Field Crops:

and Month, United States,

Crop Marketing Year

Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales by Crop

1995-96 and 1996-97

Apr : “4
May : 3.5
Jun : 11.0
Jul : 11.2
Aug 3 10.3
Sep : 9.9
Oct : 8.1
Nov z 7.9
Dec H 7.9
Jan 2 7.7
Feb 3 7.4
Mar 2 7.0
Apr : 5.6
May : 2.2
Jun 2

Year 5 100.0
Jun z 6.4
Jul : 14.9
Aug : 26.8
sep 9.1
oct 2 5.6
Nov 4.7
Dec : 6.1
Jan 5.9
Feb 5.4
Mar : 5.2
Apr 5.2
May : 4.7
Year 100.0

Hay
3
3.8
10.4
11.2
10.2
9.6
8.2
8.0
8.7
8.4
6.9
6.6
5.8
1.9
100.0
Oats
5.0
18.3
33.4
10.8
4.2
2.7
3.4
4.2
4.8
4.3
4.7
4.2
100.0

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Crop Production
December 1997

recent
axseed Peanuts
2.7
4.9 1.0
17.3 40.4 27.6
24.9 40.7 57.9
10.8 14.6 11.5
8.6 2.5 2.1
18.2 0.7 0.8
1.9 0.1 0.1
4.0
2.1
2.4
2.2
100.0 100.0 100.0
Wheat Barley
7.5 3.9 4.0
13.3 4.1 6.9
10.4 18.2 17.5
9.3 15.6 21.2
6.6 8.8 6.8
5.5 11.0 6.5
9.2 10.1 7.1
10.6 9.6 8.7
8.6 7.0 6.7
8.5 4.9 6.4
7.0 3.7 4.4
3.5 3.1 3.8
100.0 100.0 100.0
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California Citrus: Navel orange harvest gained momentum in November with over
10 percent of the crop picked. Quality has been reported

good to excellent with large sized fruit. Other citrus crops picked were

grapefruit, lemons, and tangerines. Quality was reported good for all of them.

California Fruits and Nuts: Various fruits were harvested in November,

including kiwifruit, persimmons, pomegranates,
avocados, and late variety table grapes. Growers pruned fruit and nut orchards
as weather permitted.

Pecans: Pecan production, as of December 1, is forecast at 272 million

pounds (in-shell basis). This is off 1 percent from the October 1
estimate but 23 percent above 1996. Improved varieties are expected to make up
73 percent of the total, or 198 million pounds. Two states, Georgia and New
Mexico, lowered expectations while Oklahoma and Arizona are expecting better
crops than on October 1.

Georgia’s crop is forecast at 85.0 million pounds, down 5 million from

October 1. Dry weather in late summer, along with heavy rains during the
harvest period, reduced earlier prospects. New Mexico also recorded a decrease,
cutting 2 million pounds from the October estimate of 40.0 million. Harvest is
well behind schedule; there have also been concerns about poor nut quality but
the extent of the problem is unknown.

Oklahoma boosted their forecast to 21.0 million pounds, up 3 million from
October. The increase is reflected in both native and seedlings. Harvest is
behind schedule due to wet conditions. Arizona adjusted their estimate of
improved pecans to 17.5 million pounds, up one-half million.

Sugarcane: U.S. sugarcane production for sugar and seed in 1997 is expected to

total 30.5 million tons, up 4 percent from 1996 and up 3 from
November. The expected area for harvest, at 914,500 acres, is 3 percent above
last year but unchanged from last month. The forecasted yield, at 33.4 tons per
acre, is 0.3 tons above 1996 and up 0.9 tons from November.

Florida sugarcane harvest progressed on schedule during November, with no major
harvest problems. In Louisiana, harvest was running slightly ahead of schedule,
with 68% of the crop harvested as of December 1, 1997. Most mills will complete
grinding by Christmas. Weather in Hawaii was favorable during early November,
but rainfall became more frequent later in the month. The rain slowed harvest
activity only slightly as most operations were near the end of their seasons.
Above-normal rainfall and soggy fields in Texas delayed harvest significantly in
early November. Drier conditions later in the month allowed the factory to
operate at full capacity by the beginning of December.

Coffee: Hawaii coffee production is estimated at 9.00 million pounds

(parchment basis) for the 1997-98 season, up 41 percent from the
Previous season. Increased harvested acreage, higher yields from maturing
trees, and improved harvesting techniques accounted for most of the larger
output.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-6 NASS, USDA



Crop Summary:
1996 and Forecasted December 1

Area Planted and Harvested, United States,
1997 (Domestic Units)

All Cotton

Upland

Amer-Pima
Dry Edible Beans 1/
Burley Tobacco
Sugarcane for
Sugar and Seed

All Cotton

Upland

Amer-Pima
Dry Edible Beans 1/
Burley Tobacco
Sugarcane for

Sugar and Seed

1/ 1996 revised.

Crop Production
December 1997

14,633.5
14,375.5
258.0
1,843.0

5,922,030
5,817,620
104,410
745,840

13,446.5
13,197.5
249.0
1,723.2
301.3

914.5

5,441,660
5,340,900
100,770
697,360
121,930

370,090

Agricultural Statistics Board

1,000 Acres
13,905.0 12,868.21
13,655.0 12,612.2

250.0 255.9
1,851.8 1,752.7
268.3
888.9
(Metric Units) Hectares
5,627,210 5,207,590
5,526,040 5,104,030
101,170 103,560
749,400 709,300
108,580
359,730

A-4

NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans:
Class,

State,

Yield and Production by Commercial
and Total,

1995-97

Small Red
ID
MI
WA
Total

Cranberry
CA

WA
Total

Blackeye
cA
TX
Total

Garbanzo
CA
ID
OR
WA
Total

Other

Crop Production
December 1997

1,980
1,780
2,270
: 2,019

: 2,100
1,460
1,740
1,260
1,701

1,400
1,900
1,960
1,930
1,600
1,700
1,690
: 1,390
2,400
1,837

1 2,230
: 1,200
> 2,035

: 1,690
2 1,750
: 1,540
: 1,520
> 1,654

a
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a
°

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on
es
oo

N
b
a
°

21,500

1,600
1,790
1,612

1,700

2,100
1,650
1,520
2,000
1,430
1,420

1,596
2,220

900
1,942

A-14

2,240
1,670
2,380
2,157

1,750
1,500
1,680
1,310
1,645

500
2,130
1,790
1,350
1,590
1,530
1,310

1,638

335 263
160 35
250 107
745 405
42 45
19 24
470 400
44 34
575 503
28 a7
19
55 21
1,700 940
83 41
17 18
135 100
208 213
60
2,305 1,350
970 511
121 56
1,091 567
288 352
63 37
20 34
102 81
473 504
108 95
40 3
19 14
26 19
155 105
18 64
90 16
8
47 36
82 98
69 32
81 20
40 47
15 20
798 569

470

1,400
84

46
176
334

2,097

630
112
742

140
102
53
78
373

Agricultural Statistics Board

NASS, USDA


November Weather Summary: The Nation's weather patterns became more strongly

influenced by the very strong warm-phase (El Nifio)
episode. Manifestations of £1 Nifio’s influence included wet spells across the
Southeast (7 weeks) and in California (3 weeks), and ary weather on the northern
Plains (7 weeks). Late in the month, significant precipitation returned to the
central Plains for the first time since the late-October blizzard.

East of the Rockies, a cold regime that had taken hold in mid-October finally
broke down toward the end of November. Despite the late-month warmup, November
temperatures averaged as much as 6 degrees F below normal in the upper Midwest
and at least 4 degrees F below normal from central Texas to the central
Appalachians. In contrast, monthly departures reached +4 degrees F in the West
Coast States.

On November 1 in southern California, monthly high-temperature records were
established in Burbank (99 degrees F), Oxnard (98 degrees F), and Lompoc

(98 degrees F). At the Oxnard Airport, a high of 104 degrees F tied their
all-time record, set on September 22, 1939. A day later, the November record of
94 degrees F was tied at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ. About three
dozen daily-record highs were tabulated across the Southwest on November 1-3.

Despite the nearly constant chill in the eastern two-thirds of the Nation, only
about four dozen daily-~record lows were reported. Most of those occurred from
November 15-18, during the month’s sharpest cold snap. On the 16th, Brookings,
SD noted -12 degrees F. A day later, lows dipped to 8 degrees F in Gilbert, AR
and 20 degrees F in Tupelo, MS. During the cold snap, temperatures dipped to
freezing or below as far south as southern Louisiana and Florida's Panhandle.

In Rochester, MN, temperatures averaged below normal on 38 of the 43 days from
October 13 to November 24, including 23 in a row from November 2-24. Similarly,
a 19-day streak of subnormai temperatures ended on November 21 in Atlanta, GA,
where below-normal temperatures had prevailed on 35 of the previous 38 days
(October 14 to November 20).

A series of coastal storms battered the Northeast during the month, raking the
region with high winds and delivering heavy snowfall at times. An early-
November storm produced wind gusts to 69 mph in Portland, ME and 53 mph in
Portsmouth, NH, (The same system also delivered wind gusts in excess of 50 mph
to the Midwest, including a gust to 59 mph in Sioux City, IA on November 2.)
Pittsburgh, PA netted a single-day, November-record rainfall (1.86 inches) on
the 7th, during a storm that dumped more than 7 inches on parts of western
Pennsylvania. On November 14, snowfall totaled 10.6 inches in Rochester, NY,
their earliest 8-inch snowstorm since 1953. Another storm struck the region on
Thanksgiving Day (November 27), buffeting Milton, MA with wind gusts to 71 mph.
By month's end, snowfall of 20.5 inches in Portland, ME was their highest
November total since 26.7 inches fell in 1921. In Albany, NY, precipitation was
5.91 inches (including 11.8 inches of snow), their highest November total since
1927.

Storminess that had affected the Northwest earlier in the autumn generally
shifted southward into California during November. Nevertheless, a powerful
storm lashed the Pacific Northwest on November 18-19. Late on the 18th, while
still well offshore, the storm had a central pressure of 28.76 inches

(974 millibars). Peak wind gusts near the coast reached 89 mph in Florence, OR
and 81 mph on Cooskie Mountain, CA, south of Eureka. Monthly precipitation
ranged from 200 to 400 percent of normal in much of northern and central
California. In downtown San Francisco, the monthly rainfall of 6.97 inches was
268 percent of normal, their 10th highest November total in the past 149 years.
Monthly rainfall also topped 200 percent of normal across parts of the
Southeast.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B~1 NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans: Yield and Production by Commercial
Class, State, and Total, 1995-97

Yield per Acre

Smail Red
ID : 1,980 2,100 2,240 335 263 470
MI : 1,780 1,170 1,670 160 35 150
WA : 2,270 2,280 2,380 250 107 286
Total : 2,019 2,005 2,157 745 405 906
Cranberry :
CA > 2,100 1,500 1,750 42 45 70
ID : 1,460 1,850 1,500 19 24 27
MI : 1,740 1,600 1,680 470 400 520
MN : 1,260 1,790 1,310 44 34 46
Total 2 1,701 1,612 1,645 575 503 663
Black 3
CA : 1,400 1,700 28 17
co : 1,900 500 19 8
ID : 1,960 2,100 2,130 55 21 49
MI : 1,930 1,650 1,790 1,700 940 1,400
MN : 1,600 1,520 1,350 83 41 84
NE : 1,700 2,000 1,590 17 i8 46
NY : 1,690 1,430 1,530 135 100 176
ND : 21,390 1,420 1,310 208 213 334
WA : 2,400 60
Total > 1,837 1,596 1,638 2,305 1,350 2,097
Blackeye :
CA > 2,230 2,220 2,330 970 $11 630
TX > 1,200 900 1,000 121 56 112
Total 2 2,035 1,942 1,942 1,091 567 742
Garbanzo 3
CA > 1,690 1,530 1,400 288 352 140
ID : 1,750 670 1,550 63 37 102
OR > 1,540 1,210 1,510 20 34 53
WA > 1,520 1,000 1,590 102 81 78
Total : 1,654 1,279 1,492 473 504 373
Other 3
CA : 1,350 1,360 1,640 108 95 115
co : 800 1,000 2,080 40 3 25
ID : 1,730 2,000 2,000 19 14 20
KS > 1,530 1,460 1,870 26 19 A3
MI : 1,410 1,310 1,430 155 105 93
MN : 1,200 1,390 1,460 18 64 82
NE : 1,670 1,780 2,000 90 16 18
NM > 2,000 8
NY : 1,570 1,200 1,500 47 36 60
ND : 1,390 1,400 1,000 82 98 79
OR : 2,160 1,880 2,320 69 32 51
TX : 760 690 1,000 81 20 14

WA : 1,900 2,470 2,180 40 47 85

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 aA-14 NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans: Yield and Production by Commercial
Class, State, and Total, 1995-97

i]
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3

or

°

co 1,530 1,830 2,000 2,158 2,112 2,211
ID 2,010 2,150 2,150 971 976 886
KS 1,550 1,900 1,800 410 370 295
MI 1,750 1,500 1,700 70 120 170
MN 1,240 1,300 1,310 433 573 498
MT 1,900 2,280 2,200 205 235 257
NE 1,750 1,850 1,990 1,414 1,560 1,188
NM 2,000 2,180 1,600 140 146 112
ND 1,300 1,270 1,280 4,704 5,138 4,480
OR 2,110 2,000 2,380 40 40 50
TX 1,000 890 1,210 23 8 17
ur 460 1,600 700 32 10 39
WA 2,500 2,390 2,250 250 311 225
WY 2,080 2,250 2,200 49g 563 593
Total 1,493 1,559 1,596 11,349 12,162 11,021
Light Red
Kidney : :
CA 1,740 1,870 1,950 209 187 195
co 1,950 1,390 2,210 263 114 248
ID 1,640 2,130 2,360 18 17 26
MI 1,670 1,400 1,640 200 140 230
MN 1,520 1,900 1,690 100 179 161
NE 1,670 2,050 2,200 234 199 365
NY 1,620 1,270 1,580 292 203 348
Total 1,705 1,621 1,864 1,316 1,039 1,573
Dark Red
Kidney
CA 1,600 1,640 1,800 72 82 90
ID 1,820 2,400 2,250 20 12 9
MI 1,400 1,110 1,300 210 100 150
MN 1,450 1,750 1,500 399 630 496
NY 1,600 1,270 1,650 64 38 33
ND : 1,430 1,670 1,500 43 50 24
wr 1,300 1,800 1,800 117 144 153
Total 1,443 1,637 1,540 925 1,056 955

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-12 NASS, USDA


Sugarcane: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production
by Use, State, and United States, 1995-97

Use : Area Harvested : Yield 1/ Production 1/

1,000 Acres

1,000 Tons

For Sugar

FL : 417.0 419.0 33.1 34.0 14,445 13,803 14,246
HI 2 42.9 32.0 82.6 87.0 3,953 3,544 2,784
LA : 335.0 375.0 27.9 29.0 9,421 9,347 10,875
TX 3 34.6 29.5 28.7 28.5 1,336 992 841
us : 829.5 855.5 33.4 33.6 29,155 27,686 28,746
For Seed :
FL 2 21.0 19.0 33.1 34.0 677 695 646
HI 3 3.2 3.0 30.6 28.7 117 95 86
LA 3 35.0 35.0 27.9 29.0 819 976 1,015
TX 3 0.3 2.0 33.3 23.0 28 10 46
US 3 59.4 59.0 29.9 30.4 1,641 1,776 1,793
For Sugar :
and Seed
FL > 438.0 438.0 33.1 34.0 15,122 14,498 14,892
HI : 46.0 35.0 79.2 82.0 4,070 3,639 2,870
LA 370.0 410.0 27.9 29.0 10,240 10,323 11,890
TX 34.9 31.5 28.7 28.2 1,364 1,002 887
US 888.9 914.5 33.1 33.4 30,796 29,462 30,539

1/ Net tons.

Coffee: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production
Hawaii 1995-97 1/

HI 5,400 5,300 5,600 1,000 1,210 1,610 5,400 6,400 9,000

i/ 1996-97 revised.
2/ Parchment basis.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-18 NASS, USDA


Hay: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and : : 3 3 3 :

Marketing:Apr :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep
Year t 2

AZ 1995-96: 11 10 11 10 10 11 7 7 6 6 5 6
1996-97: 10 15 13 11 10 9 9 6 4 3 4 6

CA 1995-9 12 12 14 ais 10 8 5 3 3 4 4 10
1996-9 12 12 14 15 10 8 5 3 3 4 4 10

co 1995-9 12 9 10 8 9 9 10 11 6 6 6 4
1996-9 9 10 10 12 13 10 8 12 5 5 4 2

ID 1995-9 10 9 10 15 8 12 9 6 7 6 4 4
1996-9 10 9 10 is 8 12 9 6 7 6 4 4

IL 1995-9 10 8 8 6 4 6 9 13 13 13 7 3
1996-9 10 8 8 6 4 6 9 14 13 13 6 3

TA 1995-9 16 11 9 8 5 6 7 11 11 8 5 3
1996-9 10 11 9 8 5 7 9 12 9 10 6 4

KS 1995-9 5 6 8 8 11 15 13 11 7 6 5 5
1996-9 2 6 6 5 5 7 14 20 21 6 5 3

KY 1995-9 4 13 9 9 10 7 5 13 11 9 7 3
1996-9 5 13 10 9 9 8 6 13 11 9 5 2

MI 1995-9 12 9 6 3 6 4 7 8 14 15 12 4
1996-97: 121 9 6 3 6 4 7 8 14 15 12 5

MN 1995-9 8 a1 11 12 7 2 6 7 10 13 5 8
1996-9 8 a1 10 11 7 2 6 8 9 14 5 9

MO 1995-9 3 12 a1 10 8 4 8 10 9 az 9 5
1996-9 2 12 11 10 8 4 8 11 9 11 9 5

MT 1995-9 5 5 9 9 8 17 12 10 8 9 6 2
1996-9 5 13 10 15 15 11 10 8 6 3 3 1

NE 1995-96: 7 4 2 10 12 6 18 a1 9 10 6 5
1996-9 7 4 2 10 12 6 18 a1 9 10 6 5

NV 1995-9 2 6 12 14 14 10 9 8 7 7 7 4
1996-9 2 6 12 13 14 10 9 8 7 7 7 5

See footnotes at end of table. --cont inued

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board

December 1997 A-22 NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans: Yield and Production by Commercial
Class, State, and Total, 1995-97

Pounds 1,000 Cwt -

Large Lima

CA 2,080 1,970 2,650 415 394 690
Baby Lima

CA 2,320 2,250 2,870 510 517 890
Navy

co 1,750 1,500 14 3

ID 2,210 2,110 2,420 139 152 92

KS 1,550 2,000 17 18

MI : 1,810 1,400 1,600 3,950 2,800 2,320

MN : 1,380 1,600 1,610 845 783 870

NE > 1,900 2,070 1,980 110 95 117

NM : 1,980 2,200 1,840 85 110 92

ND : 1,400 1,450 1,360 2,086 1,929 1,878

OR 2,260 2,330 2,410 43 42 41

wy 1,580 1,890 2,140 30 72 60

Total 1,625 1,481 1,536 7,319 6,001 5,473
Great Northern 2

co : 1,600 1,620 1,670 64 21 5

ID : 2,030 2,170 2,200 158 167 123

KS 1,560 1,610 1,690 28 37 22

MN 1,400 1,710 1,570 67 48 44

NE 1,760 1,920 2,100 1,723 1,817 1,974

WA 2,350 2,360 40 52

wy : 1,850 2,500 2,310 96 110 104

Total : 1,765 1,953 2,094 2,176 2,252 2,272
Small White :

ID 2,000 1,900 2,390 62 57 79

MI 1,500 15

OR 2,120 2,000 2,210 36 10 31

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-10 NASS, USDA


Barley:

by Month and State,

State and
Marketing
Year

Farm Marketings,

Percent of Sales,

1995-96 and 1996-97

:Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec :Jan :Feb

1/

CA 1995-96 20 12
1996-97 25 6
cO 1995-96 16
1996-97 9 39
ID 1995-96 : 1 19
1996-97 7 14
MN 1995-96 9 13
1996-97 6 14
MT 1995-96 : 2 14
1996-97 2 5 13
ND 1995-96 5 16
1996-97 6 16
OR 1995-96 3 15
1996-97 7 12
SD 1995-96 : 13 18
1996-97 2 21 18
uT 1995-96 : 6 19
1996-97 : 160 «24
WA 1995-96 : 1 21
1996-97 : 5 19
WY 1995-96 84
1996-97 9 39

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as
marketing year average prices.

Crop Production
December 1997

19
15

15
19

11
14

12
16

14
23

15
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1 5
2 9
5 6
2 3
2 3
3 4
5 8
5 a
8 1
2 7
3 10
5 7
9 5
2 1
2 1

percent of total used for calculating

Agricultural Statistics Board

NASS, USDA




Dry Edible Beans: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and

Marketing Sep
Year: :
CA 1995-96 : 5 10 14 8 9 8 7 9 10 7 6 7
1996-97 : 6 12 12 11 8 8 7 9 10 6 6 5
co 1995-96 : 24 15 9 8 8 6 6 5 4 5 6 4
1996-97 : 27 17 4 6 8 4 4 3 4 9 7 7
ID 1995-96 : 8 6 15 9 10 4 7 7 8 9 11 6
1996-97 : 10 15 12 10 10 8 8 7 6 7 4 3
MI 1995-96 : 26 a1 8 8 7 5 6 5 10 7 4 3
1996-97 = 6 32 8 6 15 6 3 6 3 7 5 3
MN 1995-96 =: 30 16 8 5 5 6 15 4 3 4 1 3
1996-97 : 34 19 7 3 3 2 3 5 10 8 4 2
NE 1995-96 : 22 20 9 9 7 6 8 3 3 5 3 5
1996-97 : 29 i138 10 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 2 5
ND 1995-96 : 26 16 9 6 7 9 8 8 3 3 3 2
1996-97 : 27 25 6 8 5 4 4 5 6 5 3 2
WA 1995-96 19 26 15 6 6 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
1996-97 2/

i/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices. 2/ Discontinued.

Sunflower: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and :
Marketing : Sep :Oct : Nov : Dec :Jan : Feb
Year : 3

Mar :Apr : May : Jun :Jul : Aug

ND 1995- 3 21 18 12 10 6 7 5 4 4 7 3
1996- 2 16 14 9 11 7 8 5 5 8 9 6
SD 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.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-31 NASS, USDA


Crop Summary: Yield per Acre and Production, United States,
1996 and Forecasted December 1, 1997 (Domestic Units)

All Cotton 1/ 707 672 18,942.0 18,847.5 18,818.5
Upland 1/ 701 665 18,413.5 18,299.5 18,285.5
Amer-Pima 1/ 991 1,027 528.5 548.0 533.0

Cottonseed 7,143.5 7,228.8 7,217.8

Dry Edible

Beans 1/ 2/ 3/ 1,595 1,699 27,960 29,255 29,275

Burley Tobacco 1,940 1,869 520,483 562,880 563,055

Sugarcane for
Sugar and Seed 33.1 33.4 29,462 29,689 30,539

Pecans 3/ 221,500 275,000 271,500

Crop Summary: Yield per Hectare and Production, United States,
1996 and Forecasted December 1, 1997

All Cotton : 0.79 0.75 4,124,140 4,103,560 4,097,250

Upland > 0.79 0.75 4,009,070 3,984,250 3,981,200
Amer-Pima 1.42 1.15 115,070 119,310 116,050
Dry Edible Beans 2/ : 1.79 1.90 1,268,240 1,326,980 1,327,890
Burley Tobacco 2 2.17 2.09 236,090 255,320 255,400
Sugarcane for :
Sugar and Seed : 74.30 74.86 26,727,480 26,933,410 27,704,510
Pecans 3/ : 100,470 124,740 123,150

1/ Yield in Pounds
2/ 1996 revised.
3/ November 1 forecast carried forward from October 1.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-5 NASS, USDA


cotton objective yield counts show boll weights are the second highest since
1987 for California.

In the Southeastern States (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina), harvest progress was behind the average pace, as rains during the
harvest season have delayed progress. Georgia producers harvested 74 percent of
the acreage in early December, 11 points behind normal, and North Carolina
producers harvested 80 percent of the crop compared to the 5-year average of

85 percent.

American-Pima production is forecast at 533,000 bales, up 1 percent from 1996's
output but down 15,000 bales from the November forecast. Yield is indicated at
1,027 pounds per harvested acre, up 36 pounds from last year. Arizona’s yield
prospects improved slightly from November and production was increased

5,000 bales from last month, while California’s crop was lowered 20,000 bales
from the November forecast. Arizona's harvest was 91 percent complete in early
December and had some delays from rainfall. In California, harvest was
virtually complete by the end of November. Intermittent rains caused some minor
harvest delays but lint quality was not significantly affected. Harvest
continued in the Trans-Pecos region in Texas during November, with minimum
delays.

All cotton ginnings totaled 14,746,200 running bales prior to December 1,
compared with 14,622,900 running bales ginned to the same date last year and
14,199,050 running bales in 1995.

Burley Tobacco: U.S. burley tobacco production is forecast at 563 million
pounds, up 8 percent from 1996 and up less than 1 percent from
the November 1 forecast. Yields for 1997 are expected to average 1,869 pounds
per acre, 1 pound above last month's forecast but 71 pounds below the average
for 1996. Growers are expected to harvest 301,300 acres, 12 percent above last
year but unchanged from last month's forecast. Burley auction markets opened
November 24. As of December 8, total gross sales for the season totaled
235 million pounds compared with 243 million pounds sold during a comparable
period a year ago.

Papayas: Hawaii fresh papaya production is estimated at 3.09 million pounds

for November, 20 percent lower than October but 5 percent higher than
a year ago. November weather conditions were a mix of cool temperatures,
occasional heavy showers, and sunshine.

Area devoted to papaya production totaled 3,105 acres, 1 percent lower than
October and 11 percent lower than November 1996. Harvested area, totaling
1,920 acres, was 2 percent lower than October but 37 percent more than a year

ago.

Dry Edible Beans: Production of dry edible beans is estimated at

29.3 million cwt for 1997, 5 percent above 1996 but
5 percent below two years ago. Area for harvest is estimated at
1.72 million acres, down 2 percent from 1996 and 9 percent below 1995. The
average yield, at 1,699 pounds per acre, rose 104 pounds from 1996 and was the
second highest yield on record. The record high yield of 1,764 pounds was set
in 1991.

The major producing states of California, Colorado, and Idaho each set records
for yield. California's growers averaged 2,330 pounds per acre, compared with
the previous high of 2,157 pounds per acre set in 1991; Colorado averaged
2,000 pounds per acre, compared with an average of 1,900 pounds per acre in

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-3 NASS, USDA


General Crop Comments: Cool, wet weather hampered fall harvest efforts during
November. Both corn and soybean harvests slowed as
precipitation in the Great Lakes region kept grain moisture levels high and
7 weeks of continued wet weather in the Southeast kept farmers out of soybean
fields. In the western Corn Belt, harvest finished under mostly favorable
conditions after an early-month snowstorm. Grain storage shortages delayed corn
harvest in some areas. Storms, bringing snow to New England and rain to the
Mid-Atlantic States, hindered harvest operations.

Cotton harvest was delayed in the Southeast by 7 weeks of wet weather. Mid-
month wet weather problems caused numerous harvest delays in Texas. Farmers in
several major cotton-producing States harvested their crops between storms, but
the quality of late fields suffered from the moisture. California cotton
harvest was mostly complete early in November before rains caused wet conditions
for the last 3 weeks of the month. Peanut harvest was virtually complete by
mid-November despite continued rainfall across the Southeast.

Early in November, central Plains’ farmers made limited progress harvesting
their sorghum crop due to melting snow and drifts from a major late-October
snowstorm. Farmers made some progress as fields dried or froze, except in
Colorado where a second snowstorm blanketed the State and delayed harvest even
more. Wet conditions and lack of storage space hindered harvest later in the
month. Mid-month snow in Minnesota and North Dakota halted most fieldwork for
the winter.

November began with wet soils preventing planting of some winter wheat fields in
the central Plains. However, most fields were planted by mid-month. Planting
activity increased in California and the Southeast as farmers seeded winter
wheat following fall crop harvest and when the weather allowed. Dry, cool
weather during the middle of November restricted wheat growth in the central and
southern Plains until. widespread moisture fell in the area at month’s end. The
late-month precipitation also benefited newly emerged fields in the Northwest,
Corn Belt, and Southeast. In the northern Plains, farmers were concerned about
the lack of snow cover going into winter. The winter wheat crop was rated in
mostly good condition as of November 30, 1997.

Cotton: Upland cotton harvested acreage, at 13.2 million acres, is
up 5 percent from last year, and American-Pima harvested acreage, at
249,000 acres, is 3 percent below 1996.

In Texas, generally favorable weather allowed harvest to proceed at a normal
pace in the Plains during November, but harvest was delayed the last week of the
month due to showers. Harvest neared completion in the North Central area and
the Trans-Pecos continued making good progress. In the coastal areas, heavy
rains have diminished quality and yields. In early December, 84 percent of
Texas' crop was harvested, 7 percent ahead of average. Cotton objective yield
data indicate Texas' crop has the fourth highest boll weights when compared to
the previous 10 year's weights.

The Delta States’ (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee)
harvest pace was normal in November. In Tennessee, the usual November rains
interrupted field work and producers had harvested 96 percent of the acreage in
early December. Louisiana’s harvest was complete and Mississippi showed

99 percent harvested. Data from objective yield surveys show boll weights are
the third lowest since 1987 in Arkansas, second lowest in Louisiana, and
Mississippi weights ranked fourth lowest during this period.

Arizona's harvest was 91 percent complete in early December, only 1 point behind
normal. California, at 98 percent harvested, was one point ahead of their
average pace, and fields were being disced for bollworm control. December 1

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-2 NASS, USDA


All citrus forecasts project certified utilization and include 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 5.00 million boxes (200,000 tons), is
unchanged from the October forecast but 6 percent less than the 1996-97
production. The Arizona and California grapefruit forecasts were carried
forward from October 1.

Tangelos: Florida’s tangelo crop for the 1997-98 season is forecast at

3.30 million boxes (149,000 tons), unchanged from the last forecast
in October and down 16 percent from the previous season. Utilization was
lagging behind the past two seasons as of December 1.

Tangerines: The 1997-98 U.S. tangerine crop is forecast at 370,000 tons,

unchanged from the October 1 forecast but down 11 percent from last
year’s production. Florida's tangerine forecast is continued at 5.50 million
boxes (261,000 tons), 13 percent less than the 1996-97 crop. Early tangerine
movement was slightly behind last year’s pace with just under 2 million boxes
moved through November. The Arizona and California tangerine forecasts were
carried forward from October 1.

Temples: The Florida 1997-98 Temple forecast remains at 2.30 million boxes

(104,000 tons), 4 percent less than last season. Larger fruit size
and less droppage are more than offset by the 22 percent reduction in number of
fruit.

K-Early Citrus: The 1997-98 forecast of Florida K-Early Citrus is 100,000 boxes

(4,500 tons), down 23 percent from October and 33 percent from
last season, As of December 1, 1997 fewer than 40,000 boxes were certified.
Fresh use is virtually over and the use of remaining available fruit will depend
on its acceptability to processors.

Florida Citrus: Florida's citrus belt weather was normal for November with

mild, overcast days and cool nights. Rainfall was adequate for
the month. However, many growers were irrigating in their attempt to raise
juice levels in the early maturing fruit. The cool weather and shorter days had
virtually stopped new growth except in the very southern areas.

Most early and midseason fruit was showing good on-tree color break. Harvest of
early oranges for processing increased rapidly during November as most
processing plants opened a little early to get a jump start on the record large
erange crop. Fresh fruit packing houses were very busy packing Navels, Hamlins,
and Ambersweet oranges, white and colored grapefruit, early tangerines, K-Early
Citrus fruit, and tangelos. Caretakers were cutting cover crops prior to
harvest and for fire protection. Limited fertilizing and other spraying
activities also occurred. Some growers reset new young trees where dead trees
had been removed.

Texas Citrus: Wet conditions slowed harvest activity during October and part of

November. By December, however, grapefruit and orange harvesting
picked up pace. Quality and appearance of fruit remained good. Sizes have
improved with cooler temperatures.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-S NASS, USDA


1990; and Idaho averaged 2,150 pounds per acre, 10 pounds above the previous
record set in 1973.

In North Dakota a dry spring caused uneven germination and development;
excessive rain in July drowned some acreage. However, a dry August and
September improved the prospects. The dry bean harvest was over a week ahead of
average due to favorable weather continuing into October. Harvest was virtually
complete by mid-October, well ahead of average.

Michigan’s ideal planting weather allowed growers to get the crop in with more
long~season varieties than the previous year. The crop fared weil with variable
rainfall throughout the summer growing season. However, excessive rainfall on
September 9 and 10, combined with cool conditions, caused damage to the navy
beans. Harvest started late but finished ahead of schedule with good weather at
the end of September and the beginning of October. Cutting in Nebraska began
ahead of 1996's pace but finished in mid-October, the same as 1996. Harvest is
currently ahead of schedule in California with good quality.

Crop development in Idaho was behind 1996 for most of the season, but no serious
problems occurred getting the beans cut. However, in the southwest part of the
state, some producers experienced rain delays and beans started germinating in
the pod, causing decreased yields.

In New York, growers experienced a mixed year. An unseasonably cold, wet May
delayed early bean seedings. June brought warmer temperatures and drier soils,
which allowed the majority of the acreage to be planted on time. A dry August
reduced soil moisture and reduced yields. Significant rainfall in September
bolstered grower’s expectations for above normal yields, but these yields were
not fully realized when the crop was harvested.

In Oregon and Utah, growers had a generally good year, while in Montana and
Wisconsin white mold was a problem. Most Wisconsin growers reported the crop in
good shape at the beginning and at mid-season, but white mold set in and
decreased yields in west-central Wisconsin. Hail and flooding in Montana and
rain storms in Wisconsin also destroyed some planted acreage.

Production is above 1996 in all estimating states except New Mexico, Kansas,
North Dakota, and Minnesota. New Mexico dropped 23 percent, Kansas fell
19 percent, North Dakota declined 8 percent, and Minnesota slipped 0.7 percent.

Production of many minor varieties was well above 1996 levels, but navy and
pinto production each fell 9 percent; dark red kidneys declined 10 percent.
Garbanzo production was off 26 percent from last year.

Grapefruit: The December 1 forecast of the 1997-98 U.S. grapefruit crop is
2.74 million tons, down 3 percent from the October forecast and
down 5 percent from last year’s production.

Florida’s December 1 forecast is 52.0 million boxes (2.21 million tons), down
4 percent from the October 1 forecast and down 7 percent from the record large
production from a year ago. The total seedless grapefruit forecast is

51.5 million boxes, down 2.0 million boxes from October. The white seedless
forecast is unchanged at 23.0 million boxes. The colored seedless grapefruit
forecast, however, was reduced to 28.5 million boxes, a 7 percent drop from
October. Total seedless movement through the end of November was 6.60 million
boxes, virtually the same pace as last season. The seedy grapefruit forecast
remained unchanged at 500,000 boxes (21,000 tons).

The Florida forecasts are based on objective fruit count and measurement surveys
in relationship to the harvest patterns and utilization of the past six seasons.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-4 NASS, USDA



Field Crops: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales by Crop
and Month, United States, 1995-96 and 1996-97

Crop Marketing Year

1996-97 : 1995-96 ; 1996-97 1995-96 +: 1996-97

Percent
Corn Sorghum Soybeans
Sep 8.1 4.0 4.1 3.3 8.1 3.9
Oct 17.21 11.4 30.9 12.5 26.9 21.0
Nov 12.9 13.2 15.3 14.5 8.5 10.4
Dec 8.0 8.0 10.0 12.3 7.2 7.2
Jan 17.4 15.1 9.6 12.2 15.2 17.8
Feb 8.3 9.8 3.6 7.9 6.1 8.3
Mar 8.5 8.0 2.6 5.9 6.3 7.9
Apr 6.2 6.1 1.7 4.0 5.8 6.1
May 4.3 4.8 1.5 3.6 3.8 4.4
Jun 3.3 5.6 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.9
Jul 3.4 6.7 8.0 7.8 4.7 4.3
Aug 2.5 7.3 9.0 12.1 4.0 4.8
Year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Dry Beans Cotton Sunflower

Aug 3.2 3.7

Sep 21.9 20.3 6.1 3.8 4.2 2.1
Oct 14.0 21.4 15.2 12.7 23.7 21.2
Nov 9.8 7.9 19.2 19.6 21.6 11.7
Dec 7.9 7.5 18.6 15.0 11.5 9.6
Jan 7.2 8.0 16.2 17.5 9.0 10.1
Feb 6.7 5.2 5.4 9.8 6.2 8.0
Mar 7.2 4.5 5.1 5.6 5.8 7.21
Apr 6.0 5.4 4.0 3.0 3.8 6.1
May 6.1 5.8 2.4 3.6 3.0 5.6
Jun 5.2 6.3 2.2 3.6 3.4 5.0
Jul 4.1 4.1 2.4 2.1 5.7 9.5
Aug 3.9 3.6 2.1 4.0
Year 2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-21 NASS, USDA


Flaxseed: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,

by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/
State and
Marketing

: Jul

ND 1995-96: 3 10 19 36 7 5 5 6 3 1

1 4

1996-97: 3 3 17 25 ii 9 19 2 4 2 3 2

SD 1995-96: 2 3 43 12 7 5 3 4 3 1 1 10
1996-97: 6 35 28 22 2 2 2 2 2

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, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

Marketing :Jun:Jul:Aug:Sep:Oct:Nov:Dec:Jan:Feb:Mar:Apr :Ma: ‘un: Jul:Aug:Sep

AR 1995-96 27 42 26 2 «1 «2
1996-97 30 37 21 1 5 3 1 1 1

IL 1995-96 2/ .
1996-97 15 56 9 6 5 6 2 1

KS 1995-96 2 40 18 #12 «#121 5 4 3 2 1 1 a
1996-97 2 19 20 14 14 9 7 3 3 3 2 4

MO 1995-96 12 26 17 #10 #414 5 6 3 1 2 2 2
1996-97: 4.25 14 14 12 6 7 5 2 2 4 5

NE 1995-96: 35 19 1017 4 3 2 1 1 2 1 6
1996-97 7 #10 #413 «#13 «#121 9 8 8 9 8 2 2

OK 1995-96 1 2 22 35 17 10 4 3 2 2 2 2
1996-97 1 5 14 20 21 15 8 5 4 2 3 2

TX 1995-96 18 5 16 8 5 5 1 1
1996-97 18 4 5 10 41 11 6 3 2 1

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices.

2/ Added to monthly program September 1996.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-27 NASS, USDA


Hay: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995~96 and 1996-97 1/ (continued)

State and
Marketing: Apr

NM 1995-96: 10 16 16 13 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 3
1996-97: 10 17 1? 13 11 9 6 4 4 3 3 3
NY 1995-96: 10 12 9 7 7 8 9 9 8 10 6 5
1996-97: 9 12 7 7 7 8 9 9 8 11 7 6
ND 1995-96: 3 4 6 11 #7 17 15 +8 5 1 9 4
1996-97: 30 4 6 il] 7 47 15 8 5 13 9 6
OH 1995-96: 20 13 9 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6
1996-97: 20 12 9 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 6
OK 1995-96: 6 12 12 14 8 7 6 8 7 8 8 4
1996-97: 6 12 12 15 7 7 6 7 7 9 8 4
OR 1995-96: 6 13 11 1411 8 9 9 10 8 6 5 4
1996-97: 6 13 11 11 8 9 9 10 8 6 5 4
PA 1995-96: 410612°6 «8 4 #9 10 10 10 9 «7 4
1996-97: 7 12 6 7 5 5 41 13 12 11 6 5
sD 1995-96: 12 11 9 8 8 7 7 15 15 5 2 1
1996-97: 3 8 #7 7 8 10 41 15 13 10 6 2
TX 1995-96: 5 12 WM 1 9 7 9 9 8 9 8 3
1996-97: 6 13 21 10 9 7 #8 9 8 8 8 3
UT 1995-96: 3 40 15 10 12 11 8 7 #7 6 5 6
1996-97; 3 10 15 10 12 11 8 7 7 6 5 6
WA 1995-96: 14 13 12 11 10 7 5 8 7 5 4 4
1996-97: 17 18 13 12 9 7 5 5 3 5 3 3
WI 1995-96: 16 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 9 7 7
1996-97: 14 10 10 6 5 7 8 8 8 9 3 6
: 9 8 12 17 Wt 13 10 6 6 6 2 1
3. 6 10 9 ll 15 16 16 8 4 21 1

1/ Percents used to calculate marketing year average prices.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-23 NASS, USDA


All citrus forecasts project certified utilization and include 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 5.00 million boxes (200,000 tons), is
unchanged from the October forecast but 6 percent less than the 1996-97
production. The Arizona and California grapefruit forecasts were carried
forward from October 1.

Tangelos: Florida’s tangelo crop for the 1997-98 season is forecast at

3.30 million boxes (149,000 tons), unchanged from the last forecast
in October and down 16 percent from the previous season. Utilization was
lagging behind the past two seasons as of December 1.

Tangerines: The 1997-98 U.S. tangerine crop is forecast at 370,000 tons,

unchanged from the October 1 forecast but down 11 percent from last
year’s production. Florida’s tangerine forecast is continued at 5.50 million
boxes (261,000 tons), 13 percent less than the 1996-97 crop. Early tangerine
movement was slightly behind last year’s pace with just under 2 million boxes
moved through November. The Arizona and California tangerine forecasts were
carried forward from October 1.

Temples: The Florida 1997-98 Temple forecast remains at 2.30 million boxes

(104,000 tons), 4 percent less than last season. Larger fruit size
and less droppage are more than offset by the 22 percent reduction in number of
fruit.

K-Early Citrus: The 1997-98 forecast of Florida K-Early Citrus is 100,000 boxes

(4,500 tons), down 23 percent from October and 33 percent from
last season. As of December 1, 1997 fewer than 40,000 boxes were certified.
Presh use is virtually over and the use of remaining available fruit will depend
on its acceptability to processors.

Florida Citrus: Florida's citrus belt weather was normal for November with

mild, overcast days and cool nights. Rainfall was adequate for
the month. However, many growers were irrigating in their attempt to raise
juice levels in the early maturing fruit. The cool weather and shorter days had
virtually stopped new growth except in the very southern areas.

Most early and midseason fruit was showing good on-tree color break. Harvest of
early oranges for processing increased rapidly during November as most
processing plants opened a little early to get a jump start on the record large
orange crop. Fresh fruit packing houses were very busy packing Navels, Hamlins,
and Ambersweet oranges, white and colored grapefruit, early tangerines, K-Early
Citrus fruit, and tangelos. Caretakers were cutting cover crops prior to
harvest and for fire protection. Limited fertilizing and other spraying
activities also occurred. Some growers reset new young trees where dead trees
had been removed.

Texas Citrus: Wet conditions slowed harvest activity during October and part of

November. By December, however, grapefruit and orange harvesting
picked up pace. Quality and appearance of fruit remained good. Sizes have
improved with cooler temperatures.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-5 NASS, USDA


Sugarcane: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production
by Use, State, and United States, 1995-97

‘ 1,000 Acres ~--- Tons ~--- 0 ------- 1,000 Tons ~~----~
For Sugar :
FL + 417.0 419.0 33.1 34.0 14,445 13,803 14,246
HI : 42.9 32.0 82.6 87.0 3,953 3,544 2,784
LA : 335.0 375.0 27.9 29.0 9,421 9,347 10,875
TX : 34.6 29.5 28.7 28.5 1,336 992 841
Us : 829.5 855.5 33.4 33.6 29,155 27,686 28,746
For Seed :
FL z 21.0 19.0 33.1 34.0 677 695 646
HI 3 3.2 3.0 390.6 28.7 117 95 86
LA : 35.0 35.0 27.9 29.0 819 976 1,015
TX 2 0.3 2.0 33.3 23.0 28 10 46
us : 59.4 59.0 29.9 30.4 1,641 1,776 1,793
For Sugar :
and Seed
PL : 438.0 438.0 33.1 34.0 15,122 14,498 14,892
HI : 46.0 35.0 79.1 82.0 4,070 3,639 2,870
LA : 370.0 410.0 27.9 29.0 10,240 10,323 11,890
TX 3 34.9 31.5 28.7 28.2 1,364 1,002 887
us : 888.9 914.5 33.1 33.4 30,796 29,462 30,539

1/ Net tons.

coffee: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production
Hawaii 1995-97 1/

Area Harvested Yield Production 2/

Acres -

Pounds

5,400 5,300 5,600 1,000 1,210 1,610 5,400 6,400 9,000

1/ 1996-97 revised.
2/ Parchment basis.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-18 NASS, USDA


1990; and Idaho averaged 2,150 pounds per acre, 10 pounds above the previous
record set in 1973.

In North Dakota a dry spring caused uneven germination and development;
excessive rain in July drowned some acreage. However, a dry August and
September improved the prospects. The dry bean harvest was over a week ahead of
average due to favorable weather continuing into October. Harvest was virtually
complete by mid-October, well ahead of average.

Michigan’s ideal planting weather allowed growers to get the crop in with more
long-season varieties than the previous year. The crop fared well with variable
rainfall throughout the summer growing season. However, excessive rainfall on
September 9 and 10, combined with cool conditions, caused damage to the navy
beans. Harvest started late but finished ahead of schedule with good weather at
the end of September and the beginning of October. Cutting in Nebraska began
ahead of 1996's pace but finished in mid-October, the same as 1996. Harvest is
currently ahead of schedule in California with good quality.

Crop development in Idaho was behind 1996 for most of the season, but no serious
problems occurred getting the beans cut. However, in the southwest part of the
state, some producers experienced rain delays and beans started germinating in
the pod, causing decreased yields.

In New York, growers experienced a mixed year. An unseasonably cold, wet May
delayed early bean seedings. June brought warmer temperatures and drier soils,
which allowed the majority of the acreage to be planted on time. A dry August
reduced soil moisture and reduced yields. Significant rainfall in September
bolstered grower’s expectations for above normal yields, but these yields were
not fully realized when the crop was harvested.

In Oregon and Utah, growers had a generally good year, while in Montana and
Wisconsin white mold was a problem. Most Wisconsin growers reported the crop in
good shape at the beginning and at mid-season, but white mold set in and
decreased yields in west-central Wisconsin. Hail and flooding in Montana and
rain storms in Wisconsin also destroyed some planted acreage.

Production is above 1996 in all estimating states except New Mexico, Kansas,
North Dakota, and Minnesota. New Mexico dropped 23 percent, Kansas fell
19 percent, North Dakota declined 8 percent, and Minnesota slipped 0.7 percent.

Production of many minor varieties was well above 1996 levels, but navy and
pinto production each fell 9 percent; dark red kidneys declined 10 percent.
Garbanzo production was off 26 percent from last year.

Grapefruit: The December 1 forecast of the 1997-98 U.S. grapefruit crop is
2.74 million tons, down 3 percent from the October forecast and
down 5 percent from last year’s production.

Florida's December 1 forecast is 52.0 million boxes (2.21 million tons), down
4 percent from the October 1 forecast and down 7 percent from the record large
production from a year ago. The total seedless grapefruit forecast is

51.5 million boxes, down 2.0 million boxes from October. The white seedless
forecast is unchanged at 23.0 million boxes. The colored seedless grapefruit
forecast, however, was reduced to 28.5 million boxes, a 7 percent drop from
October. Total seedless movement through the end of November was 6.60 million
boxes, virtually the same pace as last season. The seedy grapefruit forecast
remained unchanged at 500,000 boxes (21,000 tons).

The Florida forecasts are based on objective fruit count and measurement surveys
in relationship to the harvest patterns and utilization of the past six seasons.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-4 NASS, USDA


Field Crops:

Farm Marketings,

and Month, United States, 1995-9

6 and 1996-97

Percent of Sales by Crop”

Apr 4
May : 3.5
Jun 3 11.0
Jul 3 ai1..
Aug z 10.3
Sep : 9.9
oct : 8.1
Nov 3 7.9
Dec : 7.9
Jan : 7.7
Feb : 7.4
Mar z 7.0
Apr : 5.6
May t 2.2
Jun :

Year 2 100.0
Jun : 6.4
Jul 14.9
Aug : 26.8
Sep : 9.1
Oct : 5.6
Nov 3 4.7
Dec 3 6.1
Jan 3 5.9
Feb : 5.4
Mar : 5.2
Apr z 5.2
May z 4.7
Year 100.0

PUDHBMNDOSSOHOW
WOHOKRIONANN AWW

100.0

Oats

PER

AR a RALUNAOOaAN
NYWOANAYNABRWO

Percent

Flaxseed

wn

APR WARWAWR ON
AUUNEAOCIMR®BID

100.0

Wheat

BRN

Peanuts

2.7
4.9 1.0
17.3 40.4
24.9 40.7
10.8 14.6
8.6 2.5
18.2 0.7
1.9 oO.
4.0
2.1
2.4
2.2
100.0 100.0
7.5 3.9
13.3 4.1
10.4 18.2
9.3 15.6
6.6 8.8
5.5 11.0
9.2 10.4
10.6 9.6
8.6 7.0
8.5 4.9
7.0 3.7
3.5 3.1
100.0 100.0

100.0

Barley

NB

LRANDDIADAARIAS
SmAUYEUANULS

100.0

Crop Production
December 1997

Agricultural Statistics Board

NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans: Yield and Production by Commercial
Class, State, and Total, 1995-97

Large Lima

CA 2,080 1,970 2,650 Als 394 690
Baby Lima
CA 2,320 2,250 2,870 510 S17 830
Navy
co 1,750 1,500 14 3
Ip 2,210 2,110 2,420 139 152 92
KS : 1,550 2,000 17 18
MI : 1,810 1,400 1,600 3,950 2,800 2,320
MN > 1,380 1,600 1,610 B45 783 870
NE : 1,900 2,070 1,980 110 95 i17
NM : 1,980 2,200 1,840 85 110 92
ND > 1,400 1,450 1,360 2,086 1,929 1,878
OR : 2,260 2,330 2,410 43 42 41
wy : 1,580 1,890 2,140 30 72 60
Total 2 1,625 1,481 1,536 7,319 6,001 5,473
Great Northern :
co : 1,600 1,620 1,670 64 21 5
ID : 2,030 2,170 2,200 158 167 123
KS : 1,560 1,610 1,690 28 37 22
MN : 1,400 1,710 1,570 67 48 44
NE : 1,760 1,920 2,100 1,723 1,817 1,974
WA : 2,350 2,360 40 52
wy : 1,850 2,500 2,310 96 110 104
Total : 1,765 1,953 2,094 2,176 2,252 2,272
Small White 3
ID : 2,000 21,900 2,390 62 57 79
MI : 1,500 15
OR 2,120 2,000 2,210 36 10 31
WA : 2,000 2,300 2,290 50 46 80
Total 1,964 2,055 2,317 163 113 190
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December 1997 A-10 NASS, USDA


General Crop Comments: Cool, wet weather hampered fall harvest efforts during
November. Both corn and soybean harvests slowed as
precipitation in the Great Lakes region kept grain moisture levels high and
7 weeks of continued wet weather in the Southeast kept farmers out of soybean
fields. In the western Corn Belt, harvest finished under mostly favorable
conditions after an early-month snowstorm. Grain storage shortages delayed corn
harvest in some areas. Storms, bringing snow to New England and rain to the
Mid-Atlantic States, hindered harvest operations.

Cotton harvest was delayed in the Southeast by 7 weeks of wet weather. Mid-
month wet weather problems caused numerous harvest delays in Texas. Farmers in
several major cotton-producing States harvested their crops between storms, but
the quality of late fields suffered from the moisture. California cotton
harvest was mostly complete early in November before rains caused wet conditions
for the last 3 weeks of the month. Peanut harvest was virtually complete by
mid-November despite continued rainfall across the Southeast.

Early in November, central Plains‘ farmers made limited progress harvesting
their sorghum crop due to melting snow and drifts from a major late-October
snowstorm. Farmers made some progress as fields dried or froze, except in
Colorado where a second snowstorm blanketed the State and delayed harvest even
more. Wet conditions and lack of storage space hindered harvest later in the
month, Mid-month snow in Minnesota and North Dakota halted most fieldwork for
the winter.

November began with wet soils preventing planting of some winter wheat fields in
the central Plains. However, most fields were planted by mid-month. Planting
activity increased in California and the Southeast as farmers seeded winter
wheat following fall crop harvest and when the weather allowed. Dry, cool
weather during the middle of November restricted wheat growth in the central and
southern Plains until widespread moisture fell in the area at month’s end. The
late-month precipitation also benefited newly emerged fields in the Northwest,
Corn Belt, and Southeast. In the northern Plains, farmers were concerned about
the lack of snow cover going into winter. The winter wheat crop was rated in
mostly good condition as of November 30, 1997.

Cotton: Upland cotton harvested acreage, at 13.2 million acres, is
up 5 percent from last year, and American-Pima harvested acreage, at
249,000 acres, is 3 percent below 1996.

In Texas, generally favorable weather allowed harvest to proceed at a normal
pace in the Plains during November, but harvest was delayed the last week of the
month due to showers. Harvest neared completion in the North Central area and
the Trans-Pecos continued making good progress. In the coastal areas, heavy
rains have diminished quality and yields. In early December, 84 percent of
Texas' crop was harvested, 7 percent ahead of average. Cotton objective yield
data indicate Texas' crop has the fourth highest boll weights when compared to
the previous 10 year's weights.

The Delta States’ (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee)
harvest pace was normal in November. In Tennessee, the usual November rains
interrupted field work and producers had harvested 96 percent of the acreage in
early December. Louisiana's harvest was complete and Mississippi showed

99 percent harvested. Data from objective yield surveys show boll weights are
the third lowest since 1987 in Arkansas, second lowest in Louisiana, and
Mississippi weights ranked fourth lowest during this period.

Arizona's harvest was 91 percent complete in early December, only 1 point behind
normal. California, at 98 percent harvested, was one point ahead of their
average pace, and fields were being disced for bollworm control. December 1

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Flaxseed: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and
Marketing

ND 1995-96: 3 10 19 36 7 5 5 6 3 1 1 4
1996-97: 3 3 17 25 11 9 19 2 4 2 3 2

SD 1995-96: 2 9 43 12 7 5 3 4 3 1 1 10
1996-97 6 35 28 22 1 2 2 2 2

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, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and
Marketing
Year

:Jul:Aug:Sep:Oct :Nov:Dec:Jan: Feb: Mar : Apr : May

Percent
AR 1995-96 27 42 26 2 1 2
1996-97 30 37 21 1 5 3 1 a 1
IL 1995-96 2/
1996-97 15° 56 9 6 5 6 2 1
KS 1995-96 2 40 18 12 121 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
1996-97 2 #19 20 14 14 9 7 3 3 3 2 4
MO 1995-96 12 26 17 #10 #14 5 6 3 1 2 2 2
1996-97 : 4 25 14 14 12 6 7 5 2 2 4 5
NE 1995-96 35 19 10 17 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 6
1996-97 7 10 13 #13 #121 9 8 8 9 8 2 2
OK 1995-96 1 2 22 35 17 10 4 3 1 2 1 2
1996-97 1 5 14 20 21 15 8 5 4 2 3 2

TX 1995-96
1996-97

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices.
2/ Added to monthly program September 1996.

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December 1997 B-27 NASS, USDA



State and
Marketing

AR 1995-96
1996-97

GA 1995-96
1996-97

IL 1995-96
1996-97

IN 1995-96
1996-97

IA 1995-96
1996-97

KS 1995-96
1996-97

KY 1995-96
1996-97

LA 1995-96
1996-97

MI 1995-96
1996-97

MN 1995-96
1996-97

Soybeans:

by Month and State,

12
23

20
14

36

23

21

43
27

15
25

17
16

Farm Marketings,

Percent of Sales,

1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

See footnotes at end of table.

Crop Production
December 1997

13 2
a1 6
12 1
5 2
24 8
22 10
13 6
14 6
16 6
17 9
7 6
19 7
21 11
29 13
1. 2
13 3
14 6
15 6
7 5
14 7
A-29

3 1 1 1 1
3 1 1 1
3 3 1 2
1
6 4 3 5 4
6 5 4 5 8
5 3 3 3 4
5 4 3 3 3
7 4 4 6 4
8 5 5 7 7
3 3 2 4 3
4 2 3 4 4
7 3 1 3 3
Ss 2 1 1 2
1 1
1 3
5 3 1 1 1
4 2 1 4 3
7 5 8 10 6
8 7 5 5 5
--continued

Agricultural Statistics Board
NASS, USDA


Soybeans: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/ (continued)

State and
Marketing

Ms 1995-96 : 7 18 12 13 31 6 a4 101 1 2
1996-97 : 7 16 13 12 34 7 4 2 1 2 2
Mo199s-96 : 4 27 9 #9 #417 7 7 6 4 2 4 4
1996-97 : 3 20 9 9 20 11 10 5 4 3 2 4
NE 1995-96 : 5 30 14 9 21 5 4.05 5 2 5 5
1996-97 : 3 21 6 7 16 9 8 7 6 6 7 4
ne 1995-96 : 2 6 27 18 6 6 3 OC 3 2 2 ar
1996-97 : 1 9 29 21 19 7 7 3 1 1 2
oH 1995-96 : 15 35 6 8 2 5 5 5 32 3 2
1996-97 : 3 22 15 6 17 9 87 4.03 3 3
sD 1995-96 : 8 35 10. 8 8 6 6 7 3003 4 2
1996-97: 2 29 6 11 a 8 5 5 47 9 6
TN 1995-96 : 4 33 20 7 17 6 4 4 2 1 1 1
1906-97 : 2 16 37 19 «12° «5 4 2 1 1 1
WI 1995-96:
1996-97 : 2 30 11 6 14 7 7 7 5 4 4 3

1/ Sample Survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices.

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State and :
Marketing
Year

Soybeans:
by Month and State,

Farm Marketings,

Percent of Sales,
1995-96 and 1996-97 1/ (continued)

Aug

Ms 1995-96 :
1996-97:

MO 1995-96
1996-97

NE 1995-96
1996-97

NC 1995-96
1996-97

OH 1995-96
1996-97

sD 1995-96
1996-97

TN 1995-96
1996-97

WI 1995-96
1996-97

No

ES

won

35
22

35
29

33
16

10

20
37

0

18
21

ao

4 1 1 1 2
2 1 2 2
6 4 2 4 4
5 4 3 2 4
5 5 2 5 5
7 6 6 7 4
4 3 2 2 21
3 1 1 2
5 3 2 3 2
7 4 3 3 3
7 3 3 4 2
5 4 7 9 6
4 2 1 1 1
2 a 1 1
7 5 4 4 3

1/ Sample Survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices.

Crop Production
December 1997

Agricultural Statistics Board
NASS, USDA


Report Features

The next "Crop Production" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on

January 9, 1998.

Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Crops Branch of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information.

Cc. Ray Halley, Chief

Field Crops Section
Bill Dowdy, Head

Kevin Barnes - Soybeans, Minor Oilseeds

Rhonda Brandt- Corn
Doug Hartwig - Hay

(202) 720-2127

(202) 720-3843
(202) 720-7369
(202) 720-7621
(202) 720-8843

Rhonda Brandt - Oats, Sugar Crops, Weekly Crop Weather (202) 720-7621

Roger Latham - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings

Jerry Ramirez ~ Barley, Sorghum
Barbara Rater - Peanuts, Rice

Vaughn Siegenthaler - Wheat, Rye

Pruit, Vegetable & Special Crops Section

Vince Matthews, Head

Arvin Budge - Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes
Dave DeWalt - Citrus, Tropical Fruits
Howard Hill - Cherries, Berries,

Cranberries, Grapes,

Dave Mueller - Fresh and Processing Vegetables, Onions

Dave Ranek - Nuts, Floriculture

Prunes,

(202) 720-5944
(202) 690-3234
(202) 720-7688
(202) 720-8068

(202) 720-3843
(202) 720-4285
(202) 720-5412

Plums,
Maple Syrup (202) 720-7235

(202) 720-2157
(202) 720-4215

Linda Simpson - Noncitrus Fruits, Mint, Dry Beans & Peas,

Mushrooms, Hops

Debbie Williams - Apples, Strawberries,

Crop Production
December 1997

(202) 690-0270

Tobacco (202) 720-4288

Agricultural Statistics Board
NASS, USDA


Cottonseed: Production, United States, 1995-96
and Forecasted December 1, 1997

Production
a i995. tGSSC<“<=~‘“ C”*”*”*:*SC<C:*«C ST
ee —qyoo0 fons SSS
US 6,848.7 7,143.5 7,217.8

1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.

Gite

Burley Tobacco: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State,
and United States, 1995-96 and Forecasted December 1, 1997

Area Harvested Yield Production

Pounds 1,000 Pounds -

Type 31:
IN : 7,600 8,900 1,970 2,100 13,601 14,972 18,690
KY : 185,000 210,000 1,980 1,900 302,250 366,300 399,000
MO 1/ : 2,700 3,100 2,230 2,050 5,468 6,021 6,355
Nc voE 7,800 9,000 1,665 1,650 10,449 12,987 14,850
OH : 8,000 9,500 1,580 1,960 15,015 12,640 18,620
TN : 46,000 49,000 1,915 1,700 73,100 88,090 83,300
VA : 9,500 10,000 1,835 1,900 13,860 17,433 19,000
wy i/ : 1,700 1,800 1,200 1,800 2,600 2,040 3,240
us : 268,300 301,300 1,940 1,869 436,343 520,483 563,055

1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.

Papaya: Area and Fresh Production _by Month, Hawaii, 1996-97

Fresh Production

1,000 Pounds

3,550 3,135 1,530 1,955 3,450 3,860
3,500 3,105 1,400 1,920 2,940 3,085

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Cotton: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by Type, State
and United States, 1996 and Forecasted December 1, 1997

- 1,000 Acres -~ 1,000 Bales 2/

Upland :
AL : 516.0 420.0 734 571 571 789.0 500.0
AZ 3 314.0 329.0 1,189 1,196 1,196 778.0 820.0
AR : 990.0 930.0 793 846 846 1,636.0 1,640.0
CA : 995.0 875.0 1,153 1,207 1,207 2,390.0 2,200.0
FL 3/ : 98.2 100.0 637 720 720 130.4 150.0
GA : 1,336.0 1,435.0 747 686 662 2,079.0 1,980.0
KS 3/ : 4.0 13.5 492 480 480 4.1 13.5
LA : 885.0 625.0 697 730 760 1,286.0 990.0
MS : 1,100.0 960.0 819 880 900 1,876.0 1,800.0
MO : 385.0 375.0 737 684 704 591.0 550.0
NM 2 55.0 66.0 733 669 640 84.0 88.0
NC 3 710.0 675.0 677 563 604 1,002.0 $50.0
OK 3 210.0 210.0 306 503 503 134.0 220.0
sc 2 282.0 285.0 774 674 674 455.0 400.0
TN : 530.0 500.0 611 634 634 675.0 660.0
TX : 4,100.0 5,300.0 509 489 480 4,345.0 5,300.0
VA 3/ + 102.0 99.0 748 601 601 159.0 124.0
us 212,612.2 13,197.5 702 666 665 18,413.5 18,285.5

Amer-Pima :
AZ : 41.9 20.0 852 840 960 74.4 40.0
CA : 164.0 184.0 1,098 1,148 1,096 375.0 420.0
NM : 14.0 13.0 651 628 628 19.0 17.0
Tx : 36.0 32.0 801 840 840 60.1 56.0
us : 255.9 249.0 991 1,056 1,027 528.5 533.0

All :
AL 3 516.0 420.0 734 S71 S71 789.0 500.0
AZ 5 355.9 349.0 1,150 1,176 1,183 852.4 860.0
AR 990.0 930.0 793 846 846 1,636.0 1,640.0
CA 1,159.0 1,059.0 1,145 1,197 1,188 2,765.90 2,620.0
FL 3/ : 98.2 100.0 637 720 720 130.4 150.0
GA : 1,336.0 1,435.0 747 686 662 2,079.0 1,980.0
KS 3/ : 4.0 13.5 492 480 480 4.1 13.5
LA : 885.0 625.0 697 730 760 1,286.0 990.0
MS : 1,100.0 960.0 819 880 900 1,876.0 1,800.0
MO 385.0 375.0 737 684 704 591.0 550.0
NM 69.0 79.0 717 662 638 103.0 105.0
NC z 710.0 675.0 677 569 604 1,002.0 850.0
OK H 210.0 210.0 306 503 503 134.0 220.0
sc z 282.0 285.0 774 674 674 455.0 400.0
TN 530.0 500.0 611 634 634 675.0 660.0
TX 4,136.0 5,332.0 511 491 482 4,405.1 5,356.0
VA 3/ 102.0 99.0 748 601 602 159.0 124.0
US 2,868.1 13,446.5 707 673 672 18,942.0 18,818.5

1/ Production ginned and to be ginned.
2/  480~-Lb. net weight bales.
3/ Estimates for current year carried forward from previous forecast.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-6 NASS, USDA


United States:

Monthly Marketings - 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 prices received
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 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:

Corn for Grain:

Dry Edible Beans:
Flaxseed:

Hay:

Oats:

Sorghum for Grain:

Soybeans:

Sunflower:

Wheat:

Crop Production
December 1997

June 1 to May 31 for California; July 1 to June 30 for
all other monthly marketing estimating States.

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.

September 1 to August 31 for all estimating States.
duly 1 to June 30 for all estimating States.

April 1 to March 31 for Arizona; May 1 to April 30 for
California, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah; June 1 to May 31 for
all other monthly marketing estimating States.

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.

June 1 to May 31 for Texas; August 1 to July 31 for
Arkansas and Oklahoma; September 1 to August 31 for
Kansas and Missouri; October 1 to September 30 for
Illinois and Nebraska.

September 1 to August 31 for all estimating States.

September 1 to August 31 for Kansas, Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota.

May 1 to April 30 for 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.

Agricultural Statistics Board
A-19 NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested by Commercial
Class, State, and Total, 1995-97

Class Area Planted Area Harvested

1,000 Acres

Large Lima
cA : 21.0 21.0 27.0 20.0 20.0 26.0

Baby Lima :
CA z 23.0 24.0 31.0 22.0 23.0 31.0

Navy
co 3
ID :

KS :

MI :

MN 3

NE 3

NM 3

ND :

OR 2

wy :

Total 3

ND
aN

N
ue

ORRPAUNBOKY

be
a
Bb
w

NOWDCOOORW

a
B

ANVNDAAHOGRAO
ROSOWOUSNWa

cS
oO

Great Northern g

Z
a
Be
Hy

DBAKOAN IE
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BWUPORIE
WNYSHRBHHO
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Total

be
w
b
B

Small White 2

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December 1997 A-9 NASS, USDA


h


Oats: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and

Marketing fun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov :Dec :Jan :Feb
Year : : : : : : :
Percent
IL 1995-96 24 37 4 3 2 3 1 16 4 3 1 2
1996-97 14 43 7 7 1 2 10 1 4 4 3 4
IA 1995-96 : 29 45 5 1 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2
1996-97 : 26 48 7 4 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3
MI 1995-96 : 4 39 4 6 5 1 12 8 3 6 8 4
1996-97 : 11 33 10 4 1 2 3 6 5 5 § 15
MN 1995-96 : 1s 29 10 5 5 6 4 5 5 7 4 5
1996-97 : 18 30 12 4 4 3 4 4 4 7 6 4
MT 1995-96 : 2/
1996-97 : 8 4 22 3 13 12 2 5 6 13 2
NE 1995-96 : 34 39 3 3 3 3 6 3 2 1 1 2
1996-97 : 42 27 8 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 2 4
ND 1995-96 : 12 24 13 9 7 7 7 6 5 4 4 2
1996-97 : 10 27 20 6 4 5 6 6 5 3 2 6
OH 1995-96 : 28 31 23 6 1 2 3 2 i 1 2
1996-97 : 25 37 7 2 4 1 4 5 5 7 3
OR 1995-96 ; 2 13 25 12 9 15 8 7 4 2 2 1
1996-97 : 11 20 8 12 4 16 3 14 6 3 3
PA 1995-96 : 18 26 5 2 4 3 6 4-41 6 9 6
1996-97 : 12 27 4 2 2 5 9 11 14 3 5 6
SD 1995-96 : 10 19 8 6 5 9 9 7 9 9g 6 3
1996-97 : 19 34 5 4 1 5 1 6 4 6 6 9
TX 1995-96: 38 19 1 7 9 7 43 6
1996-97 : 83 a1 6
WI 1995-96 : 9
1996-97 6

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating
marketing year average prices.
2/ Montana became part of the monthly price program for Oats in July 1996.

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December 1997 B-25 NASS, USDA


NE] National

Crop oS"
Production . usp

Service
Washington, D.C,

——————— EEE Eee
Released December 11, 1997, 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. Forecasts refer to December 1, 1997. Index and report
features are located at the end of this report.

Cotton Production Down Slightly

All cotton production is forecast at 18.8 million bales, down 29,000 bales from
November, and down 1 percent from 1996. This is the fourth largest crop on
record. Yield is expected to average 672 pounds per acre, down 35 pounds from
last year. Texas’ production was lowered 100,000 bales from last month.
Georgia's production was lowered 70,000 bales from last month, as heavy rainfall
during the entire harvest season continued during November and yields
deterriorated. Mississippi's yield, at 900 pounds per harvested acre, is a
record high.

All oranges production for the 1997-98 season is forecast at a record large

14.3 million tons, unchanged from the previous forecast in October but up

12 percent from the previous record of 12.8 million tons set in the 1996-97
season. Florida’s all orange, early-midseason, and valencia crops are forecast
at record high levels for the second season in a row. Florida's all orange
forecast remained at 254 million boxes (11.4 million tons), 12 percent more than
the 226 million boxes produced last season. Early and midseason varieties in
Florida are forecast at 146 million boxes (6.57 million tons), 9 percent

greater than last season. Florida's Valencia forecast of 108 million boxes
(4.86 million tons) is 17 percent above last season’s 92.0 million boxes.
California’s all orange production forecast, at 74.0 million boxes (2.78 million
tons), is carried forward from October and is 9 percent more than last season.
The Navel orange forecast is 44.0 million boxes (1.65 million tons), up

10 percent from last year's production of 40.0 million boxes. The Valencia
forecast, at 30.0 million boxes (1.13 million tons), is 7 percent more than last
year.

Cr Pr 2-2 (12-97)


Cotton: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by Type, State
and United States, 1996 and Forecasted December 1, 1997

- 1,000 Acres -~ 1,000 Bales 2/

Upland r]
AL : 516.0 420.0 734 571 571 789.0 500.0
AZ : 314.0 329.0 1,189 1,196 1,196 778.0 820.0
AR 3 990.0 930.0 793 846 846 1,636.0 1,640.0
CA 2 995.0 875.0 1,153 1,207 1,207 2,390.0 2,200.0
FL 3/ : 98.2 100.0 637 720 720 130.4 150.0
GA 1,336.0 1,435.0 TAT 686 662 2,079.0 1,980.0
KS 3/ 4.0 13.5 492 480 480 4.1 13.5
LA 885.0 625.0 697 730 760 1,286.0 990.0
MS 1,100.0 960.0 819 880 900 1,876.0 1,800.0
MO 385.0 375.0 737 684 704 591.0 550.0
NM 55.0 66.0 733 669 640 84.0 88.0
NC 710.0 675.0 677 569 604 1,002.0 850.0
OK 210.0 210.0 306 503 503 134.0 220.0
sc 282.0 285.0 774 674 674 455.0 400.0
TN 530.0 500.0 611 634 634 675.0 660.0
TX 4,100.0 5,300.0 509 489 480 4,345.0 5,300.0
VA 3/ 102.0 99.0 748 601 601 159.0 124.0
us 2,612.2 13,197.5 701 666 665 18,413.5 18,285.5

Amer-Pima
AZ 41.9 20.0 852 840 960 74.4 40.0
CA 164.0 184.0 1,098 1,148 1,096 375.0 420.0
NM 14.0 13.0 651 628 628 19.0 17.0
TX 36.0 32.0 801 840 840 60.1 56.0
us 255.9 249.0 991 1,056 1,027 528.5 533.0

All
AL 516.0 420.0 734 571i 571 789.0 500.0
AZ 355.9 349.0 1,150 1,176 1,183 852.4 860.0
AR 990.0 930.0 793 846 846 1,636.0 1,640.0
CA : 1,159.0 1,059.0 1,145 1,197 1,188 2,765.0 2,620.0
FL 3/ : 98.2 100.0 637 720 720 130.4 150.0
GA : 1,336.0 1,435.0 747 686 662 2,079.0 1,980.0
KS 3/ 4.0 13.5 492 480 480 4.1 13.5
LA 885.0 625.0 697 730 760 1,286.0 990.0
MS 1,100.0 960.0 819 880 900 1,876.0 1,800.0
MO 385.0 375.0 737 684 704 591.0 550.0
NM 69.0 79.0 717 662 638 103.0 105.0
Nc 710.0 675.0 677 569 604 1,002.0 850.0
OK 210.0 210.0 306 503 503 134.0 220.0
sc 282.0 285.0 774 674 674 455.0 400.0
TN 530.0 500.0 611 634 634 675.0 660.0
TX 4,136.0 5,332.0 511 491 482 4,405.1 5,356.0
VA 3/ 102.0 99.0 748 601 601 159.0 124.0
us 2,868.1 13,446.5 707 673 672 18,942.0 18,818.5

1/  Preduction ginned and to be ginned.
2/ 480-Lb. net weight bales.
3/ Estimates for current year carried forward from previous forecast.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-6 NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans: Yield and Production by Commercial
Class, State, and Total, 1995-97

co : 1,530 1,830 2,000 2,158 2,112 2,211
ID + 2,010 2,150 2,150 971 976 886
KS > 1,550 1,900 1,800 410 370 295
MI > 1,750 1,500 1,700 70 120 170
MN : 1,240 1,300 1,310 433 573 498
MT 1,900 2,280 2,200 205 235 257
NE : 1,750 1,850 1,990 1,414 1,560 1,188
NM : 2,000 2,180 1,600 140 146 4112
ND 1,300 1,270 1,280 4,704 5,138 4,480
OR 2,110 2,000 2,380 40 40 50
TX 1,000 890 1,210 23 8 17
ur 460 1,600 700 32 10 39
WA 2,500 2,390 2,250 250 311 225
wy 2,080 2,250 2,200 499 563 593
Total : 21,493 1,559 1,596 11,349 12,162 11,021
Light Red

Kidney

CA 1,740 1,870 1,950 209 187 195
co 1,950 1,390 2,210 263 114 248
ID 1,640 2,130 2,360 18 17 26
MI 1,670 1,400 1,640 200 140 230
MN 1,520 1,900 1,690 100 179 161
NE 1,670 2,050 2,200 234 199 365
NY 1,620 1,270 1,580 292 203 348
Total 1,705 1,621 1,864 1,316 1,039 1,573

Dark Red

Kidney

CA 1,600 1,640 1,800 72 82 90
ID 1,820 2,400 2,250 20 12 9
MI 1,400 1,110 1,300 210 100 150
MN : 1,450 1,750 1,500 399 630 496
NY 1,600 1,270 1,650 64 38 33
ND 1,430 1,670 1,500 43 50 24
wi 1,300 1,800 1,800 117 144 153
Total 1,443 1,637 1,540 925 1,056 955

Pink

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-12 NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested by Commercial
Class, State, and Total, 1995-97

Class Area Planted Area Harvested

1,000 Acres

Pinto
co : 164.5 134.7 124.0 140.7 115.2 110.5
ID : 48.9 45.9 42.0 48.3 45.4 41.2
KS 3 29.0 22.5 18.0 26.4 19.5 16.4
MI : 4.0 9.0 10.0 4.0 8.0 10.0
MN : 46.9 45.0 40.0 35.0 44.0 38.0
MT : 11.0 10.5 12.2 10.8 10.3 11.7
NE : 85.0 88.0 67.0 80.8 84.3 59.7
NM : 7.0 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.7 7.0
ND : 399.0 413.0 400.0 362.0 405.0 350.0
OR : 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.1
TX : 2.4 1.0 1.5 2.3 0.9 1.4
UT : 743 5.0 5.8 7.0 0.6 5.6
WA 10.0 14.2 10.0 10.0 13.0 10.0
wy : 26.0 27.0 28.0 24.0 25.0 27.0
Total > 843.0 824.7 767.6 760.2 779.9 690.6

Light Red 5

Kidney 3
CA : 13.0 10.0 10.0 12.0 10.0 10.0
co : 14.5 8.7 12.2 13.5 8.2 11.2
ID : 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.i 0.8 1.1
MI : 12.0 12.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 14.0
MN : 7.0 10.0 10.0 6.6 9.4 9.5
NE 3 17.0 10.0 17.0 14.0 9.7 16.6
NY 3 19.0 16.5 22.5 18.0 16.0 22.0
Total 3 83.9 68.1 86.8 77.2 64.1 84.4

Dark Red :

Kidney z
CA t 4.5 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.0
ID : 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.21 0.5 0.4
MI : 16.0 11.0 12.0 15.0 9.0 11.5
MN 3 35.3 37.0 35.0 27.5 36.0 33.0
NY 4.0 3.5 2.0 4.0 3.0 2.0
ND : 3.0 3.0 1.8 3.0 3.0 1.6
Wr t 9.3 8.3 8.8 9.0 8.0 8.5
Total 2 73.4 68.3 65.0 64.1 64.5 62.0

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-11 NASS, USDA


United States:

Monthly Marketings - 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 prices received
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 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:

Corn for Grain:

Dry Edible Beans:
Flaxseed:

“Hay:

Oats:

Sorghum for Grain:

Soybeans:

Sunflower:

Wheat:

Crop Production
December 1997

June 1 to May 31 for California; July 1 to June 30 for
all other monthly marketing estimating States.

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.

September 1 to August 31 for all estimating States.
July 1 to June 30 for all estimating States.

April 1 to March 31 for Arizona; May 1 to April 30 for
California, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah; June 1 to May 31 for
all other monthly marketing estimating States.

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.

June 1 to May 31 for Texas; August 1 to July 31 for
Arkansas and Oklahoma; September 1 to August 31 for
Kansas and Missouri; October 1 to September 30 for
Illinois and Nebraska.

September 1 to August 31 for all estimating States.

September 1 to August 31 for Kansas, Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota.

May 1 to April 30 for 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.

Agricultural Statistics Board
A-19 NASS, USDA



Florida frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) yield for the 1997-98 season is
forecast at 1.55 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 1996-97 yield for all fruit used in Fcog
was 1.57 gallons per box at 42.0 degrees Brix. Projected yields for 1997-98
early-midseason and Valencia varieties will be published in the January Crop
Production report.

I — a _— es
This report was approved on December 11, 1997.

Kad. be

Acting Secretidry of Agricultural Statistics Board
Agriculture Chairpergon
Richard E. Rominger Rich Allen

Agricultural Statistics Board

Crop Production
NASS, USDA

December 1997 A-2


November Weather Summary: The Nation's weather patterns became more strongly

influenced by the very strong warm-phase (El Nifio)
episode. Manifestations of El Nifio's influence included wet spells across the
Southeast (7 weeks) and in California (3 weeks), and dry weather on the northern
Plains (7 weeks). Late in the month, significant precipitation returned to the
central Plains for the first time since the late-October blizzard.

East of the Rockies, a cold regime that had taken hold in mid-October finally
broke down toward the end of November. Despite the late-month warmup, November
temperatures averaged as much as 6 degrees F below normal in the upper Midwest
and at least 4 degrees F below normal from central Texas to the central
Appalachians. In contrast, monthly departures reached +4 degrees F in the West
Coast States.

On November 1 in southern California, monthly high-temperature records were
established in Burbank (99 degrees F), Oxnard (98 degrees F), and Lompoc

(98 degrees F). At the Oxnard Airport, a high of 104 degrees F tied their
all-time record, set on September 22, 1939. A day later, the November record of
94 degrees F was tied at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, AZ. About three
dozen daily-record highs were tabulated across the Southwest on November 1-3.

Despite the nearly constant chill in the eastern two-thirds of the Nation, only
about four dozen daily-record lows were reported. Most of those occurred from
November 15-18, during the month's sharpest cold snap. On the 16th, Brookings,
SD noted -12 degrees F. A day later, lows dipped to 8 degrees F in Gilbert, AR
and 20 degrees F in Tupelo, MS. During the cold snap, temperatures dipped to
freezing or below as far south as southern Louisiana and Florida's Panhandle.

In Rochester, MN, temperatures averaged below normal on 38 of the 43 days from
October 13 to November 24, including 23 in a row from November 2~24. Similarly,
a 19-day streak of subnormal temperatures ended on November 21 in Atlanta, GA,
where below-normal temperatures had prevailed on 35 of the previous 38 days
{October 14 to November 20).

A series of coastal storms battered the Northeast during the month, raking the
region with high winds and delivering heavy snowfall at times. An early-
November storm produced wind gusts to 69 mph in Portland, ME and 53 mph in
Portsmouth, NH. (The same system also delivered wind gusts in excess of 50 mph
to the Midwest, including a gust to 59 mph in Sioux City, IA on November 2.)
Pittsburgh, PA netted a single-day, November-record rainfall (1.86 inches) on
the 7th, during a storm that dumped more than 7 inches on parts of western
Pennsylvania. On November 14, snowfall totaled 10.6 inches in Rochester, NY,
their earliest 8-inch snowstorm since 1953. Another storm struck the region on
Thanksgiving Day (November 27), buffeting Milton, MA with wind gusts to 71 mph.
By month's end, snowfall of 20.5 inches in Portland, ME was their highest
November total since 26.7 inches fell in 1921. In Albany, NY, precipitation was
5.91 inches (including 11.8 inches of snow), their highest November total since
1927.

Storminess that had affected the Northwest earlier in the autumn generally
shifted southward into California during November. Nevertheless, a powerful
storm lashed the Pacific Northwest on November 18-19. Late on the 18th, while
still well offshore, the storm had a central pressure of 28.76 inches

(974 millibars). Peak wind gusts near the coast reached 89 mph in Florence, OR
and 81 mph on Cooskie Mountain, CA, south of Eureka. Monthly precipitation
ranged from 200 to 400 percent of normal in much of northern and central
California. In downtown San Francisco, the monthly rainfall of 6.97 inches was
268 percent of normal, their 10th highest November total in the past 149 years.
Monthly rainfall also topped 200 percent of normal across parts of the
Southeast .

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-1 NASS, USDA


Cottonseed: Production, United States, 1995-96
and Forecasted December 1, 1997

1/ Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.

Burley Tobacco: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State,
and United States, 1995-96 and Forecasted December 1, 1997

Production

Area Harvested

3 Pounds 1,000 Pounds -
Type 31 :
IN : 7,600 87900 1,970 2,100 13,601 14,972 18,690
KY : 185,000 210,000 1,980 1,900 302,250 366,300 399,000
MO 1/ : 2,700 3,100 2,230 2,050 5,468 6,021 6,355
Nc : 7,800 9,000 1,665 1,650 10,449 12,987 14,850
OH : 8,000 9,500 1,580 1,960 15,015 12,640 18,620
TN 46,000 49,000 1,915 1,700 73,100 88,090 83,300
VA 9,500 10,000 1,835 1,900 13,860 17,433 19,000
wy 1/ 1,700 1,800 1,200 1,800 2,600 2,040 3,240
US 268,300 301,300 1,940 1,869 436,343 520,483 563,055

1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.

Papayas: Area and Fresh Production by Month, Hawaii, 1996-97

Fresh Production

Month

Bo Tasers ccc tana Acres -~------~-------- 1,000 Pounds
Oct 3,550 3,135 1,530 1,955 3,450 3,860
Nov 3,500 3,105 1,400 1,920 2,940 3,085
Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board

December 1997 A-7 NASS, USDA



Dry Edible Beans: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and
Marketing

: Percent
CA 1995-96 =: 5 10 14 8 9 8 7 9 10 7 6 7
1996-97 : 6 12 12 11 8 8 7 9 10 6 6 5
CO 1995-96 : 24 15 9 8 8 6 6 5 4 5 6 4
1996-97 =: 27 17 4 6 8 4 4 3 4 9 7 7
ID 1995-96 =: 8 6 15 9 10 4 7 7 8 9 a1 6
1996-97 : 10 15 12 10 10 8 8 7 6 7 4 3
MI 1995-96 : 26 11 8 8 7 5 6 5 10 7 4 3
1996-97: 6 32 8 6 4s 6 3 6 3 7 5 3
MN 1995-96 30 16 8 5 5 6 15 4 3 4 1 3
1996-97 34 19 7 3 3 2 3 5 10 8 4 2
NE 1995-96 22 20 9 9 7 6 8 3 3 5 3 5
1996-97 29 18 10 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 2 5
ND 1995-96 26 16 9 6 7 9 8 8 3 3 3 2
1996-97 27 25 6 8 5 4 4 5 6 5 3 2
WA 1995-96 19 26 15 6 6 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
1996-97 2/

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices. 2/ Discontinued.

Sunflower: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and
Marketing

: Percent
KS 1995-9 1 24 24 18 a5 5 6 2 1 2 1 1
1996~9 3 38 13 7 12 8 6 8 3 2
MN 1995-9 9 25 22 9 6 4 3 3 1 3 11 4
1996~9 5 12 11 11 12 11 9 12 13 2 1 a
ND 1995-96: 3 21 18 12 10 6 7 5 4 4 7 3

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-31 NASS, USDA


All Wheat: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and

Marketing :May :Jun :Jul :Aug :Sep :Oct :Nov lar:Apr:May:Jun
Year : H : : 3 2 : : : :
Percent
AR 1995-96 74 23 1 1 1
1996-97 58 23 7 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 a
CA 1995-96 17 30 13 6 2 2 4 6 1 1 1
1996-97 32 25 9 4 2 2 2 3 1 5 5
CO 1995-96 15 18 a1 8 5 11 14 8 4 3 2 1
1996-97 12 9 7 6 6 1. 16 110611 8 2 1
ID 1995-96 1 7 16 13 a1 11 a5 6 5 6 4 5
1996-97 1 6 13 7 5 14 14 11 11 8 5 5
IL 1995-96 6 67 8 5 2 1 3 7 a
1996-97 7 53 16 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 5 2
IN 1995-96 21 57 11 2 1 1 5 2
1996-97 8 59 16 10 1 1 1 2 1 1
KS 1995-96 5 33 15 13 8 3 9 6 3 3 1 1
1996-97 10 33 7 6 4 5 8 8 6 7 4 2
MI 1995-96 38 26 5 7 8 3 6 5 1 1
1996-97 27 39 8 3 1 3 7 3 4 4 a
MN 1995-96 : 7 16 11 6 7 11 9 6 10 6 6 5
1996-97 3 17 14 7 6 10 da 7 9 10 3 3
MO 1995-96 14 59 9 4 3 1 2 6 1 1
1996-97 11 43 9 4 3 3 3 6 6 7 4 1
MT 1995-96 6 6 7 9 10 11 14 10 8 8 5 6
1996-97 z 3 5 7 6 8 14 14 ai 9 10 6 7
NE 1995-96 : 27 17 9 9 4 9 10 7 4 3 1
1996-97 21 13 7 5 6 10 a1 10 7 6 2 2
ND 1995-96 8 8 12 9 10 10 11 9 8 6 5 4
1996-97 4 6 13 8 7 10 12 10 «#10 9 4 7
OH 1995-96 76 10 3 1 4 1 3 1 1
1996-97 44 12 1. 4 2 4 6 6 5 4 1 1
OK 1995-96 4 33 19 5 6 9 2 10 6 3 1
1996-97 9 25 10 6 5 5 6 9 8 6 8 3
OR 1995-96 8 13 18 11 10 14 12 4 3 4 2 1
1996-97 : 5 15 13 12 8 10 9 12 7 5 2 2
SD 1995-96 : 16 13 10 8 7 id 11 g 7 5 2 2
1996-97 6 25 7 5 3 6 al 10 610 9 4 4
TX 1995-96 13 24 39 13 2 2 1 2 2 i 1
1996-97 16 28 21 6 3 7 3 4 5 2 3 2
WA 1995-96 2 14 19 as 13 12 11 3 2 5 3 1
1996-97 9 7 4 2
1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating
marketing year average prices.
Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board

December 1997 A-26 NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans:
by State and United States,

3

g

a
4

1/ Excludes beans grown for garde!

Crop Production
December 1997

Area Planted and Harvested, Yield,

1995-97 1/ 2/

1995

and Production

1997

1,000 Acres

130.0
140.0
105.0
22.0
315.0
170.0
12.2
190.0
42.0
40.0
600.0
11.0
15.0
5.8
38.0
8.8
37.0

seed.

137.0
165.0
108.0
31.0
385.0
150.0
10.8
205.0
12.5
33.0
540.0
10.0
23.0

2,740
2,558
2,160

481
6,930
2,055

1996 revised.

1,000 Cwt

2,325
2,250
1,907
444
4,640
2,418
235
3,705
264
377
7,524
158
84

10

2,910

2,215

360
5,033
2,400

Agricultural Statistics Board

WASS, USDA


Hay: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and
Marketing: Apr
Year :

AZ 1995-96: 11 10 11 10 10 a1

7 7 6 6 5 6
1996-97: 10 pas) 13 a 10 gy 3 6 4 3 4 6
CA 1995-96: 12 12 14 15 10 8 5 3 3 4 4 10
1996-97: 12 12 14 15 10 8 5 3 3 4 4 10
co 1995-96: i2 9 10 8 9 9 10 11 6 6 6 4
1996-97: 9 10 10 12 13 10 8 12 5 5 4 2
ID 1995-96: 10 9 10 15 8 12 9 6 7 6 4 4
1996-97: 10 9 10 15 8 12 9 6 7 6 4 4
IL 1995-96: 10 8 8 6 4 6 9 13 13 13 7 3
1996-97: 10 8 8 6 4 6 9 14 13 13 6 3
TA 1995-96: 16 uw g g 5 6 7 a aL 8 5 3
1996-97: 10 11 9 8 5 7 9 12 9 10 6 4
KS 1995-96: 5 6 8 8 ai0150 13 a. 7 6 5 5
1996-97: 2 6 6 5 5 7 14 20 21 6 5 3
KY 1995-96: 4 13 9 9 10 7 5 13 12 9 7 3
1996-9 5 13 10 9 9 8 6 13 11 9 5 2
MI 1995-9 12 9 6 3 6 4 7 8 14 i5 12 4
1996-9 qi 9 6 3 6 4 7 8 14 15 12 5
MN 1995-9 8 li 11 12 7 2 6 7 10 13 5 8
1996-9 8 11 10 at 7 2 6 8 9 14 5 9
MO 1995-9 3 12 11 10 8 4 8 10 9 at 9
1996-9 2 12 1i 10 8 4 8 11 9 11 9 5
MT 1995-9 5 5 9 9 8 17 12 10 8 9 6 2
1996-9 5 13 10 15 15 11 10 8 6 3 3 1
NE 1995-9 7 4 2 10 12 6 18 11 9 10 6 5
1996-9 7 4 2 10 12 6 18 11 9 10 5

NV 1995-96: 2 6 12 14 14 10 9 8 7 7 7 4
1996-9 2 6 12 13 14 10 9 8 7 7 7 5

See footnotes at end of table. --continued

Crop Production Agricultural statistics Board

December 1997 A-22 NASS, USDA


Pecans: Utilized Production by Crop, State, and United States,
1995-96 and Forecasted December 1, 1997

1,000 Pounds

Improved Varieties 1/

AL 7,000 9,000 4,000
AZ 2/ : 17,000 17,500
AR 3/ 3 900 800 1,600
CA 3/ : 2,900 1,300 2,800
FL 3/ : 600 500 700
GA : 62,000 86,000 73,000
LA : 2,000 2,000 2,000
MS 3/ : 1,200 1,300 2,600
NM : 45,000 22,000 38,000
NC 3/ 2 1,800 425 550
OK 2 2,500 500 3,000
sc 3/ : 2,400 1,800 2,000
TX : 47,000 30,000 50,000
US 2 175,300 172,625 197,750
Native & Seedling 3
AL : 3,000 5,000 4,000
AR 3/ : 700 400 800
FL 3/ : 500 1,400 1,600
GA : 13,000 14,000 12,000
KS 3/ : 500 200 3,500
LA 2 11,000 14,000 11,000
MS 3/ 3 1,000 1,300 1,400
Nc 3/ z 1,500 375 450
OK : 16,500 1,500 18,000
sc 3/ : 1,100 700 1,000
TX : 28,000 10,000 20,000
US : 76,800 48,875 73,750
All Pecans :

AL : 10,000 14,000 8,000
AZ 2/ z 17,000 17,500
AR 3/ : 1,600 1,200 2,400
CA 3/ : 2,900 1,300 2,800
FL 3/ 2 1,100 1,900 2,300
GA : 75,000 100,000 85,000
KS 3/ 500 200 3,500
LA 13,000 16,000 13,000
MS 3/ : 2,200 2,600 4,000
NM : 45,000 22,000 38,000
NC 3/ i 3,300 800 1,000
OK 19,000 2,000 21,000
sc 3/ 3,500 2,500 3,000
TX 75,000 40,000 70,000
Oth Sts 4/ 15,900

US 268,000 221,500 271,500

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, MO, and TN in 1995. No breakdown between varieties available. Forecasts
discontinued in 1996 for MO and TN.

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December 1997 A-17 NASS, USDA



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State and
Marketing

CA 1995-96 :
1996-97 :
co 1995-96 z
1996-97 :
ID 1995-96
1996-97
MN 1995-96
1996-97
MT 1995-96 :
1996-97
ND 1995-96
1996-97
OR 1995-96
1996-97
SD 1995-96
1996-97
UT 1995-96
1996-97
WA 1995-96
1996-97
wy 1995-96
1996-97

Barley:
by Month and State,

Farm Market ings,

16
39

19
14

13
14

14

19
15

15
ig

a1
14

12

a

11

Percent of Sales,
1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

27
16

10
il

10
11

11

Re

wn

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating

marketing year average prices.

Crop Production
December 1997

Agricultural Statistics Board

NASS,

USDA


Index

Page

Table Narrative
Beans, Dry Edible (by State).........-. ccc eee eee eee . A- 8 B- 3
Beans, Dry Edible (by Class).........-.. 0.0 e eee eeeee A- 9
Citrus Fruit ...... cesses bee e eee renee .. A-15 B- 4
Coffee .......--.. sees seen eee Beene eee eee eee A-18 B- 6
Cotton ......- see eee eee eee eee bed e eee sees A- 6 B- 2
COLTONSEE| 6... eee eee eee eee tee eee ete eee eee A- 7
Crop Marketing Seasons ..... ete ee . A-19
Crop SuMMALY 16... eee eee e eee e eee eeeee beeen eees A- 3
Farm Marketings ..... eee e eee eeeeee ve ee eee eae beens A-20
PAPAYAS 6 eee e eee eee eee eee eet ete ceeeee beeeeeeee A- 7 B- 3
Pecans ... «- - - . vee A-17 B- 6
Reliability Statement ....... wees tee eee eee eee B- 7
Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed ......... beer cece eeee A-18 B- 6
Tobacco, Burley ...........-. cece cece eee seeeeeee A- 7 B- 3
Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board

December 1997 B-8 NASS, USDA


California Citrus: Navel orange harvest gained momentum in November with over
10 percent of the crop picked. Quality has been reported

good to excellent with large sized fruit. Other citrus crops picked were

grapefruit, lemons, and tangerines. Quality was reported good for all of them.

California Fruits and Nuts: Various fruits were harvested in November,

including kiwifruit, persimmons, pomegranates,
avocados, and late variety table grapes. Growers pruned fruit and nut orchards
as weather permitted.

Pecans: Pecan production, as of December 1, is forecast at 272 million

pounds (in-shell basis). This is off 1 percent from the October 1
estimate but 23 percent above 1996. Improved varieties are expected to make up
73 percent of the total, or 198 million pounds. Two states, Georgia and New
Mexico, lowered expectations while Oklahoma and Arizona are expecting better
crops than on October 1.

Georgia’s crop is forecast at 85.0 million pounds, down 5 million from

October 1. Dry weather in late summer, along with heavy rains during the
harvest period, reduced earlier prospects. New Mexico also recorded a decrease,
cutting 2 million pounds from the October estimate of 40.0 million. Harvest is
well behind schedule; there have also been concerns about poor nut quality but
the extent of the problem is unknown.

Oklahoma boosted their forecast to 21.0 million pounds, up 3 million from
October. The increase is reflected in both native and seedlings. Harvest is
behind schedule due to wet conditions. Arizona adjusted their estimate of
improved pecans to 17.5 million pounds, up one-half million.

Sugarcane: U.S. sugarcane production for sugar and seed in 1997 is expected to

total 30.5 million tons, up 4 percent from 1996 and up 3 from
November. The expected area for harvest, at 914,500 acres, is 3 percent above
last year but unchanged from last month. The forecasted yield, at 33.4 tons per
acre, is 0.3 tons above 1996 and up 0.9 tons from November.

Florida sugarcane harvest progressed on schedule during November, with no major
harvest problems. In Louisiana, harvest was running slightly ahead of schedule,
with 68% of the crop harvested as of December 1, 1997. Most mills will complete
grinding by Christmas. Weather in Hawaii was favorable during early November,
but rainfall became more frequent later in the month. The rain slowed harvest
activity only slightly as most operations were near the end of their seasons.
Above-normal rainfall and soggy fields in Texas delayed harvest significantly in
early November. Drier conditions later in the month allowed the factory to
operate at full capacity by the beginning of December.

Coffee: Hawaii coffee production is estimated at 9.00 million pounds

(parchment basis) for the 1997-98 season, up 41 percent from the
previous season. Increased harvested acreage, higher yields from maturing
trees, and improved harvesting techniques accounted for most of the larger
output.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-6 NASS, USDA


Report Features

The next "Crop Production" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on

January 9, 1998.

Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Crops Branch of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information.

Cc. Ray Halley, Chief

Field Crops Section
Bill Dowdy, Head
Kevin Barnes - Soybeans, Minor Oilseeds
Rhonda Brandt- Corn
Doug Hartwig - Hay

Rhonda Brandt - Oats, Sugar Crops, Weekly Crop Weather

Roger Latham - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings
Jerry Ramirez - Barley, Sorghum
Barbara Rater - Peanuts, Rice

Vaughn Siegenthaler - Wheat, Rye

Fruit, Vegetable & Special Crops Section
Vince Matthews, Head
Arvin Budge - Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes

(202) 720-2127
(202) 720-3843
(202) 720-7369
(202) 720-7621
(202) 720-8843
(202) 720-7621
(202) 720-5944
(202) 690-3234
(202) 720-7688
(202) 720-8068
(202) 720-3843
(202) 720-4285

Dave DeWalt - Citrus, Tropical Fruits
Cherries, Berries, Prunes, Plums,

Howard Hill

Cranberries, Grapes, Maple Syrup
Dave Mueller - Fresh and Processing Vegetables, Onions

Dave Ranek - Nuts, Floriculture
Linda Simpson - Noncitrus Fruits, Mint, Dry Beans & Peas,

Debbie Williams - Apples, Strawberries, Tobacco

Crop Production
December 1997

Mushrooms, Hops

(202) 720-5412

(202) 720-7235
(202) 720-2157
(202) 720-4215

(202) 690-0270
(202) 720-4288

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NASS, USDA


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1995-97

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Corn: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/
State and
Marketing
Year

:Dec :Jan eb :Mar:Apr :May:Jun :Jul:Aug:Sep

co 1995-96 : 11 28 20 15 7 5 5 3 1 1 2 2
1996-97 : 16 13 10 15 10 7 6 5 5 5 4 4

GA 1995-96 :37 21 5 2 3 5 3 2 2 4 #7 12
1996-97 : 38 27 7 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 3

IL 1995-96 : 7 18 8 8 28 9 9 4 4 2 2 1
1996-97 : 2 12 10 7 21 12 9 7 4 5 5 6

IN 1995-96 : 8 21 8 6 19 11 8 6 3 2 3 3
1996-97 : 5 13 19 7 14 10 8 6 4 4 5 5

IA 1995-96: 8 14 14 6 16 +7211 #8 5 4 5 2
1996-97: 2 8 13 6 44 10 9 #7 5 7 10 9

KS 1995-96 : 8 28 18 14 14 6 5 2 2 1 1 1
1996-97: 7 22 13 13 45 9 8 4 3 2 2 2

KY 1995-96: 26 13 «5 6 2 17 «4 2 «1 1 3
1996-97: 21°19 #7 «4 49 #10 6 4 3 2 2 3

MI 1995-96: 18 19 13 20 10 6 #7 3 4 214
1996-97: 5 22 12 15 9 6 5 3 5 6 6 6

MN 1995-96 : 17 11 6 10 7 8 10 9 9 7 3 3
1996-97 t 10 13 7 10 8 7 7 7 7 9 9 6

Mo 1995-96: 14.12 «120«09 6©17 1002«7=~C<C GCSB
1996-97 : 16 14 9 10 14 3 7 4 4 5 4 5

NE 1995-96 : 13 22 10 16 li 9 6 4 2 3 2 2
1996-97: io 14 10 14 9 9 6 5 § 7 7 4

Ne 1995-96 : 36 120=*« sti BT
1996-97 : 41 23 7 2 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 5

OH 1995-96 : 5 26 15 9 14 8 8 5 3 2 3 2
1996-97: i 8 17 13 47 1 9 6 4 5 5 4

PA 1995-96: 23017 17 8 #3 8 5 5 4 5 3 2
1996-97: 15 26 12 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 98

SD 1995-96 : 18 16 8 12 12 #10 8 5 5 3 2 1
1996-97 : 6 12 5 5 5 5 5 4 a1 #16 #14 «412

TTM 1995-96 :21 8 29 13 14 8 2 1 #1 1 «1 21
1996-97 : 9 24 32 6 4 9 3 3 1 1 1 7

WI 1995-96: 17°19 10 20 6 5 7 6 3 3 3 41
1996-97 6 20 11 10 7 8 8 6 7 7 6 4

1/ Sample Survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-28 NASS, USDA


1/

2/

3/

a/

5/

Crop Production
December 1997 A-16

Citrus Fruit Footnotes

The crop year begins with the bloom of the first year shown and ends with
the completion of harvest the following year.

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.

Navel and miscellaneous varieties in AZ and CA. Early (including Navel) and
midseason varieties in FL and TX. Small quantities of tangerines in TX.

Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.
Excludes economic abandonment in 1995-96 of 3,000,000 boxes of Colored
Seedless; in 1996-97 of 3,000,000 boxes of White Seedless and 3,000,000
boxes of Colored Seedless.
.
U.S. Orange Production
Million Tons
16.0
[ 143
pi
14.0
128
120 a8 114 14
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105 [| 403 |
10.0 95 95
92 389 ag
86
80+ 76 75 77 77 78
72
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Up 12 %fromlast season
Record large crop

Agricultural Statistics Board
NASS, USDA


Oats: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and

Marketing : :Jun

7 Percent

IL 1995-96 : 24 37 4 3 2 3 1 16 4 3 1 2
1996-97 : 14 43 7 7 1 2 10 1 4 4 3 4
TA 1995-96 : 29 45 5 1 3 2 2 2 4 3 2 2
1996-97 : 26 48 7 4 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3
MI 1995-96 : 4 39 4 6 5 1 12 8 3 6 8 4
1996-97 : 11 33 10 4 1 2 3 6 5 5 5 15
MN 1995-96 : 15 29 10 Ss 5 6 4 5 5 7 4 5
1996-97 : 18 30 12 4 4 3 4 4 4 7 6 4
MT 1995-96 : 2/
1996-97 : 8 14 22 3 13 12 2 5 6 13 2
NE 1995-96 : 34 39 3 3 3 3 6 3 2 1 1 2
1996-97 : 42 27 8 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 2 4
ND 1995-96 : 12 24 13 9 7 7 7 6 5 4 4 2
1996-97 : 10 27 20 6 4 5 6 6 5 3 2 6
OH 1995-96 : 28 31 23 6 1 2 3 2 1 1 2
1996-97 : 25 37 7 2 4 1 4 5 5 7 3
OR 1995-96 : 2 13 25 12 9 15 8 7 4 2 2 1
1996-97 : 11 20 8 12 4 16 3 14 6 3 3
PA 1995-96 : 18 26 5 2 4 3 6 4 11 6 9 6
1996-97 : 12 27 4 2 2 5 9 11 14 3 5 6
SD 1995-96 : 10 19 8 6 5 9 9 7 9 9 6 3
1996-97 : 19 34 5 4 1 5 1 6 4 6 6 9
TX 1995-96 : 38 19 1 7 9 7 13 6
1996-97 : 83 11 6
WI 1995-96 : 10 «29 9 5 3 4 5 6 7 9 7 6
1996-97 : 12 39 6 5 3 2 6 5 4 8 6 4

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating
marketing year average prices.
2/ Montana became part of the monthly price program for Oats in July 1996.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-25 NASS, USDA


Crop Summary:

1996 and Forecasted December 1, 1997

Crop

All Cotton

Upland

Amer-Pima
Dry Edible Beans 1/
Burley Tobacco
Sugarcane for
Sugar and Seed

All Cotton

Upland

Amer-Pima
Dry Edible Beans 1/
Burley Tobacco
Sugarcane for
Sugar and Seed

1/ 1996 revised.

Crop Production
December 1997

: 14,633.5
: 14,375.5
: 258.0
: 1,843.0

5,922,030
5,817,620
104,410
745,840

Area Planted

13,905.0
13,655.0

250.0
1,851.8

Area Planted and Harvested, United States,
(Domestic Units)

12,868.1
12,612.2
255.9
1,752.7
268.3

888.9

(Metric Units) Hectares

5,627,210
5,526,040

101,170
749,400

5,207,590
5,104,030
103,560
709,300
108,580

359,730

Area Harvested 1/

1997

1,000 Acres

13,446.5
13,197.5
249.0
1,723.2
301.3

914.5

5,441,660
5,340,900
100,770
697,360
121,930

370,090

Agricultural Statistics Board

NASS, USDA


Crop Summary: Yield per Acre and Production, United States,
1996 and Forecasted December 1, 1997 (Domestic Units)

All Cotton 1/ 707 672 18,942.0 18,847.5 18,818.5
Upland 1/ 701 665 18,413.5 18,299.5 18,285.5
Amer~Pima 1/ 3 991 1,027 528.5 548.0 533.0

Cottonseed 3 7,143.5 7,228.8 7,217.8

Dry Edible :

Beans 1/ 2/ 3/ : 1,595 1,699 27,960 29,255 29,275
Burley Tobacco 1,940 1,869 520,483 562,880 563,055
Sugarcane for

Sugar and Seed 33.1 33.4 29,462 29,689 30,539

Pecans 3/ 221,500 275,000 271,500

Crop Summary: Yield per Hectare and Production, United States,
1996 and Forecasted December 1, 1997
(Metric Units)

Nov i, Dec 1,

- Metric Tons -

All Cotton 0.75 4,124,140 4,103,560 4,097,250
Upland 0.75 4,009,070 3,984,250 3,981,200
Amer-Pima 1.15 115,070 119,310 116,050

Dry Edible Beans 2/ 1.90 1,268,240 1,326,980 1,327,890

Burley Tobacco 2.09 236,090 255,320 255,400

Sugarcane for
Sugar and Seed
Pecans 3/

74.86 26,727,480 26,933,410 27,704,510
100,470 124,740 123,150

1/ Yield in Pounds
2/ 1996 revised.
3/ November 1 forecast carried forward from October 1.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-5 NASS, USDA



Crop Summary: Utilized Production, United States,
1996-97 and Forecasted 1997-98

Utilized Production

Crop October 1, December 1,
1997 1/ 1997
Crop Year 2/ 3 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98
: 1,000 Tons

Citrus Fruits :
Oranges 3 12,827 14,309 14,309
Grapefruit 3 2,888 2,824 2,739
Lemons 3/ 3 859 935 935
Tangerines : 418 370 370
Temples (FL) 2 108 104 104
Tangelos (FL) 3 178 149 149
K-Early Citrus (FL) : 7 6 5

: Metric Tons

Oranges :
Grapefruit 3 11,636,460 12,980,910 12,980,910
Lemons 3/ 3 2,619,950 2,561,890 2,484,780
Tangerines : 779,270 848,220 848,220
Temples (FL) 2 379,200 335,660 335,660
Tangelos (FL) : 97,980 94,350 94,350
K-Early Citrus (FL) 161,480 135,170 135,170
6,350 5,440 4,540

1/ October is the last previous forecast since citrus production is no longer
forecasted in November.

2/ The crop year begins with the bloom of the first year shown and ends with
the completion of harvest the following year.

3/ December 1 forecast carried forward from October 1.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-3 NASS, USDA



Corn: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/
State and
Marketing
Year

Dec :Jan :Feb :Mar:Apr :

: Percent
co 1995-96 : 11 28 20 15 7 5 5 3 1 1 2 2
1996-97 : 16 13 10 15 10 7 6 5 5 5 4 4

GA 1995-96 : 37 21 5 2 3 5 3 2 2 1 7 12

1996-97 : 38 27 7 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 3

IL 1995-96 : 7 18 8 8 28 9 9 4 4 2 2 1
1996-97 : 2 12 10 7 21 12 9 7 4 5 5 6

IN 1995-96 : 8 21 8 8 19 11 8 6 3 2 3 3
1996-97 : 5 13 19 7 14 10 8 6 4 4 5 5

IA 1995-96 : 8 14 14 6 16 7 11 8 5 4 5 2
1996-97 : 2 8 13 6 14 10 9 7 5 7 10 9

KS 1995-96 : 8 28 18 14 14 6 5 2 2 1 1 1
1996-97 : 7 22 13 13 a5 9 8 4 3 2 2 2

Ky 1995-96 : 26 13 5 6 a1 1 7 4 2 1 1 3
1996-97 : 21 19 7 4 19 10 6 4 3 2 2 3

MI 1995-96 : 18 19 13 20 10 6 7 3 1 1 1 1
1996-97 : 5 22 12 15 9 6 5 3 5 6 6 6

MN 1995-96 : 17 1a 6 lo 7 8 10 9 9 7 3 3
1996-97 = 10 13 7 lo 8 7 7 7 7 9 9 6

MO 1995-96 : 14 12 12 9 17 10 7 5 5 3 3 3
1996-97 : 16 14 9 10 14 8 7 4 4 5 4 5

NE 1995-96 : 13 22 10 16 1k 9 6 4 2 3 2 2
1996-97 : 10 | «14 10 14 9 9 6 5 5 7 7 4

NC 1995-96 : 36 12 2 3 8 7 4 3 3 2 1 19
1996-97 : 41 23 7 2 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 5

OH 1995-96 : 5 26 15 9 14 8 8 5 3 2 3 2
1996-97 + 1 8 17 13 17 a1 9 6 4 5 5 4

PA 1995-96 : 230 17° «217 8 3. 8 5 5 4 5 3 2
1996-97 : 15 26 12 5 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 9

SD 1995-96 : 18 16 8 12 12 10 8 5 5 3 2 1
1996-97 : 6 12 5 5 5 5 5 4 11 16 #14 #12

TX 1995-96 : 21 8 29 13 14 8 2 1 1 1 1 1
1996-97 : 9 24 32 6 4 9 3 3 1 1 1 7

WI 1995-96 : 17 i9 10 20 6 5 7 6 3 3 3 1
1996-97 6 20 il lo 7 8 8 6 7 7 6 4

1/ Sample Survey reported marketings as percent of total used for
calculating marketing year average prices.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board

December 1997 A~28 NASS, USDA


citrus Fruits:

1995-96,

Utilized Production by Crop,
1996-97 and Forecasted December 1,

State,

and United States,
1997 1/

Oranges
Early Mid &
Navel 3/
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL
TK
us
Valencia
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL
TX
US
All
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL
TX
US
Temples
FL
Grapefruit
White Seedless
FL 5/
Colored Seedless
FL 5/
Other
FL
All
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL 5/
TX :
US
Tangerines
AZ 4/
CA 4/

US
Lemons 4/

Tangelos
FL

K-Early Citrus :
FL :

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Crop Production
December 1997

Utilized Production
Boxes

700 400
38,000 40,000 44,
421,200 134,200 146,
830 1,300 1,
160,730 175,900 191,
950 600
20,000 28,000 30,
82,100 92,000 108,
110 120
103,160 120,720 138,
1,650 1,000 1,
58,000 68,000 74,
203,300 226,200 254,
940 1,420 1,
263,890 296,620 330,
2,150 2,400 2,
23,200 23,500 23,
28,100 31,400 28,
1,050 900
1,200 900
8,100 8,200 9,
52,350 55,800 52,
4,550 5,300 5,
66,200 70,200 66,
1,000 550
2,600 2,600 2,
4,500 6,300 5,
8,100 9,450 8,
5,100 2,600 2,
21,000 20,000 22,
26,100 22,600 24,
2,450 3,950 3,
160 150
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800

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400
500
400

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600

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Utilized Production
Ton Equivalent

1997-98

27 15 17
1,426 1,500 1,650
5,454 6,039 6,570
35 55 60
6,942 7,609 8,297
36 23 al
750 1,050 1,125
3,695 4,140 4,860
4 5 6
4,485 5,218 6,012
63 38 38
2,176 2,550 2,775
9,149 10,179 11,430
39 60 66
11,427 12,827 14,309
97 108 104
986 999 978
1,194 1,334 1,211
45 38 21

40 30 27

271 275 302
2,225 2,371 2,210
182 212 200
2,718 2,888 2,739
38 21 19

98 98 90
213 299 261
349 418 370
194 99 99
798 760 836
992 859 935
110 178 149

7 7 5

Agricultural Statistics Board
NASS, USDA


Citrus Fruits:

1995-96,

Utilized Production by Crop,
1996-97 and Forecasted December 1,

State,

and United States,
1997 1/

Oranges
Early Mid &
Navel 3/
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL
TX
US
Valencia
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL
TX
US
All
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL
TX
US
Temples
FL
Grapefruit
White Seedless
PL 5/
Colored Seedless
FL 5/
Other
FL
All
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL S/
TX
US
Tangerines
AZ 4/
CA 4/
FL
us
Lemons 4/
AZ
CA
us
Tangelos
FL
K-Early Citrus
FL

Utilized Production

1995-96

700
38,000
121,200
830
160,730

950
20,000
82,100

110

103,160

1,650
58,000
203,300
940
263,890

2,150

23,200
28,100
1,050

1,200
8,100
52,350
4,550
66,200

1,000
2,600
4,500
8,100

5,100
21,000
26,100

2,450

Boxes

1996-97

400
40,000
134,200
1,300
175,900

600
28,000
92,000

120

120,720

1,000
68,000
226,200
1,420
296,620

2,400

23,500
31,400
900

900
8,200
55,800
5,300
70,200

550
2,600
6,300
9,450

2,600
20,000
22,600

3,950

1997-98

450
44,000
146,000
1,400
191,850

550
30,000
108,000
150
138,700

1,000
74,000
254,000
1,550
330,550

2,300

23,000
28,500
500

800
9,000
52,000
5,000
66,800

500
2,400
5,500
8,400

2,600
22,000
24,600

3,300

Utilized Production
Ton Equivalent

27
1,426
5,454

35
6,942

36
750
3,695
4
4,485

63
2,176
9,149

39

11,427

97

986
1,194
45

40
271
2,225
182
2,718

38
98
213
349

194
798
992

110

1995-96

1,000 Tons

15
1,500
6,039

55
7,609

23
1,050
4,140

5
5,218

38
2,550
10,179
60
12,827

108

999
1,334
38

30
275
2,371
212
2,888

21
98
299
418

39
760
859

178

1997-98

17
1,650
6,570

60
8,297

2i
1,125
4,860
6
6,012

38
2,775
11,430
66
14,309

104

978
1,211
21

27
302
2,210
200
2,739

19
90
261
370

99
836
935

149

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NASS, USDA



Field Crops: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales by Crop
and Month, United States, 1995-96 and 1996-97

Percent
2 Corn Sorghum Soybeans
Sep 2 8.1 4.0 4.1 3.3 8.1 3.9
Oct 3 17. 11.4 30.9 12.5 26.9 21.0
Nov 12.9 13.2 15.3 14.5 8.5 10.4
Dec 3 8.0 8.0 10.0 12.3 7.2 7.2
Jan : 17.4 15.1 9.6 12.2 15.2 17.8
Feb : 8.3 9.8 3.6 7.9 6.1 8.3
Mar H 8.5 8.0 2.6 5.9 6.3 7.9
Apr 3 6.2 6.1 1.7 4.0 5.8 6.1
May Hy 4.3 4.8 1.5 3.6 3.8 4.4
gun 2 3.3 5.6 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.9
Jul 2 3.4 6.7 8.0 7.8 4.7 4.3
Aug : 2.5 7.3 9.0 12.1 4.0 4.8
Year 3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Fy Dry Beans Cotton Sunflower

Aug : 3.2 3.7

Sep 3 21.9 20.3 6.1 3.8 4.2 2.1
Oct : 14.0 21.4 15.2 12.7 23.7 21.2
Nov : 9.8 7.9 19.2 19.6 21.6 11.7
Dec : 7.9 a) 18.6 15.0 11.5 9.6
Jan 3 7.2 8.0 16.2 17.5 9.0 10.4
Feb 6.7 5.2 5.4 9.8 6.2 8.0
Mar 7.2 4.5 5.1 5.6 5.8 7.1
Apr 6.0 5.4 4.0 3.0 3.8 6.1
May 6.1 5.8 2.4 3.6 3.0 5.6
Jun 3 5.2 6.3 2.2 3.6 3.4 5.0
Jul 4.1 4.1 2.4 2.1 5.7 9.5
Aug 3.9 3.6 2.1 4.0
Year 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board

December 1997 A-21 NASS, USDA



Pecans: Utilized Production by Crop, State, and United States,
1995-96 and Forecasted December 1, 1997

1,000 Pounds
Improved Varieties 1/

AL 7,000 9,000 4,000
AZ 2/ 17,000 17,500
AR 3/ 2 900 800 1,600
CA 3/ : 2,900 1,300 2,800
FL 3/ : 600 500 700
GA 62,000 86,000 73,000
LA : 2,000 2,000 2,000
MS 3/ : 1,200 1,300 2,600
NM 45,000 22,000 38,000
NC 3/ 2 1,800 425 550
OK 2 2,500 500 3,000
sc 3/ z 2,400 1,800 2,000
TX : 47,000 30,000 50,000
us 2 175,300 172,625 197,750
Native & Seedling 3
AL : 3,000 5,000 4,000
AR 3/ 3 700 400 800
FL 3/ 3 500 1,400 1,600
GA : 13,000 14,000 12,000
KS 3/ 3 500 200 3,500
LA H 11,000 14,000 11,000
MS 3/ 2 1,000 1,300 1,400
NC 3/ 2 1,500 375 450
OK : 16,500 1,500 18,000
sc 3/ : 1,100 700 1,000
TX 28,000 10,000 20,000
US 3 76,800 48,875 73,750
All Pecans 2

AL : 10,000 14,000 8,000
AZ 2/ : 17,000 17,500
AR 3/ : 1,600 1,200 2,400
CA 3/ : 2,300 1,300 2,800
FL 3/ 3 1,100 1,900 2,300
GA 2 75,000 100,000 85,000
KS 3/ : 500 200 3,500
LA . : 13,000 16,000 13,000
MS 3/ : 2,200 2,600 4,000
NM : 45,000 22,000 38,000
NC 3/ : 3,300 800 1,000
OK 3 19,000 2,000 21,000
sc 3/ z 3,500 2,500 3,000
TX : 75,000 40,000 70,000
Oth Sts 4/ 15,960

US 268,000 221,500 271,500

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, MO, and TN in 1995. No breakdown between varieties available. Forecasts
discontinued in 1996 for MO and TN.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-17 NASS, USDA


Crop Summary: Utilized Production, United States,
1996-97 and Forecasted 1997-98

Crop 3 October 1, December 1,
2 1997 1/ 1997
Crop Year 2/ 3 1996-97 1997-98 1997-98
: 1,000 Tons
Citrus Fruits :
Oranges 2 12,827 14,309 14,309
Grapefruit : 2,888 2,824 2,739
Lemons 3/ : 859 935 935
Tangerines : 418 370 370
Temples (FL) : 108 104 104
fangelos (FL) 3 178 149 149
K-Early Citrus (FL) : 7 6 5
3 Metric Tons
Oranges :
Grapefruit : 11,636,460 12,980,910 12,980,910
Lemons 3/ 3 2,619,950 2,561,890 2,484,780
Tangerines : 779,270 848,220 848,220
Temples (FL) : 379,200 335,660 335,660
Tangelos (FL) 3 97,980 94,350 94,350
K-Early Citrus (FL) 3 161,480 135,170 135,170
: 6,350 5,440 4,540

1/ October is the last previous forecast since citrus production is no longer
forecasted in November.

2/ The crop year begins with the bloom of the first year shown and ends with
the completion of harvest the following year.

3/ December 1 forecast carried forward from October 1.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-3 NASS, USDA



Reliability of December 1 Crop Production Forecasts

Survey Procedures: Cotton objective yield surveys were conducted to gather
information on expected yield as of December 1. The
objective yield surveys were 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 (1977-1996) 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
1.6 percent. This means that chances are 2 out of 3 that the current production
forecast of 18.8 million bales will not be above or below the final estimate by
more than 1.6 percent, or approximately 301,000 bales. Chances are 9 out of

10 (90 percent confidence level) that the difference will not exceed 2.8 percent
or approximately 527,000 bales.

Changes between the December 1 forecast and the final estimate during the past
10 years have averaged 212,000 bales, ranging from 40,000 to 479,000 bales. The
December 1 forecast has been below the final estimate 6 times and above 4 times.
The difference does not imply that the December 1 cotton forecast this year is
likely to understate or overstate final production.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-7 NASS, USDA


Reliability of December 1 Crop Production Forecasts

Survey Procedures: Cotton objective yield surveys were conducted to gather
information on expected yield as of December 1. The
objective yield surveys were 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 (1977-1996) 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
1.6 percent. This means that chances are 2 out of 3 that the current production
forecast of 18.8 million bales will not be above or below the final estimate by
more than 1.6 percent, or approximately 301,000 bales. Chances are 9 out of

10 (90 percent confidence level) that the difference will not exceed 2.8 percent
or approximately 527,000 bales.

Changes between the December 1 forecast and the final estimate during the past
10 years have averaged 212,000 bales, ranging from 40,000 to 479,000 bales. The
December 1 forecast has been below the final estimate 6 times and above 4 times.
The difference does not imply that the December 1 cotton forecast this year is
likely to understate or overstate final production.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B~7 NASS, USDA


All Wheat: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/

State and
Marketing :Mar:Apr:May:Jun
Year + : t :
AR 1995-96 : 74 23 1 1 1
1996-97 H 58 23 7 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1
CA 1995-96 : 17 17 30 13 6 2 2 4 6 1 1 1
1996-97 : 10 32 25 9 4 2 2 2 3 1 5 5
CO 1995-96 : 15 18 11 8 5 il 14 8 4 3 2 1
1996-97 12 9 7 6 6 11 16 11 11 8 2 1
ID 1995-96 1 7 16 13 11 12 15 6 5 6 4 5
1996-97 1 6 13 7 5 14 14 11 11 8 5 5
IL 1995-96 3 6 67 8 5 2 1 3 7 1
1996-97 3 7 53 16 4 1 1 2 4 2 3 5 2
IN 1995-96: 21657 4 #2 1 1 5 2
1996-97 : 8 59 16 10 1 1 1 2 1 1
KS 1995-96 5 33 15 13 8 3 9 6 3 3 1 1
1996-97 10 33 7 6 4 5 8 8 6 7 4 2
MI 1995-96 38 26 5 7 8 3 6 5 1 1
1996-97 27 39 8 3 1 3 7 3 4 4 1
MN 1995-96 7 16 11 6 7 a1 9 6 10 6 6 5
1996-97 3 17 14 7 6 10 11 7 9 10 3 3
MO 1995-96 14 59 9 4 3 1 2 6 1 1
1996-97 11 43 9 4 3 3 3 6 6 7 4 1
MT 1995-96 6 6 7 9 1c 121 14 10 8 8 5 6
1996-97 3 5 7 6 8 14 14 11 9 10 6 7
NE 1995-96 27 17 9 9 4 9 10 7 4 3 1
1996-97 21 13 7 5 6 10 11 10 7 6 2 2
ND 1995-96 8 8 12 9 10 10 11 9 8 6 5 4
1996-97 4 6 13 8 7 10 12 10 610 9 4 7
OH 1995-96 76 10 3 1 4 1 3 1 1
1996-97 44 12 11 4 2 4 6 6 5 4 1 1
OK 1995-96 4 33 19 5 6 9 2 10 6 3 1 2
1996-97 9 25 10 6 5 5 6 9 8 6 8 3
OR 1995-96 : 8 13 18 11 10 14 12 4 3 4 2 1
1996-97 3 5 15 13 12 8 10 9 12 7 5 2 2
SD 1995-96 1 16 13 10 8 7 10 12 9 7 5 2 2
1996-97 5 6 25 7 5 3 6 a1 10 10 9 4 4
TX 1995-96 : 13 24 39 13 2 2 1 2 2 1 1
1996-97 : 16 28 21 6 3 7 3 4 5 2 3 2
WA 1995-96 : 2 14 19 is 13 12 11 3 2 5 3 1
1996-97 3 12 10 a1 6 11 13 12 9 7 4 2

1/ Sample survey reported marketings as percent of total used for calculating
marketing year average prices. :

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December 1997 A-26 NASS, USDA


Florida frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) yield for the 1997-98 season is
forecast at 1.55 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 1996-97 yield for all fruit used in Fcog
was 1.57 gallons per box at 42.0 degrees Brix. Projected yields for 1997-98
early-midseason and Valencia varieties will be published in the January Crop
Production report.

——e —
This xeport was approved on December 11, 1997.

Kak flr

Acting Secretifry of Agricultural Statistics Board
Agriculture Chairperson
Richard E. Rominger Rich Allen
Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board

December 1997 A-2 NASS, USDA


Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production
by State and United States, 1995-97 1/ 2/

1,000 Acres

CA 3 145.0 128.0 130.0 137.0 123.0 125.0

co : 190.0 145.0 140.0 165.0 125.0 125.0
ID : 110.0 95.0 105.0 108.0 93.0 103.0
KS : 34.0 28.0 22.0 31.0 24.0 20.0
MI 3 390.0 340.0 315.0 385.0 320.0 305.0
MN : 190.0 160.0 170.0 150.0 155.0 160.0
MT : 11.0 10.5 12.2 10.8 10.3 11.7
NE 3 225.0 205.0 190.0 205.0 195.0 180.0
NM : 12.5 12.0 12.0 12.5 12.0 12.0
NY z 34.0 30.0 40.0 33.0 29.0 39.5
ND : 600.0 580.0 600.0 540.0 570.0 530.0
OR : 10.2 9.2 11.0 10.0 8.8 10.9
TX : 25.0 © 13.0 15.0 23.0 10.0 14.0
UT 3 7.3 5.0 5.8 7.0 0.6 5.6
WA 3 41.0 37.0 38.0 A1.0 35.0 38.0
WI : 9.3 8.3 8.8 9.0 8.0 8.5
wy : 35.0 37.0 37.0 32.0 34.0 35.0
us : 2,069.3 1,843.0 1,851.8 1,899.3 1,752.7 1,723.2

1,000 Cwt
cA : 2,000 1,890 2,330 2,740 2,325 2,910
co : 1,550 1,800 2,000 2,558 2,250 2,500
ID : 2,000 2,050 2,150 2,160 1,907 2,215
KS : 1,550 1,850 1,800 481 444 360
MI : 1,800 1,450 1,650 6,930 4,640 5,033
MN > 1,370 1,560 1,500 2,055 2,418 2,400
MT : 1,900 2,280 2,200 205 235 257
NE : 1,750 1,900 2,060 3,588 3,705 3,708
NM : 2,010 2,200 1,700 251 264 204
NY : 1,630 1,300 1,560 538 377 617
ND : 1,330 1,320 1,300 7,182 7,524 6,890
OR : 2,080 1,800 2,070 208 158 226
Tx : 980 840 1,020 225 84 143
ur 460 1,600 700 32 10 39
WA 2,200 2,030 2,240 902 710 850
WI 1,300 1,800 1,800 117 144 153
wy 2,000 2,250 2,200 640 765 770
us 1,622 1,595 1,699 30,812 27,960 29,275

1/ Excludes beans grown for garden seed. 2/ 1996 revised.

Crop Production Agricuitural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-8 NASS, USDA


cotton objective yield counts show boll weights are the second highest since
1987 for California.

In the Southeastern States (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina), harvest progress was behind the average pace, as rains during the
harvest season have delayed progress. Georgia producers harvested 74 percent of
the acreage in early December, 11 points behind normal, and North Carolina
producers harvested 80 percent of the crop compared to the 5-year average of

85 percent.

American-Pima production is forecast at 533,000 bales, up 1 percent from 1996's
output but down 15,000 bales from the November forecast. Yield is indicated at
1,027 pounds per harvested acre, up 36 pounds from last year. Arizona's yield
prospects improved slightly from November and production was increased

5,000 bales from last month, while California’s crop was lowered 20,000 baies
from the November forecast. Arizona’s harvest was 91 percent complete in early
December and had some delays from rainfall. In California, harvest was
virtually complete by the end of November. Intermittent rains caused some minor
harvest delays but lint quality was not significantly affected. Harvest
continued in the Trans-Pecos region in Texas during November, with minimum
delays.

All cotton ginnings totaled 14,746,200 running bales prior to December 1,
compared with 14,622,900 running bales ginned to the same date last year and
14,199,050 running bales in 1995.

Burley Tobacco: U.S. burley tobacco production is forecast at 563 million
pounds, up 8 percent from 1996 and up less than 1 percent from
the November 1 forecast. Yields for 1997 are expected to average 1,869 pounds
per acre, 1 pound above last month's forecast but 71 pounds below the average
for 1996. Growers are expected to harvest 301,300 acres, 12 percent above last
year but unchanged from last month's forecast. Burley auction markets opened
November 24. As of December 8, total gross sales for the season totaled
235 million pounds compared with 243 million pounds sold during a comparable
period a year ago.

Papayas: Hawaii fresh papaya production is estimated at 3.09 million pounds

for November, 20 percent lower than October but 5 percent higher than
a year ago. November weather conditions were a mix of cool temperatures,
occasional heavy showers, and sunshine.

Area devoted to papaya production totaled 3,105 acres, 1 percent lower than
October and 11 percent lower than November 1996. Harvested area, totaling
1,920 acres, was 2 percent lower than October but 37 percent more than a year
ago.

Dry Edible Beans: Production of dry edible beans is estimated at

29.3 million cwt for 1997, 5 percent above 1996 but
5 percent below two years ago. Area for harvest is estimated at
1.72 million acres, down 2 percent from 1996 and 9 percent below 1995. The
average yield, at 1,699 pounds per acre, rose 104 pounds from 1996 and was the
second highest yield on record. The record high yield of 1,764 pounds was set
in 1991.

The major producing states of California, Colorado, and Idaho each set records
for yield. California’s growers averaged 2,330 pounds per acre, compared with
the previous high of 2,157 pounds per acre set in 1991; Colorado averaged
2,000 pounds per acre, compared with an average of 1,900 pounds per acre in

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 B-3 NASS, USDA


NV3y National
Agricultural
Stati:

Crop
. Service
Production usba

Washington, D.C.

Reteased December 11, 1997, 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. Forecasts refer to December 1, 1997. Index and report
features are located at the end of this report.

Cotton Production Down Slightly

All cotton production is forecast at 18.8 million bales, down 29,000 bales from
November, and down 1 percent from 1996. This is the fourth largest crop on
record. Yield is expected to average 672 pounds per acre, down 35 pounds from
last year. Texas’ production was lowered 100,000 bales from last month.
Georgia’s production was lowered 70,006 bales from iast month, as heavy rainfall
during the entire harvest season continued during November and yields
deterriorated. Mississippi's yield, at 900 pounds per harvested acre, is a
record high.

All oranges production for the 1997-98 season is forecast at a record large

14.3 million tons, unchanged from the previous forecast in October but up

12 percent from the previous record of 12.8 million tons set in the 1996-97
season. Florida's all orange, early-midseason, and Valencia crops are forecast
at record high levels for the second season in a row. Florida's all orange
forecast remained at 254 million boxes (11.4 million tons), 12 percent more than
the 226 million boxes produced last season. Early and midseason varieties in
Florida are forecast at 146 million boxes (6.57 million tons), 9 percent

greater than last season. Florida’s Valencia forecast of 108 million boxes
(4.86 million tons) is 17 percent above last season’s 92.0 million boxes.
California's all orange production forecast, at 74.0 million boxes (2.78 million
tons), is carried forward from October and is 9 percent more than last season.
The Navel orange forecast is 44.0 million boxes (1.65 million tons), up

10 percent from last year's production of 40.0 million boxes. The Valencia
forecast, at 30.0 million boxes (1.13 million tons), is 7 percent more than last
year.

Cr Pr 2-2 (12-97)



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1996-97

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1996-97:

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1996-97

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1996-97

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1996-97

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1996-97

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1996-97

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1996-97

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1996-97

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Hay: Farm Marketings, Percent of Sales,
by Month and State, 1995-96 and 1996-97 1/ (continued)

State and
Marketing
Year

NM 1995-96 10 16 16 13 10 9 6 5 4 4 4 3
1996-97: 10 17 17 13 11 9 6 4 4 3 3 3

NY 1995-96: 10 12 9 7 7 8 9 9 8 10 6 5
1996-97: 9 12 7 7 7 8 9 9 8 11 7 6

ND 1995-96: 3 4 6 11 7 17 15 8 bo) 11 9 4
1996-97: 3 4 6 a1 7 17 15 8 5 11 9 4

OH 1995-96: 20 13 9 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6
1996-97: 20 12 9 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 7 6

OK 1995-96: 6 12 12 14 8 7 6 8 7 8 8 4
1996-97: 6 12 12 15 7 7 6 7 7 9 8 4

OR 1995-96: 6 13 a1 11 8 9 9 10 8 6 5 4
1996-97: 6 13 ail il 8 9 9 10 8 6 5 4

PA 1995-96: 11 12 6 8 4 9 10 10 10 9 7 4
1996-97: 7 12 6 7 5 5 11 13 12 1i 6 5

SD 1995-96: 12 11 9 8 8 7 7 15 15 5 2 1
1996-97: 3 8 7 7 8 10 1a 15 13 10 6 2

TX 1995-96: 5 12 ai 10 9 7 9 9 8 9 8 3
1996-97: 6 13 ai 10 9 7 8 9 8 8 8 3

UT 1995-96: 3 10 15 10 12 i 8 7 7 6 5 6
1996-97: 3 10 15 10 12 11 8 7 7 6 5 6

WA 1995-96: 14 13 12 1a 10 7 5 8 7 5 4 4
1996-97: 17 18 13 12 9 7 5 5 3 5 3 3

WI 1995-96: 16 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 8 9 7 7
1996-97: 14 10 10 6 5 7 8 8 8 9 9 6

WY 1995-96: 9 8 12 17 iz 13 10 6 6 6 1 1
1996-97: 3 6 10 9 al 15 16 16 8 4 1 1

1/ Percents used to calculate marketing year average prices.

Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-23 NASS, USDA


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Beans, Dry Edible (by State)...........- eee eee ee eee A- 8 B- 3
Beans, Dry Edible (by Class)........ sees ee eee eee A- 9

Citrus Fruit ..... ances see e eee eee ene eens A-15 B- 4
Coffee .....-.--------- eee rey A-18 B- 6
fee ol —) ss A- 6 B- 2
Cottonseed ..... eee ee eee A- 7

Crop Marketing Seasons . . aaae A-19

Crop SuMMALy 1... se eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee A- 3

Farm Marketings .....-----.-..------ eee eee e neces A-20

PAPAYAS 1 ose e eee eee eee eee eee eee eens see eee ween ee A- 7 B- 3
Pecans ...-. see eee eee eee tree eee tee oe wee A-17 B- 6
Reliability Statement ............ 0 cece eee eee eee eee B- 7
Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed ........ 2 eee ee eee eee A-18 B- 6
Tobacco, Burley ..............- seme rece ee ences A- 7 B- 3
Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board

December 1997 B-8 NASS, USDA



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Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested by Commercial
Class, State, and Total, 1995-97

State : 1995 1996 1997 1995 1996 1997

3 1,000 Acres

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co > 164.5 134.7 124.0 140.7 115.2 110.5
ID : 48.9 45.9 42.0 48.3 45.4 41.2
KS : 29.0 22.5 18.0 26.4 19.5 16.4
MI 3 4.0 9.0 10.0 4.0 8.0 10.0
MN 2 46.9 45.0 40.0 35.0 44.0 38.0
MT 2 11.0 10.5 12.2 10.8 10.3 11.7
NE : 85.0 88.0 67.0 80.8 84.3 59.7
NM 2 7.0 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.7 7.0
ND : 399.0 413.0 400.0 362.0 405.0 350.0
OR : 2.0 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.1
TX 2.4 1.0 1.5 2.3 0.9 1.4
UT 7.3 5.0 5.8 7.0 0.6 5.6
WA : 10.0 14.2 10.0 10.0 13.0 10.0
wy 2 26.0 27.0 28.0 24.0 25.0 27.0
Total : 843.0 824.7 767.6 760.2 779.9 690.6

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CA : 13.0 10.0 10.0 12.0 10.0 10.0
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ID : 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.2 0.8 1.1
MI : 12.0 12.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 14.0
MN 2 7.0 10.0 10.0 6.6 9.4 9.5
NE 8 17.0 10.0 17.0 14.0 9.7 16.6
NY : 19.0 16.5 22.5 18.0 16.0 22.0
Total 3 83.9 68.1 86.8 77.2 64.1 84.4

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CA 3 4.5 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 5.0
ID : 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.4
MI 7 16.0 11.0 12.0 15.0 9.0 11.5
MN 2 35.3 37.0 35.0 27.5 36.0 33.0
NY 3 4.0 3.5 2.0 4.0 3.0 2.0
ND 2 3.0 3.0 1.8 3.0 3.0 1.6
Wr 3 9.3 8.3 8.8 9.0 8.0 8.5
Total : 73.4 68.3 65.0 64.1 64.5 62.0

Pink :

CA : 7.0 8.0 5.0 6.0 8.0 5.0
ID 3 14.9 7.5 15.0 14.6 7.4 14.9
MN 3 5.2 5.0 8.0 4.7 4.7 7.4
NM 2 0.8 6.3 0.8 0.3

ND 3 6.0 7.0 8.0 5.1 7.0 7.0
WA : 4.5 3.1 3.7 4.5 3.1 3.7

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Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-11 NASS, USDA



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Citrus Fruit Footnotes

The crop year begins with the bloom of the first year shown and ends with
the completion of harvest the following year.
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.
Navel and miscellaneous varieties in AZ and CA. Early (including Navel) and
midseason varieties in FL and TX. Small quantities of tangerines in TX.
Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.
Excludes economic abandonment in 1995-96 of 3,000,000 boxes of Colored
Seedless; in 1996-97 of 3,000,000 boxes of White Seedless and 3,000,000
boxes of Colored Seedless.
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Million Tons
160
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78 80 & & & 8 90 i: 24 94 %& 98
Up 12%fromiast season
Record large crop
Crop Production Agricultural Statistics Board
December 1997 A-16 NASS, USDA