 1 : MN 1994-95 : 6 11 6 7 4 5 5 6 12 14 13 11 1995-96 : 17 11 6 10 7 8 10 9 9 7 3 3 : MO 1994-95 : 17 16 14 8 12 7 5 4 4 3 3 7 1995-96 : 14 12 12 9 17 10 7 5 5 3 3 3 : NE 1994-95 : 12 11 9 13 8 9 6 6 7 6 7 6 1995-96 : 13 22 10 16 11 9 6 4 2 3 2 2 : NC 1994-95 : 36 20 4 3 6 5 4 3 3 1 1 14 1995-96 : 36 12 2 3 8 7 4 3 3 2 1 19 : OH 1994-95 : 2 16 15 9 14 8 9 7 6 6 4 4 1995-96 : 5 26 15 9 14 8 8 5 3 2 3 2 : PA 1994-95 : 8 17 10 10 5 9 8 9 10 4 5 5 1995-96 : 23 17 17 8 3 8 5 5 4 5 3 2 : SD 1994-95 : 10 28 10 10 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 1995-96 : 18 16 8 12 12 10 8 5 5 3 2 1 : TX 1994-95 : 17 23 20 5 9 10 3 2 1 1 2 7 1995-96 : 21 8 29 13 14 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 : WI 1994-95 : 7 16 9 10 5 7 9 6 7 8 8 8 1995-96 : 17 19 10 20 6 5 7 6 3 3 3 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Sample Survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. Soybeans: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State and : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing : Sep : Oct: Nov: Dec: Jan : Feb: Mar : Apr: May : Jun: Jul : Aug Year : : : : : : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Percent : AR 1994-95 : 2 31 26 10 14 6 4 2 1 2 1 1 1995-96 : 4 38 18 13 13 2 5 3 1 1 1 1 : GA 1994-95 : 2 15 40 15 14 2 4 2 2 1 3 1995-96 : 2 12 47 17 12 1 3 3 1 2 : IL 1994-95 : 7 14 5 7 18 11 11 5 6 5 6 5 1995-96 : 8 20 4 6 24 8 8 6 4 3 5 4 : IN 1994-95 : 10 31 4 5 12 9 9 5 4 3 5 3 1995-96 : 14 36 4 5 13 6 4 5 3 3 3 4 : IA 1994-95 : 8 17 8 7 11 6 9 7 7 6 9 5 1995-96 : 7 23 8 6 16 6 9 7 4 4 6 4 : KS 1994-95 : 4 29 14 15 10 6 6 3 4 3 3 3 1995-96 : 4 43 11 10 7 6 4 3 3 2 4 3 : KY 1994-95 : 2 21 18 5 15 15 9 4 4 2 3 2 1995-96 : 1 21 15 7 21 11 7 7 3 1 3 3 : LA 1994-95 : 10 25 33 8 15 4 2 1 1 1 1995-96 : 11 47 17 9 11 2 1 1 1 : MI 1994-95 : 2 26 20 9 12 8 5 4 4 4 3 3 1995-96 : 9 41 8 7 14 6 4 5 3 1 1 1 : MN 1994-95 : 4 16 8 7 7 6 7 7 10 8 13 7 1995-96 : 10 20 8 6 7 5 8 7 5 8 10 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnotes at end of table. --continued Soybeans: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing : Sep : Oct: Nov: Dec: Jan : Feb: Mar : Apr: May : Jun: Jul : Aug Year : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : MS 1994-95 : 6 9 16 10 32 8 6 2 2 2 5 2 1995-96 : 7 18 12 13 31 6 4 4 1 1 1 2 : MO 1994-95 : 4 19 14 11 13 8 9 5 5 4 4 4 1995-96 : 4 27 9 9 17 7 7 6 4 2 4 4 : NE 1994-95 : 12 20 10 8 8 7 11 5 5 4 5 5 1995-96 : 5 30 14 9 11 5 4 5 5 2 5 5 : NC 1994-95 : 1 7 40 23 7 4 5 4 3 3 2 1 1995-96 : 2 6 27 18 6 6 3 4 3 2 2 21 : OH 1994-95 : 10 32 5 6 9 8 8 5 5 5 4 3 1995-96 : 15 35 6 8 11 5 5 5 3 2 3 2 : SC 1994-95 : 1 3 23 24 10 5 13 3 3 2 10 3 1995-96 : 3 4 25 23 14 6 5 8 6 2 2 2 : SD 1994-95 : 7 32 12 7 7 7 8 4 5 4 4 3 1995-96 : 8 35 10 8 8 6 6 7 3 3 4 2 : TN 1994-95 : 3 19 32 9 14 5 5 2 2 3 3 3 1995-96 : 4 33 20 7 17 6 4 4 2 1 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Beginning 1991-92, estimates discontinued. Percents reflect crop marketings reported by surveyed firms. Dry Edible Beans: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales, by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing : Sep : Oct: Nov : Dec: Jan : Feb: Mar : Apr: May : Jun: Jul : Aug Year : : : : : : : : : : : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : CA 1994-95 : 6 10 13 9 8 6 7 8 10 7 8 8 1995-96 : 5 10 14 8 9 8 7 9 10 7 6 7 : CO 1994-95 : 19 16 8 8 8 7 5 6 4 7 6 6 1995-96 : 24 15 9 8 8 6 6 5 4 5 6 4 : ID 1994-95 : 12 11 18 10 14 6 8 5 5 3 3 5 1995-96 : 8 6 15 9 10 4 7 7 8 9 11 6 : MI 1994-95 : 24 30 8 8 12 2 2 7 2 2 1 2 1995-96 : 26 11 8 8 7 5 6 5 10 7 4 3 : MN 1994-95 : 41 16 7 8 6 4 7 3 2 4 1 1 1995-96 : 30 16 8 5 5 6 15 4 3 4 1 3 : NE 1994-95 : 33 14 12 8 7 5 7 3 2 3 2 4 1995-96 : 22 20 9 9 7 6 8 3 3 5 3 5 : ND 1994-95 : 26 17 13 10 10 6 8 2 2 3 2 1 1995-96 : 26 16 9 6 7 9 8 8 3 3 3 2 : WA 1994-95 : 24 19 15 9 9 2 7 5 4 2 1 3 1995-96 : 19 26 15 6 6 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Percents reflect estimates of actual marketings used for calculating marketing year average prices. Sunflower: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales by Month and State, 1994-95 and 1995-96 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State and : : : : : : : : : : : : Marketing : Sep :Oct : Nov :Dec : Jan :Feb : Mar :Apr : May :Jun : Jul : Aug Year : : : : : : : : : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : KS 1994-95: 8 26 16 8 12 6 10 4 6 3 1 1995-96: 1 24 24 18 15 5 6 2 1 2 1 1 : MN 1994-95: 2 11 20 19 5 9 8 7 6 7 4 2 1995-96: 9 25 22 9 6 4 3 3 1 3 11 4 : ND 1994-95: 1 9 28 9 11 7 7 6 5 4 6 7 1995-96: 3 21 18 12 10 6 7 5 4 4 7 3 : SD 1994-95: 5 30 16 16 5 4 4 3 4 7 4 2 1995-96: 5 27 27 9 8 7 5 3 3 3 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating marketing year average prices. November Weather Summary: An active Pacific-origin storm track that developed in mid-October persisted through November, promoting unsettled weather in the Western and Central United States. In addition, arctic-origin air overspread many areas east of the Rocky Divide after November 9. Several heavy precipitation events unfolded from the Northwest to the northern Plains--the collision zone between Pacific and arctic airmasses-- roducing near-record to record totals of rain, freezing rain, and snow. Farther east, arctic air streamed across the relatively warm Great Lakes on November 9-14, contributing greatly toward monthly record snowfall in several locations. On November 7-9 and 25-26, Pacific-origin storm systems exhibited re-development in the East, dumping heavy precipitation and perpetuating a 14-month wet spell. Although mid-month rainfall ended short-term dryness from Nebraska to central Kansas, the dry spell stretched to 2 months on the High Plains from eastern Colorado to Texas. In Rapid City, SD, the temperature failed to rise above freezing for a November record 17 consecutive days, from November 10-26. The last in a series of arctic high-pressure systems crossed the Canadian border into the northern Plains on November 25, reaching the East Coast 4 days later. On November 24, the low of -27 degrees F in Williston, ND was a November record. Two days later in Minnesota, Rochester's low of -12 degrees F was their lowest in November since 1977. In Montana, Glasgow's monthly temperature averaged 12.7 degrees F below normal, falling just shy of their November record. Farther east, however, November records were set in Lynchburg, VA (7.4 degrees F below normal) and Baltimore, MD (6.6 degrees F below normal). November temperatures averaged 6 to 7 degrees F below normal and were the third lowest on record in Richmond, VA and Kansas City, MO, and the fourth lowest in Rochester, MN and Evansville, IN. In contrast, November-record warmth spread across the southern Plains a few days earlier. On November 20, highs soared to 88 degrees F in Roswell, NM and 90 degrees F in Midland, TX. Above-normal monthly temperatures were confined to areas from Oregon and California eastward to the Rocky Divide, and near the Gulf Coast from southern Texas to southern Florida. Unusually heavy snowfall blanketed the Northwest and the northern Plains. A November record was established in Glasgow (23.3 inches; 81 percent of their normal seasonal total). In North Dakota, Grand Forks' November snowfall of 26.4 inches was their highest this century. Kalispell, MT received 48.5 inches, narrowly missing their all-time monthly total of 52.1 inches, set in December 1990. Precipitation totals eclipsed November records in Duluth, MN (5.38 inches) and Glasgow (1.50 inches). East of the Washington Cascades, monthly snowfall included 18.4 inches in Spokane and 23.5 inches, a November record, in Yakima. On November 18-19, a severe ice storm struck Spokane and surrounding valleys, while in Yakima, a 24-hour record (for any month) 16.0 inches of snow fell. West of the Oregon Cascades, monthly rainfall reached 12.06 inches in Eugene, 10.11 inches in Salem, and 9.73 inches in Portland, boosted by monthly record 24-hour totals on November 18-19. A rainfall-laced storm crossed the Nation's mid-section at mid-month, erasing 6- to 7-week moisture deficits on the central Plains. On November 15-16, a 24-hour monthly record 2.76 inches drenched Dodge City, KS. A week earlier, another storm crossed the Nation before re-intensifying over the East. On November 7, 3.51 inches of rain soaked Indianapolis, IN, their heaviest 1-day total since November 14, 1993. Runoff from heavy rainfall produced record crests along a few rivers in northeastern New York. Farther south, thunderstorms along the system's trailing cold front spawned nearly three dozen tornadoes across the South and East. In the storm's wake, the first in a series of arctic high-pressure systems approached the United States. But the center of the arctic high did not arrive for nearly a week, leading to long-duration lake-effect snow squalls. Downwind of Lake Erie, 68.9 inches fell in Chardon, OH. The squalls boosted snowfall toward November-record totals in Cleveland, OH (23.4 inches) and Syracuse, NY (25.9 inches). By November 16, November-record barometric readings were noted in locations such as Philadelphia, PA (30.85 inches) and Newark, NJ (30.84 inches). In Hawaii, a November-record 18.79 inches of rain deluged Honolulu, Oahu. Nearly all of the precipitation fell in a 2-week period between November 5-18, including a 24-hour total of 4.52 inches on the 5th and 6th. The only wetter months on record in Honolulu were February 1904 (23.50 inches) and March 1951 (20.79 inches). Elsewhere on Oahu, totals reached an all-time record 25.27 inches (362 percent of normal) in Wahiawa. Farther west, monthly rainfall locally topped 1 foot on Kauai, but the eastern islands largely escaped the downpours. On Hawaii Island, Hilo notched a monthly record high of 92 degrees F on November 7. Meanwhile in Alaska, frigid early-season weather eased across the west and north. Barrow's November temperatures averaged 10 degrees F above normal. Cold, snowy weather persisted, however, in the State's southeastern quadrant. Monthly snowfall totaled 25.7 inches (245 percent of normal) in Anchorage and 18.4 inches in Fairbanks. General Crop Comments: Harvest of the major row crops started November slightly behind schedule. In the Corn Belt, rain and snow slowed harvest activity, while in the eastern Corn Belt, high moisture levels in some late-maturing grain fields limited harvest progress. Snow and freezing rain in the western Corn Belt brought the row-crop harvest to a halt. Elevators in the central Great Plains were filled to capacity with grain due to a large production of corn and soybeans. Early in the month, wheat diseases were reported in the central Great Plains, but damage was minimal. The lateness in the row-crop harvest caused delays to wheat seeding in the Ohio Valley, leaving some acres unplanted. Heavy rains in the Eastern States were followed by freezing temperatures that limited fieldwork. Excessive rainfall delayed harvest activity and flooded some unharvested fields in the middle Mississippi Valley. In the Southeast, severe thunderstorms, some accompanied by tornadoes, and chilly weather stopped fieldwork. Freezing temperatures in early November in the southern Great Plains were welcomed by cotton producers who waited for a hard freeze to aid defoliation. Wet weather at mid-month across the central Great Plains slowed row-crop harvest activity and prevented producers from completing small grain seeding. In the Dakotas, blizzard conditions brought harvest activity to a standstill and left some row crops unharvested until spring. Wheat producers in the Dakotas were concerned that short wheat stands were susceptible to blow-out during the winter. Producers struggled with muddy fields in the Ohio Valley as they attempted to finish combining row crops. Farmers hurried to chisel their fields in the Great Lakes region before a deep frost occurred. Farther south in the Delta, surplus soil moisture caused harvest activity to fall behind schedule. Later in the month, cold, wet weather limited harvest activity and small grain seeding in the Midwest and slowed the dry down of row crops still in the field. Producers left some row crops unharvested until spring due to deep snow in the Dakotas. In the central Great Plains, persistent wet conditions required producers to wait for fields to freeze to support combines. Wet weather in the southern Great Plains and western Delta flooded fields and delayed the row-crop harvest. Heavy rains along the Pacific Coast caused flooding and halted all field activity. Low temperatures and dry conditions slowed wheat emergence on some replanted fields in the Mountain States. Cotton producers in the southern Great Plains waited for freezing temperatures to aid in defoliation, while producers in the Tennessee Valley commented that the cotton harvest would not be completed by year's end. Harvest activity was delayed by rains over the Southeast, but the moisture improved small grain and pasture condition. Persistent cool, wet weather at the end of November slowed harvest activity and small grain seeding across the Eastern States. Snowfall brought much-needed moisture across the southern and central Great Plains for recently planted small grains. Producers in the Northern States were concerned about the early-winter weather and snow accumulation and the lateness of small grain seedings. Deep snow in the Dakotas restricted grazing and forced producers to begin using feed supplies earlier than normal. Excessive rainfall in the Delta caused harvest activity to fall behind schedule. Showers over the mid-Atlantic restricted harvests but improved small grain and pasture conditions. Heavy rains along the Pacific Coast caused some flooding and slowed fieldwork and prevented some growers from planting field crops. Winter wheat emergence finished ahead of normal and ended the month in mostly good to fair condition. At month's end, late-planted wheat in the Great Lakes region and eastern Corn Belt remained susceptible to damage from heaving. Corn harvest progress started November behind the average but was virtually complete at months's end, slightly ahead of schedule. Cotton harvest progress started the month 1 percentage point behind the average, and wet weather during the month prevented progress from exceeding the average. Cotton: Upland cotton harvested acreage, at 12.5 million acres, is down 21 percent from last year, and American-Pima harvested acreage, at 261,900 acres, is 24 percent above 1995. In Texas, generally favorable weather allowed harvest to proceed at a normal pace, although damp mornings and cold, wet conditions slowed operations in the Plains the last week of November. On December 1, three-fourths of Texas' crop was harvested, only 1 percent ahead of average. Cotton objective yield data indicate Texas' crop has the second highest boll weights when compared to the previous 10 year's weights. The Delta States (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee) harvest pace was behind the average on December 1 in Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee, as rains interrupted field work. Louisiana and Mississippi stayed slightly ahead of their average progress, and harvest was complete in these two States. Data from objective yield surveys show boll weights are the third lowest since 1986 in Arkansas, second highest in Louisiana, and Mississippi weights ranked sixth during this period. Arizona's harvest was 82 percent complete in early December, 14 points behind normal, as producers are waiting for more bolls to develop. California, at 95 percent harvested, was 3 percent behind their average pace. Mid-month rains in California caused minimal harvest activity, and increased the concerns about rain stained lint. December 1 cotton objective yield counts show boll weights are the third lowest since 1986 for California. In the Southeastern States (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina), harvest progress exceeded the average pace except for Alabama. Georgia producers harvested 91 percent of the acreage by December 1, 4 percent ahead of normal, and South Carolina producers harvested 95 percent of the crop compared to the 5-year average of 89 percent. North Carolina's harvest pace was 4 percent ahead of the normal pace at 90 percent. American-Pima production is forecast at 541,000 bales, up 47 percent from 1995's output, but down 26,000 bales from the November forecast. Yield is indicated at 992 pounds per harvested acre, up 156 pounds from last year. In California, the effect of August's high temperatures, caused yield prospects to decline from early season expectations. Harvest continued in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, as yield expectations declined slightly due to the freeze in late October. Arizona's yield prospects improved slightly from November. Thirty- five percent of the Arizona crop was rated in good condition and 16 percent was in excellent condition. All cotton ginnings totaled 14,659,300 running bales prior to December 1, compared with 14,199,050 running bales ginned to the same date last year and 15,587,300 running bales in 1994. Burley Tobacco: U.S. burley tobacco production is forecast at 572 million pounds, up 31 percent from 1995 but 2 percent below the November 1 forecast. Yields for 1996 are expected to average 2,065 pounds per acre, 6 pounds below last month's forecast but 202 pounds above the average for 1995. Growers are expected to harvest 277,100 acres, 18 percent above last year but 5,000 acres below last month. End-of-season surveys indicate that Kentucky growers did not plant as much acreage as earlier expected. Burley auction markets opened November 25. As of December 3, total gross sales for the season totaled 153 million pounds compared with 152 million pounds sold during a comparable period a year ago. Papayas: Hawaii fresh papaya production was 2.97 million pounds for November. This was 5 percent lower than October and 21 percent lower than November 1995. Weather conditions during November were mixed for papaya production. The first two weeks were unfavorable with heavy rains over Kauai and Oahu flooding some fields. Major Big Island orchards benefitted from light to moderate rainfall during this period. Papaya ringspot virus continued to be a problem in infected fields. Area devoted to papaya production was 3,500 acres, 1 percent lower than October and 7 percent lower than a year ago. Harvested area was estimated at 1,400 acres, 8 percent less than October and 41 percent less than last year. October acreage figures were revised based on new survey data. Acreage declines were caused by virus infected fields being taken out of production. Total area did not show the same amount of decline as harvested area, reflecting new plantings in areas not as affected by the virus. Dry Edible Beans: Production of dry edible beans is estimated at 27.5 million cwt. for 1996, 11 percent below 1995 and 5 percent below two years ago. This estimate is 2 percent larger than the October forecast. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.73 million acres, down 9 percent from 1995 and 6 percent below 1994. The average yield, at 1,589 pounds per acre fell 33 pounds short of 1995 but was 7 pounds above 1994. North Dakota's dry bean harvest began in early September, slightly behind the average. By early October, harvest was ahead of average due to dry conditions. Harvest was virtually complete by mid-October, ahead of 1995 and the State's average. Michigan's dry bean crop came through as well as could be expected considering the late planting, excessive rain, and frost damage. Harvest began well behind normal but made good progress in October. Cool weather early in the growing season kept Wyoming bean development behind the average pace. With warm, dry weather during the summer and irrigation supplies adequate or better, the crop developed rapidly. Harvest was completed well ahead of the 5-year average. Utah's severe drought destroyed much of the 1996 crop on non-irrigated land and resulted in the State's average yield increasing from 460 pounds per acre in 1995 to 1,600 pounds per acre in 1996, since all the beans were on irrigated acres. However, harvested acres fell from 7,000 to 600 acres in one year. Further west, in Oregon and Washington, rain delayed and prevented some planting. However, growers in Washington completed harvest well ahead of normal. A late frost in June damaged the crop in northeastern Oregon, decreasing or completing destroying production for some producers. Production in North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, New Mexico, Montana, and Wisconsin is expected to be above 1995. Michigan experienced a 33 percent decline in production, California an 11 percent, Colorado an 8 percent and Idaho a 12 percent decrease from last year. By variety, garbanzo production rose 7 percent, pintos rose 5 percent large limas rose 4 percent, great northerns rose 2 percent and dark red kidneys and baby limas each rose 1 percent. All other varieties fell with small reds leading at 45 percent below last year. Pintos had 44 percent of the total 1996 production compared with 37 percent last year, while navies had 21 percent of the total compared with 24 percent in 1995. Grapefruit: The December 1 forecast of the 1996-97 U.S. grapefruit crop is 3.04 million tons, unchanged from the last forecast in October but 12 percent larger than last season's crop. This year's tonnage is a record large crop, surpassing the previous record of 3.032 million tons in the 1976-77 season. The December 1 Florida all grapefruit crop is forecast at a record large 59.0 million boxes (2.51 million tons), unchanged from the last forecast but 13 percent more than last year. The seedless grapefruit forecast is maintained at 58.0 million boxes. The varietal divisions of 26.5 million boxes (1.13 million tons) of white and 31.5 million boxes (1.34 million tons) of colored are continued. If attained, the total seedless will be 13 percent above the 51.3 million boxes recorded last season and 7 percent above the recorded high 54.4 million boxes of the 1994-95 season. The colored forecast exceeds the record 1994-95 crop of 28.7 million boxes by 10 percent and last season's by 12 percent. The white variety exceeds last season by 14 percent but will not be a record. The seedy grapefruit forecast is continued at 1 million boxes (43,000 tons), 5 percent less than last season. A little over one million boxes of white grapefruit moved, while colored movement was just over five million boxes. The Florida forecasts are based on objective fruit counts and measurement surveys in relationship to the harvest patterns and utilization of the past two seasons. All citrus forecasts project certified utilization including a preseason allocation of less than two percent for unrecorded usage. Certifications include only fruit actually shipped in fresh pack or recorded at a processing plant. The Texas grapefruit forecast, at 5.70 million boxes (228,000 tons), is unchanged from the last forecast but is 25 percent more than the 1995-96 season. Fruit set was high and quality is very good. Tangelos: The 1996-97 Florida tangelo crop is forecast at 3.80 million boxes (171,000 tons), unchanged from the last forecast in October but up 55 percent from last year. The average fruit size was smaller than last season, as indicated by the heavy fruit set. However, loss from fruit droppage, while close to last season, was less than any November in the past 10 seasons. Last season, 58 percent of the record small 2.45 million box crop was processed. If this percent were the same this season, 2.20 million boxes would be used in processed form. Tangelo utilization at 660,000 boxes was behind the past two years due to lagging maturity. Tangerines: The 1996-97 U.S. tangerine crop is forecast at a record large 415,000 tons, unchanged from October but 19 percent more than last season. Florida's tangerine forecast is continued at 6.00 million boxes (285,000 tons), 33 percent more than 1995-96. Early tangerine movement was well ahead of last year with nearly 2 million boxes moved through November. Early varieties Robinson and Fallglo were nearly completely harvested. Fruit drop was a record low for this time of year on the Honey variety. The Arizona and California tangerine forecasts were carried forward from October 1. Temples: The Florida 1996-97 temple production forecast remains at 2.50 million boxes (113,000 tons), 16 percent more than last season. The average fruit size in November was the smallest in over 20 years, reflecting the heavy fruit set. Accumulated percent loss from fruit droppage was less than any November in the 35 year series. K-Early Citrus: The 1996-97 forecast of Florida K-Early Citrus is 150,000 boxes (7,000 tons), down 25 percent from October and 6 percent from last season. Harvest was almost complete with 139,000 boxes certified. Florida Citrus: Most central Florida groves were dry during November. The east and west coasts generally had a few more showers than the rest of the State during the month. Growers and caretakers used all types of irrigation to maintain good fruit and tree condition during the dry weather. High northeast winds on November 13 through 16 burned some foliage on the east side of many trees on the lower east coast and some inland areas. Salt was picked up from the Atlantic Ocean, carried inland, and contributed to the foliage burning. Caretakers reduced their in-grove activity in an effort to reduce production costs. Very few sprays and fertilizers were applied this month. Harvest of early and mid oranges was a little over 15 million boxes which is about half of what it was at the same time the past two years. Texas Citrus: Harvest moved briskly throughout November as shippers were busy filling gift orders. Quality and packout remained very good. Rainfall was minimal for the month which is actually preferred at this time so crews can get the needed fruit for the gift market. California Citrus: Grapefruit harvest in the desert area was active in November with smooth texture and good color. Lemon movement gained momentum with warm days and cool nights improving maturity. Navel orange picking continued with above average quality reported. The cool nights improved color and maturity and thickened the rind which will help in transportation. The Valencia orange harvest was completed for the 1995-96 season. Tangerine picking was active with good quality reported. California Fruits and Nuts: Thompson Seedless, Red Crimson, and Emperor table grape variety harvests were virtually complete by month's end. Grape growers planted cover crops and pruned vines. Stone fruit and nut orchards were also pruned. Walnut, pistachio, olive, kiwifruit, pomegranate, fig, plum, apple, and quince harvests ended by month's end. Harvest of avocados and persimmons continued throughout the month where conditions permitted. Fall strawberries were harvested in the San Joaquin Valley. Pecans: The December 1 forecast for U.S. pecan production is 230.7 million pounds (in-shell basis), a decrease of 8 percent from October and 14 percent lower than 1995. Production of improved varieties decreased 6 percent to 182.9 million pounds, and production for native and seedling varieties declined to 47.8 million pounds. Growers in several States reported they will not harvest due to depressed prices and low quality nuts. Georgia production decreased to 90.0 million pounds, 10 percent below October but 20 percent higher than last year. Harvest reached over three-fourths complete at the end of November, slightly ahead of normal. The quality of this year's crop is highly variable and the crop is not weighing out as well as earlier expectations. Production in Texas remains at 45.0 million pounds, 40 percent lower than the previous year. Sixty-five percent of the crop has been harvested. Both quantity and quality have been adversely affected this year by insect damage and the dry conditions during spring and summer. Large irrigated orchards have reported good crops, while most of the small producers are reporting crop failures. New Mexico forecasts 24.0 million pounds, down 20 percent from the last forecast and 47 percent less than 1995. With 40 percent of the harvest completed, early grower optimism regarding the crop has diminished. Alabama forecasts 15.0 million pounds, unchanged from last forecast but 50 percent more than 1995. Reported yields varied across the State. Rains reduced nut quality, especially in Mobile County. With 73 percent of the crop harvested, Louisiana continues at 18.0 million pounds, 38 percent higher than last year. Timely rainfall and lower disease pressure contributed to the good production this year. Arizona remains at 18.0 million pounds. Harvest is starting to gain momentum. Oklahoma production dropped to 4.0 million pounds, half of October's forecast and 79 percent below last year. Producers who expected some production had their crop washed away by flooding. Deer, squirrels and birds further reduced the crop as wet ground hindered harvest activity. Sugarcane: Sugarcane production for U.S. sugar and seed in 1996 is expected to total 28.3 million tons, down 8 percent from 1995, but up 1 percent from the November "Crop Report". Area for harvest, at 878,000 acres, was down slightly from the November "Crop Report", and 6 percent below last year. The forecasted yield, at 32.2 tons per acre, is 0.8 tons below last year's yield, but up 0.5 tons from last month. The harvest of Louisiana's sugarcane acreage started November slightly behind normal due to wet field conditions. Rainy weather persisted during November and by month's end the harvest of Louisiana's sugarcane acreage at 61 percent complete was slightly behind last year and the average. The sugarcane harvest in Florida was active during November and was aided by dry weather. In Texas, the lack of rain and irrigation water shortages early in the growing season caused the loss of some acreage and limited the development of sugarcane. Rain in Hawaii lessened the impact of the dry conditions and interrupted harvest activity. Coffee: Hawaii coffee production is estimated at 6.50 million pounds for the 1996-97 season, up 20 percent from the previous season. Increased production from the islands of Maui, Molokai, Kauai, and Oahu accounted for the entire boost in overall output. Increased harvested acreage and the continuing maturity of trees accounted for the increase in production from these islands. Production on the island of Hawaii, where Kona coffee is produced, is expected to decline this season. Reliability of December 1 Crop Production Forecasts Survey Procedures: Objective yield surveys were conducted to gather information on expected yield as of December 1. The objective yield survey for cotton was conducted in the major producing States that normally account for 65 percent of the U.S. production. Randomly selected fields and plots within fields are surveyed each month. At crop maturity, the fruit is harvested and weighed. After the farm operator has harvested the sample field, another plot is sampled to obtain current year harvesting loss. Estimating Procedures: National and State level objective yield survey estimates were reviewed for errors, reasonableness, and consistency with historical estimates. In addition, reports from cotton ginners in each State were considered. Each State Statistical Office submits their analysis of the current situation to the Agricultural Statistics Board (ASB). The ASB uses the survey data and the State analyses to prepare the published December 1 forecast. Revision Policy: The December 1 cotton production forecast will not be revised; instead, a new forecast will be made in January followed by end-of-season estimates in May. At the end of the marketing year, administrative records are reviewed and revisions are made, if data relationships warrant changes. Harvested acres may be revised at any time a production forecast is made, if there is strong evidence that the intended harvested area has changed since the last estimate. Reliability: To assist users in evaluating the reliability of the December 1 production forecasts, the "Root Mean Square Error," a statistical measure based on past performance, is computed. The deviation between the December 1 production forecast and the final estimate is expressed as a percentage of the final estimate. The average of squared percentage deviations for the 20-year (1976-1995) period is computed; then the square root of the average becomes statistically the "Root Mean Square Error." Probability statements can be made concerning expected differences in the current forecast relative to the final end-of-season estimate, assuming that factors affecting this year's forecast are not different from those influencing recent years. The "Root Mean Square Error" for the December 1 cotton production forecast is 1.7 percent. This means that chances are 2 out of 3 that the current production forecast of 18.7 million bales will not be above or below the final estimate by more than 1.7 percent, or approximately 318,548 bales. Chances are 9 out of 10 (90 percent confidence level) that the difference will not exceed 3.0 percent or approximately 562,143 bales. Changes between the December 1 forecast and the final estimate during the past 10 years have averaged 198,000 bales, ranging from 40,000 to 479,000 bales. The December 1 forecast has been below the final estimate 5 times and above 5 times. The difference does not imply that the December 1 cotton forecast this year is likely to understate or overstate final production. Index Page Table Narrative Beans, Dry Edible (by State)........................ A- 9 B- 4 Beans, Dry Edible (by Class)........................ A-10 Citrus Fruit ....................................... A-16 B- 5 Coffee ............................................. A-19 B- 7 Cotton ............................................. A- 7 B- 3 Cottonseed ......................................... A- 8 Crop Marketing Seasons ............................. A-20 Crop Summary ....................................... A- 3 Farm Marketings .................................... A-21 Papayas ............................................ A- 8 B- 4 Pecans ............................................. A-18 B- 6 Reliability Statement .............................. B- 8 Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed ....................... A-19 B- 7 Tobacco, Burley .................................... A- 8 B- 4 Report Features The next "Crop Production" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on January 9, 1997. Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. C. 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