ne-agri-facts NEBRASKA AGRI-FACTS Issued Twice Monthly by: NEBRASKA Agricultural Statistics Service P.O. Box 81069 Location: 273 Federal Bldg Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone: (402) 437-5541 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nebraska Department of Agriculture USDA, National Ag Statistics Service Merlyn Carlson, Director David G. Loos, State Statistician ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Issue 16/2000 Released: 8/15/2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JULY WEATHER SUMMARY Rainfall during July averaged above normal for most of the eastern half of Nebraska. However, the Southwest, areas in North Central, and Panhandle counties received only 50-60% of normal precipitation for the month, with severe drought conditions being noted in many extreme Southwestern counties. Temperatures fluctuated throughout the month, with above normal readings for the first two weeks and below normal averages for the last half. These conditions lessened dryland crop stress in many eastern counties and provided an improving environment for development of spring planted crops. The final completion of wheat and oat harvests was slowed due to rainfall, but both ended ahead of average. AUGUST 1, 2000 ESTIMATES AND COMPARATIVE DATA FOR NEBRASKA AND THE UNITED STATES NEBRASKA UNITED STATES Classification 1998 1999 2000 1/ 1998 1999 2000 1/ Corn for Grain: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 8,550 8,300 8,050 72,589 70,537 70,059 Yield (Bushels) *145.0 139.0 136.0 134.4 133.8 141.9 Production (1,000 Bushels) *1,239,750 1,153,700 1,094,800 9,758,685 9,437,337 10,369,369 Corn for Grain, Irrigated: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 5,250 4,800 4,750 --- --- --- Yield (Bushels) *161.3 159.4 161.0 --- --- --- Production (1,000 Bushels) 847,050 765,200 764,800 --- --- --- Corn for Grain, Non-Irrigated: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 3,300 3,500 3,300 --- --- --- Yield (Bushels) *119.0 111.0 100.0 --- --- --- Production (1,000 Bushels) *392,700 388,500 330,000 --- --- --- Soybeans for Beans: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 3,750 4,250 *4,650 70,441 72,476 73,474 Yield (Bushels) 44.0 42.5 42.0 38.9 36.5 40.7 Production (1,000 Bushels) 165,000 180,625 *195,300 2,741,0142,642,908 *2,988,669 Sorghum for Grain: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 600 470 470 7,723 8,544 8,315 Yield (Bushels) 94.0 91.0 78.0 67.3 69.7 69.5 Production (1,000 Bushels) 56,400 42,770 36,660 519,933 595,166 577,831 All Wheat: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 1,800 1,800 1,750 59,002 53,909 54,445 Yield (Bushels) 46.0 *48.0 36.0 43.2 42.7 41.6 Production (1,000 Bushels) 82,800 86,400 63,000 2,547,3212,302,443 2,263,192 Oats: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 95 75 50 2,755 2,453 2,452 Yield (Bushels) 56.0 62.0 42.0 60.2 59.6 62.3 Production (1,000 Bushels) 5,320 4,650 2,100 165,981 146,218 152,745 Alfalfa Hay: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 1,400 1,400 1,350 23,672 23,985 23,767 Yield (Tons) 3.75 3.70 3.00 3.48 3.50 3.32 Production (1,000 Tons) 5,250 5,180 4,050 82,310 83,924 78,796 All Other Hay: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 1,800 1,800 1,750 36,404 39,175 38,424 Yield (Tons) 1.35 1.35 1.00 1.91 1.92 1.94 Production (1,000 Tons) 2,430 2,430 1,750 69,470 75,153 74,459 All Hay: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 3,200 3,200 3,100 60,076 63,160 62,191 Yield (Tons) *2.40 2.38 1.87 2.53 2.52 2.46 Production (1,000 Tons) 7,680 7,610 5,800 151,780 159,077 153,255 Beans, Dry Edible: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 188.0 187.0 160.0 1,917.7 1,877.0 1,508.6 Yield (Pounds) 1,950 2,000 1,900 1,586 1,770 1,630 Production (1,000 Cwt.) 3,666 3,740 3,040 30,418 33,230 25,764 Sugar Beets: For harvest (1,000 Acres) 47.4 66.2 62.1 1,450.7 1,527.3 1,504.0 Yield (Tons) 19.7 19.0 19.0 22.4 21.9 22.7 Production (1,000 Tons) 934 1,258 1,180 32,499 33,420 34,117 1/ Forecast. * Record. WINTER WHEAT -- ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION -- SELECTED STATES Area Harvested Yield per Acre Production State 1999 2000* 1999 ------2000------ 1999 2000* July 1 August 1* 1,000 acres Bushels 1,000 bushels Colorado 2,400 2,350 43.0 30.0 30.0 103,200 70,500 Kansas 9,200 9,300 47.0 39.0 39.0 432,400 362,700 Missouri 920 1,000 48.0 52.0 53.0 44,160 53,000 Montana 970 1,350 38.0 35.0 35.0 36,860 47,250 NEBRASKA 1,800 1,750 48.0 38.0 36.0 86,400 63,000 Oklahoma 4,300 4,300 35.0 34.0 34.0 150,500 146,200 South Dakota 1,260 1,280 47.0 44.0 44.0 59,220 56,320 Texas 3,400 2,500 36.0 29.0 29.0 122,400 72,500 Washington 1,670 1,800 58.0 69.0 71.0 96,860 127,800 United States 35,572 35,401 47.8 44.9 45.0 1,699,989 1,594,321 * Forecast as of August 1, 2000. CORN AND SOYBEAN YIELD AND PRODUCTION, SELECTED STATES CORN SOYBEANS State Yield per Yield per Acre Production Acre Production 1999 2000* 1998 1999 2000* 1999 2000* 1998 1999 2000* Bushels 1,000 bushels Bushels 1,000 bushels Illinois 140.0 158.0 1,473,450 1,491,000 1,745,900 42.0 48.0 464,200 443,100 492,000 Indiana 132.0 155.0 760,350 748,440 860,250 39.0 46.0 231,000 216,450 260,360 Iowa 149.0 155.0 1,769,000 1,758,200 1,860,000 44.5 49.0 496,800 478,375 516,950 Kansas 141.0 143.0 418,950 420,180 464,750 28.0 32.0 75,000 78,400 91,200 Minnesota150.0 154.0 1,032,750 990,000 1,016,400 41.0 42.0 285,600 282,900 298,200 Missouri 97.0 139.0 285,000 247,350 396,150 27.5 41.0 170,000 147,125 209,100 NEBRASKA 139.0 136.0 1,239,750 1,153,700 1,094,800 42.5 42.0 165,000 180,625 195,300 Ohio 126.0 142.0 470,940 403,200 468,600 36.0 41.0 193,160 162,000 179,990 S.Dakota 113.0 100.0 429,550 367,250 395,000 36.0 33.0 132,600 146,520 140,250 U.S. 133.8 141.9 9,758,685 9,437,337 10,369,369 36.5 40.7 2,741,014 2,642,908 2,988,669 * Forecast as of August 1, 2000. DRY EDIBLE BEANS: AREA PLANTED AND HARVESTED, YIELD, PRODUCTION, BY STATE AND UNITED STATES, 1998-1999 AND FORECASTED AUGUST 1, 2000 Planted Acres Harvested Yield Production State Acres 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 1,000 acres 1,000 acres Pounds 1,000 Cwt. California 135.0 130.0 132.0 112.0 1,970 2,000 1,554 2,600 2,240 Colorado 155.0 120.0 145.0 110.0 1,900 1,850 2,868 2,755 2,035 Idaho 105.0 90.0 103.0 88.0 2,050 2,000 2,112 2,112 1,760 Michigan 350.0 320.0 350.0 295.0 2,100 1,700 4,425 7,350 5,015 NEBRASKA 210.0 170.0 187.0 160.0 2,000 1,900 3,666 3,740 3,040 N.Dakota 630.0 580.0 570.0 490.0 1,450 1,280 9,798 8,265 6,272 U.S. 2,023.0 1,767.0 1,877.0 1,580.6 1,770 1,630 30,418 33,230 25,764 DRY EDIBLE BEANS: AREA PLANTED, BY COMMERCIAL CLASS FOR THE FIVE MAJOR BEAN CLASSES, STATE, AND UNITED STATES, 1999 AND FORECASTED AUGUST 1, 2000 Great Light Red State Northern Pinto Kidney Navy Black 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1,000 acres California --- --- --- --- 8.0 11.0 --- --- 1.0 1.0 Colorado --- 0.6 125.0 100.0 15.0 11.7 --- --- 1.2 0.7 Idaho 6.6 7.2 31.2 30.9 0.8 1.7 5.1 7.4 4.8 1.1 Michigan --- --- 9.0 18.0 17.0 19.0 150.0 120.0 108.0 90.0 NEBRASKA 115.0 110.0 60.0 39.0 19.0 15.0 7.0 3.0 7.0 1.0 North Dakota --- --- 363.0 370.0 --- --- 195.0 160.0 41.0 26.0 United States 133.5 128.5 705.2 673.3 90.5 83.8 440.3 358.0 186.3 132.7 NEBRASKA -- ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION BY DISTRICT, 1999-2000 1/ CORN FOR GRAIN District Acres Planted Acres Yield per Production Harvested Harv. Acre 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1,000 acres Bushels 1,000 bushels Northwest 350.0 375.0 321.0 340.0 126.0 127.0 40,455.8 43,180.0 North 370.0 365.0 342.0 335.0 141.2 144.0 48,292.8 48,240.0 Northeast1,540.0 1,500.0 1,473.5 1,430.0 130.0 128.0 191,560.4 183,040.0 Central 1,150.0 1,110.0 1,106.0 1,060.0 148.4 141.0 164,157.7 149,460.0 East 2,085.0 2,010.0 2,039.0 1,950.0 140.8 141.4 287,106.1 275,810.0 Southwest 960.0 975.0 925.5 930.0 140.7 143.0 130,237.6 132,990.0 South 985.0 920.0 965.0 895.0 147.9 144.0 142,716.6 128,880.0 Southeast1,160.0 1,145.0 1,128.0 1,110.0 132.2 120.0 149,173.0 133,200.0 NEBRASKA 8,600.0 8,400.0 8,300.0 8,050.0 139.0 136.0 1,153,700.0 1,094,800.0 SOYBEANS FOR BEANS District Acres Planted Acres Yield per Production Harvested Harv. Acre 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1,000 acres Bushels 1,000 bushels Northwest 2.0 5.0 1.0 4.0 32.5 30.0 32.5 120.0 North 150.0 160.0 148.0 158.0 48.6 46.0 7,200.0 7,268.0 Northeast 1,175.0 1,250.0 1,160.0 1,240.0 39.3 40.0 45,600.0 49,600.0 Central 234.0 275.0 232.0 271.0 47.3 41.0 10,980.0 11,111.0 East 1,403.0 1,500.0 1,390.0 1,490.0 43.9 42.9 61,057.5 63,976.0 Southwest 58.0 95.0 55.0 92.0 48.3 45.0 2,655.0 4,140.0 South 292.0 375.0 289.0 365.0 51.9 49.0 15,000.0 17,885.0 Southeast 986.0 1,040.0 975.0 1,030.0 39.1 40.0 38,100.0 41,200.0 NEBRASKA 4,300.0 4,700.0 4,250.0 4,650.0 42.5 42.0 180,625.0 195,300.0 SORGHUM FOR GRAIN District Acres Planted Acres Yield per Production Harvested Harv. Acre 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1,000 acres Bushels 1,000 bushels Northwest 11.0 9.0 2.4 2.0 55.0 50.0 132.0 100.0 North 6.3 8.0 1.7 3.0 73.5 70.0 125.0 210.0 Northeast 9.7 12.0 1.5 2.0 68.3 72.0 102.5 144.0 Central 16.5 20.0 4.9 6.0 72.7 65.0 356.0 390.0 East 62.5 63.0 58.3 60.0 93.5 90.0 5,453.9 5,400.0 Southwest 48.0 30.0 30.2 17.0 84.6 55.0 2,553.6 935.0 South 79.0 85.0 68.0 75.0 98.4 75.0 6,689.0 5,625.0 Southeast 317.0 323.0 303.0 305.0 90.3 78.2 27,358.0 23,856.0 NEBRASKA 550.0 550.0 470.0 470.0 91.0 78.0 42,770.0 36,660.0 WHEAT District Acres Planted Acres Harvested Yield per Production Harv. Acre 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1,000 acres Bushels 1,000 bushels Northwest 895.0 815.0 756.4 771.0 43.4 36.9 32,836.3 28,487.0 North 15.0 12.0 13.5 11.0 45.4 33.0 613.5 363.0 Northeast 3.0 3.0 2.4 2.5 47.5 29.0 114.1 73.0 Central 27.0 30.0 25.7 26.5 52.9 35.0 1,358.4 928.0 East 30.0 30.0 28.8 29.0 47.3 31.0 1,363.5 899.0 Southwest 635.0 600.0 595.8 580.0 51.8 36.0 30,839.6 20,880.0 South 215.0 200.0 205.0 180.0 54.3 39.0 11,139.5 7,020.0 Southeast 180.0 160.0 172.4 150.0 47.2 29.0 8,135.1 4,350.0 NEBRASKA 2,000.0 1,850.0 1,800.0 1,750.0 48.0 36.0 86,400.0 63,000.0 1/ Preliminary estimates 1999 and forecast as of August 1, 2000. NOTE: Planted acres are for all purposes. 2000 CROPLAND CASH RENTS HIGHER The U.S. cropland cash rent in 2000 was up $2.50 from last year at $70.00 per acre. The Lake, Corn Belt, and Northern Plains, which account for the majority of cash rented cropland acreage, increased slightly from 1999. The Lake region was up $3.00 per acre while the Corn Belt increased by $2.00 and the Northern Plains was up $1.00. The Pacific region with its diverse agriculture had the largest increase of $14.00 per acre. Cash rents for cropland were mixed with the majority of States showing increases while other States held at the same level or dropped slightly. Western States of Arizona, Idaho, California, Oregon, and Washington all showed irrigated cropland exceeding $120 per acre. California again had the highest cash rent for irrigated cropland at $300 per acre. The major corn producing States of Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa had all cropland rents rise to $117, $100, and $115 per acre respectively. States in the Cornbelt and Northern Plains all showed slight increases in cropland cash rents or remained about the same. Pasture cash rents dropped from $8.90 to $8.50 per acre primarily due to drought conditions experienced across the Southwest. Regions most affected by the dry spell were the Southern Plains and Pacific each dropping $1.00 per acre while the Mountain region dropped $0.30. Pasture rents in the Corn Belt, Delta, and Northeast also declined from the previous year. The Southeast and Appalachian regions increased to $17.20 and $18.00. Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana pasture rents declined by $0.90, $0.50 and $1.50 per acre while States in the Northern Plains all showed increases except for Kansas which decreased by $0.50. Wisconsin again had the highest pasture rent at $38, unchanged from last year.