Mississippi Ag Report Volume 06-12 Released: June 14, 2006 This report is best viewed with a monospace font. Featured Statistics: Sweet Potatoes Cotton: Fertilizer Applications Cotton: Chemical Applications Soybeans: Chemical Applications Prices Paid for Fertilizer Prices Paid for Farm Equipment Prices Paid for Field Seeds Highlights * Mississippi's 2006 winter wheat yield is expected to be a record high 55 bushels per acre. * Mississippi's sweet potato growers experienced a banner year in 2005: there was a record high yield of 180 cwt. per acre, and the number of harvested acres moved to the second largest acreage in the United States for the first time. Mississippi had been gaining on the former number 2 state, Louisiana, for more than a decade. * Glyphosate iso. salt was applied to 95 percent of the cotton acreage in Mississippi in 2005. * Prices for new self-propelled, 4-row cotton pickers averaged $271,000 in the United States in 2006. Winter Wheat: Acreage, Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by Selected States and United States, 2005 and Forecasted June 1, 2006 Acres Harvested Yield Production State 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 May 1 June 1 1,000 Acres Bushels 1,000 Bushels Arkansas 160 300 52.0 54.0 55.0 8,320 16,500 Georgia 140 130 52.0 45.0 47.0 7,280 6,110 Kansas 9,500 9,400 40.0 34.0 31.0 380,000 291,400 Kentucky 300 310 68.0 68.0 68.0 20,400 21,080 Mississippi 65 70 50.0 55.0 55.0 3,250 3,850 Missouri 540 870 54.0 53.0 53.0 29,160 46,110 North Carolina 435 440 57.0 48.0 48.0 24,795 21,120 Oklahoma 4,000 3,100 32.0 22.0 22.0 128,000 68,200 South Carolina 165 125 52.0 45.0 48.0 8,580 6,000 Tennessee 150 190 56.0 56.0 58.0 8,400 11,020 Texas 3,000 1,300 32.0 27.0 25.0 96,000 32,500 Virginia 160 170 63.0 56.0 56.0 10,080 9,520 United States 33,794 31,177 44.4 42.4 40.5 1,499,129 1,263,766 Sweet Potatoes: Acreage, Yield and Production, by State and United States, 2004-2005 1 Area Planted Area Harvested Yield Production State 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 1,000 Acres Cwt 1,000 Cwt Alabama 2.8 2.7 2.3 2.5 165 150 380 375 California 11.5 11.7 11.5 11.7 280 285 3,220 3,335 Louisiana 16.0 18.0 15.5 17.0 150 145 2,325 2,465 Mississippi 16.0 17.4 15.3 17.3 170 180 2,601 3,114 New Jersey 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 140 130 168 156 North Carolina 45.0 36.0 43.0 35.0 160 170 6,880 5,950 South Carolina 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 120 160 96 128 Texas 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.6 140 65 392 169 Virginia 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 125 125 50 38 United States 96.9 91.0 92.8 88.4 174 178 16,112 15,730 1 2005 Revised. Upland Cotton: Fertilizer Primary Nutrient Applications, by Program States, 2005 1 Program State and Area Rate per Rate per Total Active Ingredient Applied Applications Application Crop Year Applied Percent Number Pounds per Acre Million Lbs Alabama Nitrogen 98 1.6 61 96 51.4 Phosphate 87 1.0 54 57 27.0 Potash 90 1.1 70 75 37.0 Sulfur 39 1.0 15 16 3.4 Arkansas Nitrogen 96 1.6 71 112 112.8 Phosphate 73 1.1 40 44 33.3 Potash 82 1.1 74 82 71.2 Sulfur 33 1.1 23 24 8.5 California Nitrogen 96 2.1 94 194 79.8 Phosphate 32 1.1 70 76 10.2 Potash 22 1.5 60 89 8.3 Sulfur 4 1.2 8 9 0.2 Georgia Nitrogen 97 1.9 50 95 112.6 Phosphate 88 1.1 53 60 63.8 Potash 90 1.3 72 95 103.7 Sulfur 56 1.1 15 17 11.7 Louisiana Nitrogen 99 1.3 62 78 47.5 Phosphate 47 1.0 42 43 12.3 Potash 49 1.1 71 78 23.3 Sulfur 35 1.0 6 6 1.3 Mississippi 99 1.5 81 120 144.5 Nitrogen 35 1.1 49 54 22.6 Phosphate 58 1.1 106 117 82.7 Potash 17 1.4 10 13 2.8 Sulfur North Carolina Nitrogen 95 1.9 40 75 57.9 Phosphate 74 1.1 37 43 25.7 Potash 95 1.2 89 102 79.0 Sulfur 40 1.1 19 22 7.1 Tennessee Nitrogen 100 1.3 76 95 60.6 Phosphate 90 1.0 52 54 31.1 Potash 99 1.0 88 92 58.3 Sulfur 42 1.0 8 8 2.1 Texas Nitrogen 77 1.4 49 68 310.9 Phosphate 64 1.1 34 38 144.9 Potash 32 1.1 17 19 35.4 Sulfur 40 1.1 12 14 32.3 1 Planted acres in 2005 for the 9 Program States was 12.4 million acres. Upland Cotton: Agricultural Chemical Applications, Mississippi, 2005 1 Active Area Rate per Rate per Total Ingredient Applied Applications Application Crop Year Applied Percent Number Pounds per Acre 1,000 Lbs Herbicides 2,4-D, 2-EHE 2 1.0 0.718 0.718 14 2,4-D, dimeth. salt 13 1.0 0.597 0.597 95 Carfentrazone-ethyl 8 1.3 0.014 0.018 2 Clethodim 3 1.0 0.124 0.124 4 Diuron 49 1.2 0.634 0.748 441 Flumioxazin 7 1.2 0.059 0.072 6 Fluometuron 8 1.1 0.524 0.576 54 Glyphosate 7 1.5 0.582 0.886 78 Glyphosate iso. salt 95 3.1 0.731 2.271 2,605 Linuron 3 1.2 0.548 0.651 23 MSMA 11 1.1 0.977 1.051 145 Pendimethalin 12 1.0 0.717 0.752 113 Prometryn 5 1.5 0.708 1.090 72 Pyrithiobac-sodium 8 1.0 0.044 0.046 4 S-Metolachlor 7 1.0 0.717 0.717 59 Sulfosate 6 2.3 1.116 2.581 182 Trifloxysulfuron-sod 3 1.0 0.008 0.008 2 Trifluralin 1 1.0 0.949 0.949 13 Insecticides Acephate 71 3.2 0.447 1.433 1,232 Acetamiprid 4 1.1 0.034 0.038 2 Aldicarb 20 1.0 0.616 0.616 152 Cyfluthrin 14 1.2 0.031 0.036 6 Cypermethrin 31 1.4 0.039 0.053 20 Dicrotophos 33 1.9 0.282 0.536 212 Esfenvalerate 4 1.7 0.051 0.089 4 Imidacloprid 15 2.1 0.039 0.081 15 Lambda-cyhalothrin 15 1.2 0.026 0.032 6 Novaluron 8 1.3 0.039 0.050 5 Oxamyl 6 1.8 0.249 0.437 32 Thiamethoxam 31 1.8 0.023 0.041 16 Zeta-cypermethrin 7 1.5 0.031 0.047 4 Fungicides Azoxystrobin 3 1.0 0.096 0.096 4 Other Chemicals Bacillus cereus 17 3.2 3 3 2 Cyclanilide 16 1.0 0.100 0.100 20 Ethephon 90 1.0 1.052 1.099 1,200 Kinetin 6 2.3 3 3 2 Mepiquat chloride 52 2.9 0.027 0.077 48 Monocarbamide dihyd. 5 1.0 2.553 2.553 168 Paraquat 5 1.1 0.458 0.498 28 Sodium chlorate 2 1.0 2.461 2.461 60 Thidiazuron 88 1.0 0.077 0.080 86 Tribufos 34 1.1 0.577 0.650 268 1 Planted acres in 2005 for Mississippi were 1.2 million acres. 2 Total applied is less than 500 pounds. 3 Rate per acre is less than 0.0005 pounds. Soybeans: Agricultural Chemical Applications, Program States, 2005 1 Active Area Rate per Rate per Total Ingredient Applied Applications Application Crop Year Applied Percent Number Pounds per Acre 1,000 Lbs Herbicides 2,4-D, 2-EHE 4 1.0 0.440 0.440 998 2,4-D, BEE 1 1.0 0.436 0.436 298 2,4-D, dimeth. salt 1 1.0 0.501 0.501 243 Atrazine * 1.0 3.257 3.257 542 Chlorimuron-ethyl 4 1.0 0.013 0.013 34 Clethodim 3 1.0 0.086 0.086 156 Cloransulam-methyl 1 1.1 0.032 0.034 31 Dicamba, Digly Salt * 1.0 0.263 0.263 40 Fenoxaprop 2 1.0 0.032 0.032 31 Fluazifop-P-butyl 2 1.0 0.109 0.109 125 Flumiclorac-pentyl 1 1.0 0.013 0.013 7 Flumioxazin 3 1.0 0.061 0.062 105 Fomesafen 3 1.0 0.247 0.247 411 Glyphosate 3 1.2 0.861 1.020 1,683 Glyphosate iso. salt 88 1.5 0.755 1.101 63,047 Imazamox * 1.0 0.028 0.028 6 Imazaquin 1 1.0 0.099 0.099 39 Imazethapyr 2 1.1 0.050 0.057 85 Lactofen 1 1.0 0.128 0.128 57 Metribuzin 2 1.0 0.148 0.148 204 Paraquat * 1.0 0.479 0.479 151 Pendimethalin 3 1.0 0.968 0.968 2,123 Quizalofop-P-ethyl * 1.0 0.052 0.052 8 S-Metolachlor 1 1.0 0.951 0.951 549 Sulfentrazone 2 1.0 0.083 0.083 131 Sulfosate 2 1.5 1.162 1.752 2,681 Thifensulfuron 2 1.0 0.005 0.005 6 Trifluralin 4 1.0 0.782 0.782 1,791 Insecticides Acephate * 1.4 0.603 0.826 220 Chlorpyrifos 5 1.0 0.477 0.482 1,413 Cyfluthrin * 1.4 0.026 0.038 8 Esfenvalerate 1 1.1 0.040 0.043 25 Lambda-cyhalothrin 6 1.0 0.023 0.023 88 Permethrin 1 1.0 0.122 0.122 67 Zeta-cypermethrin 1 1.0 0.024 0.024 19 Fungicides Azoxystrobin 1 1.0 0.100 0.100 57 Pyraclostrobin 1 1.0 0.104 0.104 80 Tebuconazole * 1.0 0.177 0.177 48 * Area applied is less than 0.5 percent. 1 Planted acres in 2005 for the 17 Program States was 64.8 million acres. States included are AR, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NC, OH, SD, TN and VA. Fertilizer and Agricultural Limestone: Prices Paid, by Selected Region and United States, April 2005-2006 Region 1 2 Item E. South South Southeast United States Central Central 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 Dollars Per Ton 0-18-36 264 286 252 268 258 277 0-20-20 258 283 242 271 241 283 248 281 5-10-10 193 215 193 216 5-10-15 215 230 241 272 233 260 5-10-30 252 270 244 270 5-20-20 247 271 247 271 6-6-6 239 256 232 256 6-6-18 254 296 247 296 6-12-12 223 248 223 248 6-24-24 275 295 287 321 8-8-8 216 234 204 234 10-10-10 205 231 244 267 235 259 10-20-10 240 278 247 280 10-20-20 288 321 279 315 10-34-0 247 283 271 318 13-13-13 272 289 242 264 265 285 15-15-15 275 306 288 326 16-4-8 290 323 289 323 16-6-12 245 262 232 262 16-20-0 241 266 293 323 17-17-17 276 298 300 347 293 334 18-46-0 (DAP) 310 349 285 327 319 354 303 337 19-19-19 310 336 304 340 24-8-0 245 268 244 268 Ammonium Nitrate 292 352 293 334 324 390 292 366 Anhydrous Ammonia 448 537 368 475 416 521 Aqua Ammonia 139 168 Limestone, Spread 21.20 24.30 30.50 31.40 31.70 34.00 20.70 22.3 Muriate of Potash 60-62% K2O 258 285 241 259 270 294 245 273 Nitrate of Soda 345 463 318 354 323 373 Nitrogen Solutions 28% N 219 239 224 233 218 240 30% N 211 227 215 232 32% N 224 245 235 254 229 249 243 269 Sulfate of 241 245 244 266 Ammonia Superphosphate 44-46% P2O5 296 319 267 283 298 331 299 324 Urea 44-46% 330 356 318 327 332 362 1 East South Central: AL, KY, LA, MS, TN: South Central: AR, OK, TX; Southeast: FL, GA, NC, SC, VA. 2 Items left blank were not surveyed. Prices Paid for Farm Equipment and Tractors, United States, April 2004-2006 Item and Unit 2004 2005 2006 Dollars Baler, Square, Pick-Up, Automatic Tie, P.T.O. Conventional Size Bales Under 200 Pounds 17,400 18,200 18,200 Round, 1200-1500 Lb bale 19,500 20,300 20,300 Round, 1900-2200 Lb bale 27,000 28,200 29,100 Chisel Plow, 16-20 Foot 15,300 15,600 17,700 Combine, Self-Propelled with Grain Head Extra-Large Capacity 218,000 232,000 240,000 Large Capacity 180,000 192,000 201,000 Cotton Picker, Self-Propelled, with Spindle, 237,000 238,000 271,000 4-Row Cultivator, Row Crop, Front or Rear Mounted 6-Row 6,920 7,490 7,820 12-Row, Flexible 15,300 17,300 18,300 Disk Harrow, Tandem, Drawn with Hydraulic Lift 15-17 Foot 14,300 15,700 17,400 18-20 Foot 19,400 21,600 22,000 Field Cultivator, Mounted or Drawn 17-19 Foot 12,400 14,400 14,400 20-25 Foot, Flexible 17,500 19,600 21,000 Front-End Loader, Hydraulic, Tractor Mounted 1800-2500 Lb. Capacity, 60 Inch Bucket 5,150 5,450 5,550 Manure Spreader, Conveyor Type, P.T.O., 2-Wheel 141-190 Bushel Capacity 7,210 7,790 8,030 225-300 Bushel Capacity 10,900 11,900 12,200 Planter, Row Crop With Fertilizer Attachment, 4-Row 16,100 16,900 18,200 With Fertilizer Attachment, 8-Row 32,000 31,400 34,100 With Fertilizer Attachment, 24-Row 102,000 108,000 113,000 With Fertilizer Attachment, 12-Row 53,100 57,900 60,200 Conservation Tractor, 2-Wheel Drive 30-39 P.T.O Horsepower 16,100 16,700 17,500 50-59 P.T.O Horsepower 21,500 23,400 23,700 70-89 P.T.O Horsepower 33,900 36,800 37,600 110-129 P.T.O Horsepower 65,700 68,500 70,900 140-159 P.T.O Horsepower 86,900 91,900 95,500 190-220 P.T.O Horsepower 121,000 126,000 131,000 Tractor, 4-Wheel Drive 200-280 P.T.O Horsepower 141,000 142,000 150,000 Prices Paid for Selected Field Seeds, United States, April 2003-2006 Item Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 Dollars Row Crops Cottonseed, All Cwt 218 270 309 356 Biotech 1 Cwt 293 340 390 443 Non-Biotech Cwt 107 108 110 118 Grain Sorghum Cwt 100 105 114 116 Peanuts Cwt 55.90 56.90 46.40 57.70 Soybeans, All Bu 24.20 24.10 27.60 28.90 Biotech 1 Bu 28.80 30.50 34.60 34.10 Non-Biotech Bu 19.60 17.40 19.10 21.10 Small Grains Rice Cwt 14.90 19.60 20.80 27.30 Wheat, Winter Bu 8.01 8.26 9.06 9.32 Grasses Rye Grass, Annual Cwt 51.30 52.60 59.30 69.60 Timothy Cwt 107 110 105 106 1 Biotech varieties are made to be resistant to herbicides, insects, or both. A technology fee is included within the price.