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CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974


CORN FOR GRAIN

ACREAGE YIELD PER ACRE PRODUCTION

STATE HARVESTED FOR ~ PINDI= TRDT=

" HARVEST CATED ‘ CATED

1972] 1973} 1974 1972 ] 1973} 1974 1972 1973. 1974
~ 17000" ACRES BUSHELS 7 ~T, 000, BUSHELS

ALA 1 545 610 620 48.0 46,0 3940 269160 28060 28,180 5
ARIZ lf) 7 15 9 10 3540 32.0 3440 525 288 340 > 7°
ARK 17 + 28 21 24 40.0 3540 36 19120 735 864
CALIF 1/| 215 235 266 10060 10540 107% 219500 249675 289462
COLO 374 438 410 10860 102.0 105.0 409392 440676 439050
DEL, 179 186 , 186 78.0 85,0 58.0 135962 159810 109788 '
FLA Vv 307 340 371 = 46.0 43,0 43.0 149122 149620 159953
GA 15490 19670 15800 5240 48.0 5540 779480 809160 992000
IDAHO 1/) 25 28 27 8760 89,0 86.0 25175 29492, 29322
TLL 94225 95670 4105150 11020 103,0 8240 *19014%750° 9962010 8324300
IND 45884 5,240 55500 104.0 102.0 75.0 5071936 5342480 4129500
TOWA 10,600 115150.11+750 11640 108,0 8140 142299600 12049200 9514750
KANS 1250 15540 15400 104.0 100.0 80,0 1309000 154000 112000
KY 968 19010 19120 8640 85,0 85.0 835248,. 859850 95200
LA uv 86 65 82 5660 42,0 52.0 49816 29730 49264
MD 443 500 500 85,0 79.0 359440 . 429500 399500
MICH 15722 14690 19730 79,0 63.0 1629926 1339510 108990
MINN 49899 54520 ° 59810 93,0 65.0 4559607 5135360 3779650
MISS Is 163 148 160 45.0 39,0 3940 79335 59772 69240
MO 25500 21600 25750 9140 88.0 57.0 2275500 2285800 1564750
MONT = -1/ 6 11 73,0 75,0 468 803 900
NEBR 55135 59850 93.0 71.0 5349040 5442050 355000
NJ Vs} 52 75 79.0 74.0 39848 59925 6660
N MEX 1/ 2l 21 70.0 60.0 19575 19470 --1#500
NY wv 270 360 77.0 80.0 18,900 ~ 279720 314680
Nc 1,280 19400 82.0 72.0 1022400 1149800 113040
N DAK 1/ 159 180 56.0 9540 . 109653 109080 85195
OHIO 3090 35040 79.0 72.0 2845280 2409160 266400
OKLA 1/ 71 87 90.0 68.0 69319 - 79830 59780
OREG =1/ ql 9 90.0 82.0 891 810 820
PA 900 15040 19070 7240 78,0 78.0 64800 815120 835460
sc Vv 375 430 530 6300 5500 54.0 | 237625 239650 285620
SODAK 29414 25630 2300 54.0 .3540 1549496 1424020 80»500
TENN 1s 480 508 585 66.0 58.0 33¥600 - 33*528 339930
TEXAS 1/ 460 640 715 95.0 90.0 39»560 60%800 699750
UTAH Ls 8 13 14 9240 110,0 115.0 736 19430 19610
VA 502 550 540 84.0 79,0 419666 46»200 425660
WASH 1s 48. 68 50 108.0 106.0 106.0 59184 75208 59300
WVA 1s 53 63 65 7540 83.0 70.0 39975 59229 49550
WISC 25143 25090 25090 9540 83,0 75,0, 2039585 173.470 1565750
wy Vv 25 25 24 8540, 8940 85,0 29125 29225 2040
us 572421 61+760 639746 9761 9104 7245 55739320 596439256. 4,621, 248

1/ ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECASTe «

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 Bel CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


CITRUS FRUITS, PRODUCTION 1/

H —7a? v7, 7? UNOTCATED = ? aya + INDICATED
CROP AND STATE 2 1972-73, 1973-74 2 g7ye75; 1972-73, 1973-74 S 1974-75
t 1,000 BOXES 2/ rs EQUIVALENT TONS
ORANGES: :
EARLY, MIDSEASON & :
NAVEL VARIETIES: 3/ :
ARIZ 3 1,060 450 _ 850 39,800 16,900 31,900
CALIF + 18,700 21,900 26,000 701,000 821,300 900,080
Fa A + 90,000 92,100 97,000 4,050,000 4,144,500 4,365,000
TEX : 5,300 4,200 3,600 225,300 178,500 153,000

TOTAL ABOVE VARIETIES + 115,060 118,650 125,450 5,016,100 5,161,200 5,449,900

VALENCIAS: : ‘ ‘
ARIZ : 4,000 2,960 3,400 150,000 111,000 127,500
caLir 4/ : 23,400 18,800 26,000 878,000 705,000 975,000
ria A/ 2 '79,700 73,700 77,000 3,587,000 3,316,500 3,465,000
TEX : : 2,500 2,400 1,900 106,300 102,000 80,800

TOTAL VALENCIAS + 109,600 97,860 108,300 4,721,300 4,234,500 4,648,300

ALL ORANGES: :

ARIZ : 5,060 3,410 4,250 189,800 127,900 159,400
CALIF + 42,100 40,700 59,900 1,579,000 1,526,300 1,875,000
fia A + 169,700 165,800 174,000 7,637,000 7,461,000 7,830,000
TEX 3 7,800 6,600 5,500 331,600 280,500 233,800

US ALL ORANGES + 224,660 216,510 233,750 9,737,400 9,395,700 10,098,200

GRAPEFRUIT: :

ARIZ + 2,640 2,050 2,400 84,500 65,600 76,800
CALIF, ALL : 5,800 4,250 189,800 138,900

DESERT VALLEYS > 3,000 2,350 2,800 96,000 75,200 89,600
OTHER AREAS 3/ : 2,800 1,900 93,800 63,700 -
FLA, ALL 4/ : 45,400 48,100 45,000 1,930,000 2,044,300 1,912,600
PINK SEEDLESS : 11,700 12,200 11,500 497,000 518,500 488,800
WHITE SEEDLESS : 23,500 25,900 24,000 999,000 1,100,800 1,020,000
OTHER > 10,200 10,000 9,500 434,000 425,000 403,800
TEX : 11,800 10,700 7,800 472,000 428,000 312,000
US, ALL GRAPEFRUIT + 65,640 65, 100 2,676,300 2,676,800

LEMONS: :

‘ARIZ : 4,600 2,900 5,500 175,000 110,200 209,000
CALIE : 17,600 14,600 19,000 669,000 554,800 722,000
US LEMONS : 22,200 17,500 24,500 844,000 665,000 931,000

TANGELOS: :

FLA 4/ 6/ : 3,100 3,700 4,200 139,500 166,500 189 000

TANGERINES: :

ARIZ : 530 680 609 19,900 25,500 22,500
CALIF : 1,600 1,310 1,300 60,000 49,100 48,800
FLA 4/ 87 : 3,000 2,800 2,500 © -143,000 133,000 118,800

TOTAL TANGERINES : 5,130 4,790 4,400 222,900 207,600 190,100

TEMPLES: 3
FLA &/ : 5,100 5,300 5,509 230,000 238,500 247,500

1/ THE CROP YEAR BEGINS WITH THE BLOOM OF THE FIRST YEAR SHOWN AND ENDS WITH COMPLETION OF HARVEST THE
FOLLOWING YRAR. 2/ NET CONTENT OF BOX VARIES. APPROXIMATE AVERAGES ARE AS FOLLOWS: ORANGES -
CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, 75 LBS.; FLORIDA, 90 LBS,; AND TEXAS, 85 LBS.; GRAPEFRUIT - CALIFORNIA DESERT
VALLEYS, AND ARIZONA, 64 LBS.; OTHER CALIFORNIA AREAS, 67: LAS.: FLORIDA, 85 LBS.; AND TEXAS, 80 LBS.;
LEMONS - 76 LBS.; TANGELOS - 90 LBS.; TANGERINES ~ CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, 75 LBS.; FLORIDA, 95 LBS.3

AND TEMPLES - 90 LBS. 3/ NAVEL AND MISCELLANEOUS VARIETIES IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, EARLY AND
MIDSEASON VARIETIES IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS, INCLUDING SMALL QUANTITIES OF TANGERINES IN TEXAS. 4/
ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECAST. 5/ THE FIRST FORECAST FOR CALIFORNIA
GRAPEFRUIT, "OTHER AREAS", WILL BE AS OF DECEMBER 1. 6/ EXCLUDES K - EARLY CITRUS FRUITS.

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 Bell CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY

(METRIC UNITS)
z AREA = YIELD PER HECTARE PRODUCTION
cRoP : ? FOR: : : TNDI-
; HARVESTED 2 naRVEST : 1973 : 19741/ : 3973 CATED
1 (1973s 1974 : i 1974 1/
: 1,000 HECTARE QUINTALS 1,000 METRIC TONS
OATS : 5,710 5,492 16.9 17.1 9,636 9,416
BARLEY :  &,260 3,454 21.7 20.5 9,262 7,085
ALL WHEAT: : 22,803 25,941 21.6 18.7 46,577 48,459

WINTER : 15,563 18,879 22.2 20:0 34,554 37,851

DURUM : 1,206 1,512 19.2 14,0 2,310 2,123

OTHER SPRING : 5,056 5,550 19.2 15.3 95713 8,485
RYE : 420 365 16.0 13.6 671 498
FLAXSEED : 698 703 6.0 5.2 418 369
ALL RAY : 25,168 24,502 48.5 45.8 122,115 112,331
ALFALFA HAY : 11,142 10,826 63.8 60.0 71,072 64,955
ALL OTHER HAY : 14,027 13,678 36.4 34.6 51,043 47,376
DRY EDIBLE PEAS : 55.2 88.3 13.8 17.8 76 157
POTATOES: :

WINTER : 5.7 5.5 226 242 129 133

SPRING : 40.0 40.4 262 265 962 1,069

SUMMER : 50.6 52.8 192 212 976 1,117
SWEETPOTATOES : 45.8 48.8 124 125 569 612
BROOMCORN : 18 3.0 3.8 4.0 3.0 1.2
HOPS : 12.7 13,1 19.7 19.8 25 26
APPLES , COM'L CROP : 2,814.5 2,816.0
PEACHES : 1,181.6 1,312.0
PEARS : 636.9 656.4
GRAPES : 3,826.7 3,826.9
SWEET CHERRIES : 139.3 129.5
TART CHERRIES : 78.9 115.7
APRICOTS : 143.2 85.4
NECTARINES : 78.9 90:7
PLUMS (CA) t 88.0 117.9
PRUNES & PLUMS :

MI, ID, WA, OR : 59.2 52.4
PECANS : 125 68
ALMONDS : 121.6 163.3
WALNUTS : 157.9 128.1

1/” ESTIMATES CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECAST.

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WINTER WHEAT — TOP GROWTH AVAILABLE FOR GRAZING®
November 1, 1974

NEBRASKA

EXCELLENT
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BB rain
HB poor

“RELATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF TOP GROWTH AS
REPORTED BY FARM AND RANCH OPERATORS

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CRANBERRIES.
2 PRODUCTION
STATE ae TH : TE] 7 Taye
a TOTAL UTILIZED 5 TOTAL 3 UTILIZED ENO ICATED:
3 1,000 BARRELS
mass : 819.0 819.0 901.0 901.0
Wa : 196.0 196.0 228.0 228.0 Brae
nee : 104.6 1040 97.3 97.3 93.0
was : 154.0 1480 118.0 118.0 200.0
is : 805.0 709.0 756.0 670.0 840.0
: 2,078.0 1,976.0 2,100.3 2,014.3 2,208.0
PRUNES
PRODUCTION
CROP
AND UTILIZED 1/ INDICATED
STATE 1972 1973 1974
TONS
PRUNES 2/ .
CALIFORNIA 77000 2033000 133000
1/ PRODUCTION ALL UTILIZED.
2/ DRIED BASIS.
NUTS
PRODUCTION
CROP
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STATE 1972 1973 1974
TONS ~*
FILBERTS
OREGON 9600 11,700 62900
WASHINGTON ls 550 550 350
UNITED STATES 10150 125250 79250

1/ ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECASTe
2/ PRODUCTION ALL UTILIZED.

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PEANUTS HARVESTED FOR NUTS

3 ACREAGE ‘YIELD PER ACRE A PRODUCTION
: FOR : : INDI-: 3 : INDI-
STATE ;__ HARVESTED :HARVEST : 1972: 1973 : CATED : 1972 : 1973  : CATED
21972: 1973: 1974 : : 21974: : 21974
3 1,000 ACRES POUNDS 1,000 POUNDS
ALA 197 200 204 1,870 2,000 2,350 368,390 400,000 479,400
FLA 54 55 55 2,550 2,735 3,000 137,700 150,425 165,000
GA 512 512 512 2,620 2,625 3,250 1,341,440 1,344,000 1,664,000
MISS 1/ 10.0 9.5 7.5 1,600 1,750 1,600 16,000 16,625 12,000
N MEX 1/ : 7.9 17 7.6 2,590 2,460 2,400 20,461 18,942 18,240
Nc : 166 166 166 2,230 2,810 2,400 370,180 466,460 398,400
OKLA 115 118 119 2,110 2,150 2,000 242,650 253,700 238,000
scl : 15.5 15.5 16.2 2,050 1,940 2,000 31,775 30,070 32,400
TEX : 307 309 303 «1,565 1,525 1,550 480,455 471,225 469,650
VA : 102 103 102 2,605 3,130 2,800 265,710 322,390 285,600
us : 1,486.4 1,495.7 1,492.3 2,203 2,323 2,521 3,274,761 373,837 3,762,690

T/ ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECAST.

NOVEMBER 1 PASTURE AND RANGE CONDITION AS PERCENT OF NORMAL, BY STATES:
35-49, SEVERE DROUGHT; 50-64, VERY POOR; 65-79, POOR TO FAIR; 80 AND OVER, GOOD TO EXCELLENT

: AVERAGE : AVERAGE ¢ :
staTE {pes a 1973: 1974 i igeaey2 ¢ (19730: (197%
PERCENT : PERCENT
ALA 74 69 68 : 81 82 59
ARIZ 81 68 69 : 77 81 82
ARK 1 88 al : 65 68 82
CALIF 73 84 716 : 78 Th 73
coLo 78 85 57 : 78 7 al
CONN 73 83 87 : 80 2 81
DEL 2 82 74 : 73 14 53
FLA 78 72 7 7 83 80
GA 73 66 63 : 74 90 84
IDAHO 83 83 67 : 77 73 72
ILL 80 88 75 72 81 79
IND 80 83 77 75 79 86
IOWA 84 92 69 H 73 66 56
KANS 7 87 68 : 78 7 45
KY 3 81 81 ol 76 77 78
LA 70 81 72 : 74 88 80
MAINE 7 83 79 : 82 91 55
TMD : 721 80 73 : 79 84 81
MASS 14 82 83 76 82 74
MICH =: 81 86 66 : O77 70 75
: 86 58 : 78

MINN 77 76 72
MISS 7S §} 74 80 83 56
Mo 78 7 > 82 86 66
MONT 82 70 75 :

NEBR 79 i 45 77 83 70

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“SOYBEANS: Soybean production, placed at 1,244 million bushels, declined 1 percent from last

month's forecast, reflecting some additional early October frost damage in the Corn
Belt and Southeast plus a later evaluation of earlier Corn Belt freeze damage. November 1
production prospects point to a crop 21 percent smaller than last year, 2 percent below 1972
but the third largest of record. Prospective yield at 23.7 bushels per acre compares with 28.0
bushels last year and .in 1972.

Yield in Illinois was reduced 1.0 bushel from last month as the progress of harvest
provided evidence of the freeze damage that late soybeans sustained. In Minnesota, where
harvest was virtually complete, early freezes contributed to a 2.0 bushel decline. Crop
prospects deteriorated in Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee as réflected in the
1.0 bushel yield loss from a month earlier.

As harvest neared completion in Nebraska and Ohio, the crop turned out with yields 3.0 and
1.0 bushels per acre, respectively, above last month. In Kansas, Alabama and Georgia a long
growing season contributed to a 1.0 bushel increase in prospective yield per acre.

Growers had harvested 70 percent of the soybean crop by November 3, slightly behind last
year but a little ahead of average. Weather generally favored harvest operations during much of
October. Illinois and Iowa showed 90 and 93 percent harvested, respectively. In the South,
harvest lagged behind last year and average with 38 percent combined.

Production changes between the November 1 forecast and the final estiamte have averaged 20
million bushels during the past decade~-ranging from 1 to 80 million bushels. During those 10
years the November 1 forecast stood above the final estimate 8 times by an average of 17
million bushels and below the final estimate twice by an average of 34 million bushels.

GOTTON: All cotton production on November 1 is forecast 12.1 million bales, down 6 percent
from October 1 and ? percent less than 1973, Harvest accelerated during the month and
made normal progress except in Texas where rain delayed harvest.

Expected production consists of 12.0 million bales of Upland cotton and 77,300 bales of ©
American-Pima. Cottonseed production, based on a 3~year average lint-seed ratio, is estimated at
4,8 million tons, 3 percent below 1973. Average lint yield per acre is forecast at 443 pounds,
76 pounds lese than 1973,

In the Delta States -- Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and, Tennessee -~ 4.1
million bales are expected, down 11 percent from October 1, but up 2 percent from 1973. Open
weather during the month allowed ‘farmers to maka good harvest progress, but Arkaneas and
Tennessee remained well behind normal.

Texas and Oklahoma Upland cotton production is expected to total 3.1 million bales, 39 per-
cent below 1973 and down 8 percent from October 1. Rein continued to delay harvest and deterior
rate the crop, with yields off considerably from 1973.

The California, New Mexico, and Arizona Upland cotton is forecast at 3.4 million bales —-
1 percent above October and 36 percent above 1973. Rains alowed harvest in some areas, but
picking progress is ahead of normal and a, large crop is forecast.

For the Southeastern States -~ Alabama, Georgia, North Caroline, and South Carolina ~-
production is expected to total 1.4 million bales, virtually wachanged from October 1 but up 7
percent from 1973. Harvest made normal progress and yields are good but below%1973 except in
Alabama,

The difference between the November 1 all cotton forecast and final ginninge during the
past 10 years has averaged 0.3 million bales ~- ranging from negligible in 1968 to 0.7 million
bales in 1966.

The Bureau of the Census reporte 5.0 million bales ginned to November 1, about the came as
ginned by this date in 1973 and 1.9 million bales less than 1972. .

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 sy



INDEX

PAGE
ALL CROPS MAP.........0006 A- 6
BEANS, DRY EDIBLE. B- 6
CITRUS FRUIT..........5 B-11
CORN CROPPING PRACTICES. B-15
CORN FOR GRAIN........45 B- 1
CORN FOR GRAIN ROW WIDTH B-16
(0) v0), B- 4
CRANBERRIES B-10
NUTS... 00. eee ce eee eee ees sevens .. Be1O
PASTURE § RANGE FEED CONDITION TABLE B- 5
PASTURE § RANGE FEED CONDITION MAP A- 7
PEANUTS HARVESTED FOR NUTS........ B- 5
POTATOES, IRISH.........05 B-12
PRUNES... B-10
RICE,....- . Be2
SORGHUM GRAIN.....« . Be2
SOYBEANS .EOR BEANS..........+ese0005 . Be3
SOYBEANS, VARIETIES GROWN §& ROW SPACING B-18
SUGARBEETS 0.00. eccceecececcteeeeeeeees B- 9

B- 9

B- 6

B- 7.

A- 3

B-13

B-14

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 B-20 ° CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


‘CORN FOR GRAIN: PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION BY ROW WIDTH AND “AVERAGE
ROW WIDTH FOR SELECTED STATES, 1972-74 CONTINUED

t te 1 =
STATE [NUMBER ! 35g : ROW WITH (INCHES) 17 :
‘AND POF: OR 30.6- 34.6- | 36.6- ° 38.6- |
YEAR SAMPLES: egg ; 32-5 | 36.5° | 38.5 ) 40.5 5
"NUMBER PERCENT OF SAMPLES
NEBR 1972; 1700 14.8 4 17.6. 29.4 31.2
1973: 177 11.3 9.0 1.7 113 24.9 36.7
1974 : 163 17.2 6.1 1.2 14.1 23.9 32.
KANS 1972: 131 39.7 22.1 8 13.0 14.5 8.4
1973: 125 50.4 20.8 2.4 4:8 10.4 10.4
i974: 118 © 48.4 = 20.3 ‘8 6.8 15.3 7.6
DEL : 74 10.8" 10.8 2.7 13.8 37.8 23.0
80 7.8 8.8 175 42.4 22.5
1974: 79 17.7 8.9 19.0 41.71
ny 1972: 89 22.5 9.0 11 9.0 35.9 12.4
1973: 77 7.8 7.8 2.6 15.6 41.5 19.5
1974: 68 13.2 4.4 11.8 48.5 14.7
VA 1972: 100 4.0 5.0 5.0 28.0 27.0
1973 : 114 4.4 3.5 7.9 26.3 22.8
1974: 124 13 8.9 8.1 2727.4
NC 1972: 142 2.8 2.1 7 19.0 38.1
1973: 128 1.6 18 1411 34.3
1974: 139 1.4 1.4 17.3 41.0
GA 1972: 91 2.2 5.5 26.4 43.9
1973 : 106 2.8 1.9 2.8 30.2 39.7
1974; 100 1.0 1.0 5.0 43.0 32.0
yy. 1972: 119 4.2 4.2 2.5 5.9 36.1
1973: 108 3Z 3.7 19 7.4 (83.7
1974: 108 6.5 1.8 13.0 39.8
COLO.” 1972: 117 52.9 27.4 1.7 3.4 17
1973: 118 56.9 25.4 18 5.9 3.4
1974: 120 64.1 16.6 5.0 6.7 1.7
T (a ON ROW ENTS IN SAMPLE PLOTS: SELECTED FOI

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 B-17 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


MR Exceme drought

‘INDICATES CURRENT SUPPLY OF FEED FOR GRAZING ON NON- IRRIGATED PASTURES AND RANGES RELA~
10M EXISTING STANDS UNDER VERY FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ATATICTICAL REPORTING SERVIER

TIVE TO THAT EXPECTEL

U. # DEPARTMENT OF

aanicuLtune NEG. SRS 328-74 (11)

INDICATES CURRENT SUPPLY OF FEED FOR GRAZING
TIVE TO THAT EXPECTED FROM EXISTING STANDS

PASTURE AND RANGE FEED CONDITIONS*
3 November 1, 1973

AGRICULTURE

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974

CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


__ YIELD PER ACRE OF ALL CROPS*

As percentage of “Normal”, 1974

Good to excetlent

rir 2
BB Poor
EB Very poor __ Sas nevonrep ar
GH Near faituce IX | cxorinesronpenrs
U.s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE —_NEG.SRS 327-74 (11)__STATISTICAL_ REPORTING sERViC

YIELD PER ACRE OF ALL CROPS*
As percentage of “Normal”, 1973

£5] Good to excellent
fair

EBB Poor

EB very poor
MB Near failure

‘AS REPORTED BT
(CROP CORRESPONDENTS

U. 8 ORPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEG. SRS 311-73(11) ATATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 A~6 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


ACRE,

DRY EDIBLE BEANS 2/

AGE

STATE : HARVESTED : FOR ? 1 : INDI= '
femewnnneereee HARVESTS : 2? CATED = +
21972 3: 1973 1974 $ 1972 1973 : 1974 ¢ 1972 3 1973
femeewennnee: a ee
: 12000 ACRES POUNDS 19000 CWT
CALIF 3
LARGE LIMA ¢ 26 31 33 24810 16720 19750 471 $33 578
BABY LIMA : 18 20 23 15760 19890 15900 317 378 437
OTHER t 113 110 166 19480 19634 19600 19672 19797 29656
“TOTAL CALIF + 157 161 222 19567 19681 19654 29708 30671
coLo z 192 188 177 860 820 930 19651 19542 19646
1DAHO t 113 99 129 19890 29140 1900 29136 29119 20451
KANS we 10 8 10 19100 19100 10000 blo 8B 100
MICH : 605 590 630 19180 ‘970 19250 79139 59723 79875
MINN st 38 37 96 19100 19600 19300 418 592 19268
MONT we ll 9 10 19700 19600 19700 187 162 170
NEBR t 95 104 113 19800 19600 19900 .9710 19664 29147
N MEX 343 2 15000 . 20
NY oy 36 39 43 850 950° 1230 306 371 529
N DAK 1 78 100 97 19200 19050 550 936 19050 534
UTAH wt 13 15 14 400 450 350 52 68 49
WASH t 2s 18 25 19950 19800 29050 488 324 $13
WYO ' 27 22 28 19870 1¢780 19850 505 392 S18
OTHER
STATES 1/ an 19080 19435. 83 165
UeSe 3 19402 19208 289118 169866 219616
1/ ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECAST «
2/ EXCLUDES BEANS GROWN FOR GARDEN SEED.
3/ ESTIMATES DISCONTINUED AFTER 1972.
47° INDIANA AND ILLINOIS. .
ALL TOBACCO
ACREAGE >» YIELD PER ACRE PRODUCT LO!
STATE HARVESTED FOR INDI~ INDI=
HARVEST CATED CATED
1972 l 1973 1974 1972 | 1973] 1974 1972 1973 1974
ACRES POUNDS 1000 POUNDS
ALA 1 520 _ 530 630 1781 19675 14700 926 888 19071
CONN 4200 52050 42950 19343 19341 15663 55640 69772 8230
FLA 129500 139700 139580 19877 19752 25012 . 239468 235999 279326
GA 575650 609530 725290 15999 15618 29248 1155242 974913 162500
IND 6100 52600 72000 29540 1890 24200 159494 109584 159400
KY 1725250 1615750 1839150 25593 19984 2212 4465725 3209869 4059136
La ol 200 200 160 600 750 781 120 150 125
MD 24,000 25000 24,000 990 15260 14200 235760 31500 28800
MASS 19410 1%510 19470 19361 19299 15646 15919 15962 29420
MO 1 2+100 1,900 29300 29300 19985 19750 45830 39772 49025
Nc 339700 3832700 396%700° 2003. 29116 2%031  680+385 8115903 8057860
OHIO 105050 99600 119100 25240 19704 15965 22%509 169358 219810
PA 139000 13000 132000 21%400 1700 14900 18»200 225100 24700
sc 622000 67,000 802000 25115 19980 22150 1315130 1325660 172+000
TENN 579390 519420 589400 29172 19969 25048 1249657 101271 1195580
VA 662800 749400 779180 15678 19858 19849 1129074 1385208 1429734
WVA 1 50 1+700 29000 15895 1%645 19650 35316 29797 39300
Wis 10800 10+200 99400 19731 19875 189691 185963 179626
us 8424420 8862790 9579310 25076 22050 127499085 197422669 229622643

1/ ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWAR

CROP PRODUCTION WOVERBER»s, 1974

D--FROM EARLIER FORECAST.

CROP REPORTING BOARD» SRS» USDA


CORN FOR GRAIN: Production of corn for grain is forecast at 4,621 million bushels, a 2 percent
drop from the October forecast, 18 percent less than last year and 17 percent
below 1972.

Average yield is now forecast at 72.5 bushels per acre, a 1.5 bushel reduction from October
and nearly 19 bushels below the 91.4 bushels yield last year.

Acreage for grain harvest, at 63.7 million acres is unchanged from the October 1 estimate
but 3 percent above last year,

Severe frosts during early October killed growth of the corn acreage in- the Southern Corn
Belt States that had escaped earlier freezes and reached as far south as northern Georgia and
“parts of South Carolina. However, weather during the rest of October was generally favorable
for harvesting the Nation's corn crop. By Novegber 3 nearly 60 percent of the crop had been
harvested, compared with a normal of S6’percent. Harvesting in the Western Corn Belt States
was advancing well ahead of last year and normal except in Iowa. In contrast, harvest was
lagging behind both last year and normal in all Eastern Corn Belt States and was slowed in many
areas by high moisture corn. Harvesting in the South Atlantic States was 83 percent complete
while the South Central progress advanced to 71 percent by November 3, both behind the 1973 pace.

Production prospects in the Corn Belt declined 2 1/2 percent during October as a result
of lower yield expectations in the northern and central States of the Region,

In the Eastern Corn Belt, production is forecast, 1 1/2 percent less than a month earlier
as yield expectations declined 7 bushels in Wisconsin, 4 bushels in Michigan and 1 bushel in
Indiana, Illinois and Ohio remained unchanged. .

In the Western Corn Belt, prospects declined nearly 3 1/2 percent during October as yields
dropped 10 bushels in Minnesota and 1 bushel in Iowa and Missouri. Other States were unchanged.

Prospects in the North Atlantic and Western Regions are unchanged from October 1 while the
forecasts in the South Central and South Atlantic Regions are up slightly. Yields in Kentucky,
Maryland, and Delaware are turning out better than earlier expected.

Changes in productiot forecasts between November 1 and the final estimate have averaged
88 million bushels during the past 10 years~--ranging from 10 to 243 million bushels. During
those 10 years the November 1 forecast was above the final estimate 3 times by an sverage § 39
million bushels and below 7 times by an average of 109 million bushels.

SORGHUM GRAIN: Production of sorghum for grain is forecast at 609 million, bushels, reduction of

4 percent from last month and 35 percent below last year. The 1974 crop at 609
million bushels would be the smallest output since 1964 when production was 490 million bushels.
Yield is expected to average 44.9 bushela per acre, nearly 14 bushels below last year:

Heavy rains delayed harvest in Texas where yield fs forecast { bushel lower than Last month.
The Texas crop was 63 percent harveated on November 1, compared with 80 percent last year and
average of 67 percent. Nebraska showed the largest decline in yield as a result of frost damage.
The Nebraska crop is 85 percent harvested, slightly ahead of normal. Kangas and Missouri both
show a 2 bushel decline from last month with harvest at 35 percent and 56 percpnt respectively
which is behind last year's price, New Mexico harvest is later than normal, and wet fields are-
slowing harvest in the eastern sections.

Changes in production forecasts between November 1 and the final estimate have averaged 27
million bushels during the past decade ~ranging from 7 to 86 million bushels, The November
forecast was above the final production 8 years by an average of 3} million bushels and 2 years
it was below the final by an average of 15 million bushels.

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 ao CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


IRISH POTAOTES

7 ‘ACREAGE ?___YIEID PER ACRE ___: PRODUCTION

SEASONAL GROUP: 7 FOR: 2 7? INDI- + : TINDI-

‘AND STATE : HARVESTED: HARVEST: 1972: 1973 : CATED : 1972 : 1973 : CATED

z 31974: t 21974 : : 21974

: T,000 ACRES CHT 1,000 CRT.
WINTER TOTAL : 15.4 14.0 13.7 151 204 214 2,327 2,853 2,933
SPRING TOTAL : 95.8 98.9 99.9 219 214 236 © 21,011 21,213 23,566
SUMMER TOTAL : 130.9 125.1 130.4 182 172 189° 23,776 21,478 + -24,632
PALL: : .

CALIF ° : 23.5 20.5 20.4 315 308 310 7,403 6,253 6,324
coLo : 31.0 30.5 34.0 285 270 270 7,905 8,235 9,180
CONN : 29 2.6 2.6 210 220 230 609 $72 598
IDAHO-10 SW COUNTIES: 27.0 36.0 39.0 335 320 295 9,045 11,520 11,505
. “OTHER COUNTIES : 273.0 287.0 298.0 250 235 230 68,250 67,445 68,540
10 : 5.4 5.5 5.3 225 225 240 1,215 1,238 1,272
MAINE : 128.0 137.0 140.0 260 210 260 33,280 28,770 36,400
MASS : 3.7 3.7 4.0 160 160 200 592 592 800
MICH 31.5 32.0 34.0 250 235 240 -.7,875 «7,520 8, 160
MINN 78.0 82.0 85.0 170 160 180 13,260 13,120 15,300
MONT 7.5 6.8 7.0 220 215 250 1,650 1,462 1,750
NEBR 44 4.4 4.8 220 230 240 968 1,012 1,152
NEV 1/ 8.5 375 3,188
NH” 8 .6 7 220 170 225 176 102 188
NY - LONG ISLAND 27.0 25.0 27.0 207 215 250 5,585 5,375 «6 , 750
~ UPSTATE 25.5 29.0 26.8 195 230 270 4,973 6,670 7,236
N DAK 120.0 132.0 135.0 145 145 170 17,400 19,140 22,950
OHIO 9.5 9.0 9.2 215 200 205 = «2,043 «1,800 = 1,886
OREG -MALHEUR COUNTY 12.0 13.5 12.8 330 370 305 3,960 4,995 3,904
OTHER COUNTIES 28.7 28.4 37.6 365 385 370 10,476 10,934 13,912
PA 30.0 30.0 33.0 170 210 240 = 5,100» «6, 300 7,920
RI 4.9 4.3 4.4 185 185 235 907 796 1,034
S DAK 5.9 5.7 5.1 125 135 70 738 770 387
UTAH 4.3 5.0 s.4 235 220 200 1,011 1,100 1,080
vT rise 1.0 1.0 190 150 220 209 150 220
WASH 75.0 82.0 100.0 418 430 4315 31,365 35,260 41,500
WIS 45.5 47.0 49.0 253 245 270 11,530 11,515 13,230
wo 5.6 6.1 6.5 235 200 240 1,316 1,220 1,560
TOTAL PALL ,011.7 1,066.6 1,136.1 246 238 253 248,841 253,866 287,866
us 1253.8 1,304.6 1,380.1 236 230 246 295,955 299,410 338,997

CROP POODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 B-12 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


crop production

Release:
November 8, 1974
3:00 PM ET

(— HIGHLIGHTS

CORN--Production is forecast at 4,621 million bushels, 2 percent (96 million
bushels) below October 1 and 18 percent below 1973.

| SORGHUM GRAIN--Production is forecast at 609 million bushels, down 4 percent from
last month and 35 percent below the 1973 crop. The 1974 crop will be the
smallest in a decade, , :

FEED GRAINS~-Production of corn, sorghum, oats and barley combined is forecast
at 165 million tons, 2 percent below the October 1 forecast and 20 percent
below 1973.

SOYBEANS~-Production is forecast at 1,244 million bushels (the 3rd largest of
record,) but 18 isillion bushels (1%) below last month's forecast and 323
million bushels below last year.

COTTON--Production is forecast at 12.1 million bales, down 6 percent from
October 1 and 7 percent below the 1973 crop. Yield per acre is 443 pounds.

OILSEEDS--Production of soybeans, cottonseed, peanuts and flaxseed is expected to
total 44.4 million tons, down 2 percent from last month and 18 percent below
last year.

PEANUTS--Record production is expected to reach 3,763 million pounds, up 6 percent
from ‘a month earlier and up 8 percent (289 million pounds) from the 1973 crop.

ALL TOBACCO--Production is forecast at 1,963 million pounds, .up 13 percent from ;
1973, Flue-cured output is up 9 percent and the burley crop is 25 percent
higher than a year earlier.

SUGAR CROPS--Sugarbeet prospects dropped 3 percent from a month earlier and are
down 9 percent from 1973. Sugarcane is down 1 percent from October 1 and 2
percent below last year. .

ORANGES--Total production is forecast at a record 233.8 million boxes, down
slightly (0.6 million boxes) from last month but 8 percent (17.2 million
boxes) above last season.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
_ STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE CROP REPORTING BOARD
Le CrPr 2-2 (11-74). WASHINGTON, D.C. 20250 SS)



Fire-cured tobacco is expected to total 37.1 million pounds, up slightly from the previous
month and 11 percent above the record low poundage of 1973.

Dark air-cured leaf is forecast at 13.6 million pounds, up 2 percent from the 1973 output
of 1374 million pounds. A 5 percent decline in acreage is offset by a higher average yield.

All cigar tobacco is expected to total 59.6 million pounds, up 4 percent from the 1973
production of 57.1 million pounds. Contributing to the increase was a 9 percent increase in

cigar filler and a 17 percent gain in cigar wrapper.

Changes between the November 1 forecast of all tobacco and the final estimate during the
past decade averaged 40 million pounds, ranging from 4 million to 99 million pounds.

SUGARBEETS: Production of sugarbeets is forecast at 22.4 million tons, 3 percent below a month
earlier and down 9 percent from 1973. Lower yields in several States contributed’
to the decline. - Average yield prospects declined from 19.3 tons on October 1 to 18.7 this month.

A hard freeze in Minnesota in late September retarded growth and reduced yield prospects
more than was anticipated earlier.

Harvest is essentially over in some States and is rapidly approaching completion in others.
Planting for the 1975 crop is well underway in the Imperial Valley of California.

Changes between the November 1 forecast and the final estimate have averaged 0.4 million
tons over the past decade, ranging from neglible to 0.8 million tons.

SUGARCANE: Production of sugarcane for sugar and seed is forecast at 25.3 million tons, down 1
percent from October 1, and 2 percent below 1973. Average yield, estimated at 34.0
tons, is less than the 34.9 tons obtained last year.

Florida harvest is getting underway with a large portion of the growers expected to be
cutting by mid-November. Harvest is progressing normally in Louisiana, but dry weather re-
duced yield prospects. Rains over the northern portion of the island of Hawaii helped to
relieve the dry conditions in that area. Harvest is making good progress. In Texas, cutting
got off to a slow start as wet fields hampered harvest in the latter half of October.

ORANGES: U. S. orange production for 1974-75 is forecast at a record 233.8 million boxes, up
8 percent from last season and 4 percent above the previous record. The Florida

October 1 forecast of 174.0 million boxes of all oranges is carried forward for this report.
Prospects in Florida in October pointed to a record crop, up 5 percent from last season and 3
percent above the 1972-73 record. Total orange production in California at 50 million boxes,

is unchanged from last month, and the largest crop since 1946-47, Prospects are unchanged from
iast month in Arizona with production up 25 percent from last season. Texas production is now
forecast at $.5 million boxes, down 10 percent from last month and 17 percent below last season,

In Florida, harvest of early oranges was active during October. Early bloom fruit, with
advanced maturity, has permitted harvest to be ahead of normal. Harvest of navel oranges in
California was Light during October but will increase substantially after mid-November. Quality
is good, but sizes are expected to be small.

GRAPEFRUIT: Prospects for the 1974-75 season at 58,0 million boxes are unchanged from last
month but 8 percent less than last season, This total does not include California
“other areas" which will be forecast on December 10 and amounted to 1.9 million boxes last year.
The Florida forecast of 45.0 million boxes is carried forward from October 1 for this report.
Crop prospects in Texas and Arizona are unchanged from last month at 7.8 and 2.4 million boxes

Teapectively,

LEMONS: California and Arizona are each expecting record crops this year. The two States

combined total of 24,5 million boxea is 40 percent above last season and 10 percent
more than the previous record set in 1972-73. In California, the objective measurement survey
conducted during October indicates a record high fruit set and above average fruit sizes. The
Arizona crop is now forecast at 5.5 mtilion boxes, up 15 percent from last month and almost
double last years crop of 2.9 million boxes,

TANGERINES: The U.S, 1974-75 tangerine crop is expected to total 4.4 million boxes, 1 percent

more than last month but 8 percent less than last season. The Florida forecast
of 2,5 million boxes ia carried forward from October 1. California is unchanged from last.
month at 1,3 million boxes while Arizona at 0.6 million boxes is up 9 percent from a month ago.
Harvest is getting underway, but volume still remains small.

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 Ae12 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


RICE: Production of rice is forecast at 114.8 million cwt., 24 percent above last year and 34

percent above 2 years ago. If realized, this would be the largest rice crop of record
and 10 percent more than the previous high in 1968. The current forecast is up 1.3 million
cwt. from the October 1 forecast.

Rice harvest was completed on schedule in Louisiana, but very little second crop was
harvested in the Southern areas as yields were too light. Harvest was virtually complete in
Mississippi and 95% done in Arkansas, where only late maturing fields remained to be combined.
In Texas, harvest of the first crop was virtually complete the second week of October and the
second cutting was 51 percent complete on November 1 compared to the average 37 percent.

During the past decade, changes in production from the November 1 forecast to the final
estimate have averaged 1,1 million cwt., ranging from 0,05 million cwt, to 2.8 million cwt. The
November 1 forecast was above the final in 4 of those 10 years, by an average of 1.4 million
cwt, and below 6 times by an average of 0.8 million cwt.

PEANUTS: A record 3,763 million pounds are forecast for the 1974 Peanut crop, an increase of 6

percent over the indicated production on October 1, and 8 percent above last year.
Average yield at 2,521 pounds per acre is 9 percent above the previous record high of 2,323 pounds
set.in 1973.

The Virginia - North Carolina crop is forecast at 684 million pounds, down 2 percent from
last month and 13 percent less than 1973 production of 789 million pounds. Harvest is essentially

complete.

The Southeast accounts for nearly all of the increase over last month's forecast. Yields
in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia are at record high levels as harvest moved into the final stages.

The production forecast in the Southwest was increased slightly from the October 1 forecast.
Wet weather hampered harvest in both Texas and Oklahoma.

DRY EDIBLE BEANS: Production of dry edible beans is forecast at a record high 21.6 million cwt.,

a decrease of 2 percent from last month's forecast but 28 percent above a
year ago. A decrease in. expected yield per acre accounted for the decline in production from
last month.

In Michigan, a few fields of immature beans were discolored by frost with some high picks
reported. Although not all fields were harvested at the end of October, Michigan growers are
expecting the highest yield since 1969, Severe damage from freezing lowered production in
North Dakota where yields were reduced by as much as 50 percent in some areas. Freezing of
immature plants resulted in heavy pick-out. Weather conditions were ideal for harvest in the
other major producing States except California where rains late in October caught some beans in
the windrow and stopped threshing temporarily.

TOBACCO: Production of all tobacco is forecast at 1,963 million pounds, 13 percent larger than

the 1973 output of 1,743 million pounds. The increase in production is due pri-
marily to larger crops of flue-cured and burley. Yield per acre is expected to average 2,050
pounds, up sharply from a year earlier.

Flue-cured tobacco is estimated at 1,260 million pounds, down 4 percent from a month
earlier but exceeding the 1973 crop by 9 percent. The jump in 1974 production results from a
7 percent advance in acreage harvested and higher average yield. Marketings are complete in
the Georgia-Florida Belt, North Carolina Border and South Carolina Belt, and nearing completion
in the Eastern Belt.

Burley output is forecast at 563 million pounds, a slight decline from the previous month
but 25 percent above the 1973 production. The larger 1974 crop reflects a 15 percent increase
in harvested acreage and a higher average yield for this year's crop. Weather during much of
October was favorable for curing tobacco in Kentucky, Many growers had stripped a portion of
their crop by November 1 and a considerable volume was ready for stripping. Markets are
scheduled to open November 25.

Southern Maryland poundage of 28.8 million pounds is 9 percent short of the 31.5 million

pounds produced in 1973. Less acreage for harvest is largely responsible for the decline in
production.

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 fell CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


SOYBEANS: DISTRIBUTION OF MAJOR VARIETIES, SELECTED STATES,
PERCENT OF ACREAGE HARVESTED, 1974-CROP 1/

STATE LEADING VARIETIES BY PERCENT OF ACREAGE HARVESTED

FIRST SEOOND : ‘THIRD

NAME PERCENT NAME PERCENT NAME PERCENT
OHIO COLLAND WAYNE 18.7 HAROSOY _ 18.3
IND AMSOY WAYNE 19.2 WILLIAMS 17.3
ILL WAYNE WILLIAMS 17.0. AMSOY 16.6
MINN CORSEY CHIPPEWA 16.2° SWIFT 9.8
TOWA CORSEY ‘AMSOY 22.4 WAYNE 14.6
0 CLARK WILLIAMS 11.2 PICKETT. 10.4
NC RANSON 20.8 LEE
sc : HAMPTON 13/3 DAVIS
TENN PICKETT 17.3 YORK
MISS BRAGG 25.4 DARE
ARK PICKETT BRAGG

_ESTIMATES WERE DEVELOPED FROM SUPPLEMENTAL DATA, .
‘2/ INCLUDES VARIETIES WHICH HAVE ADDITIONAL NUMERICAL INDICATIONS SUCH AS CLARK "63", CHIPPEWA "64",
AMSOY "71", ETC.

MEASURED ROW SPACING OF SOYBEANS: PERCENIAGE DISTRIBUTION AND
AVERAGE WIDTH FOR SELECTED STATES, 1972-1974 1/

: NUMBER : ROW WIDTH GROUPS (INCHES) a :
STATE AND YEAR : OF 2 28.5 & 7 28.6- + 34.6%

AVERAGE
SAMPLES : LESS 2/- ss 34.5, :_ GREATER WIDTH
PERCENT OF SAMPLES INCHES
OHIO 1972 128 26.3 36.1 37.6 29.2
1973 121 22:9 40.4 36.7 30.2
1974 118 29:7 28.8 41.5 291
IND 1972 122 45 20.5 75.0 35.4
1973 126 3.6 33.3 63.1 34.6
1974 124 48 33.1 62.1 34.6
ILL 1972 148 8.2 33.0 58.8 33.8
1973 148 47 35.5 59.8 34.5
1974 150 5.3 39.7 55.0 33.8
MINN 1972 112 4.5 32.1 63.4 35.2
1973 13 6.6 27:9 65.5 34.9
1974 104 5.8 36.0 58.2 34.1
TOWA 1972 143 3.5 25.5 71.0 35.9
1973 148 27 29:1 68.2 35.5
1974 152 13 27.6 Td 35.9
TM 1972 - 132 9.8 23.0 67.2 34.8
1973 145 46 31.7 63.7 Boned
1974 132 3.4 33.7 62.9 34.7
Miss 1972 138 2.2 4 93.1 37.7
1973 136 5.5 9.2 85.3 36.9
1974 120 6.7 9.6 83.7 36.5
ARK 31972: 161 1.9 15.5 82.6 36.5
1973 156 3.9 15.7 80.5 36.2
1974; 137 4.0 11.0 85.0 36.3

1/ BASED ON ROW MEASUREMENTS IN PLOTS SELECTED FOR OBJECTIVE YIELD SAMPLES.
2/ INCLUDES SOYBEANS PLANTED WITH A GRAIN DRILL.

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 Be19 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


SOYBEANS: Varieties Grown and Row Spacing--1974

The Statistical Reporting Service conducts soybean objective yield surveys in 14 States.
Plots are randomly selected from a scientifically drawn sample of soybean fields, which are
visited monthly from about August 1 through harvest. Plant and pod counts indicate progress of
crops and yield prospects as the season advances. 7

The sample data and averages presented here from the objective yield surveys are not official
estimates of the Crop Reporting Board but are intended to show trends in soybean production
practices,

Bragg was the leading soybean variety planted in the 14 States in 1974, accounting for
10.3 percent of the soybean acreage in those States. Bragg jumped upward from its seventh
ranking a year ago reflecting a sharp increase in acreage seeded to this variety in Mississippi,
smaller increases in most other southern States and a relatively larger share of the Nation's
soybeans plantéd in the South than last year. Wayne, grown widely in the North Central States,
was the second leading variety, accounting for 8.6 percent of the 14-State acreage. Corsoy placed
third while Amsoy ahd Lee rounded out the five leading soybean varieties. The narrower row
spacing in Ohio, compared with other North Central States, results from more acreage drill-planted,
either solidly or with alternate holes plugged.

Statistical Reporting Service Bulletin SRS-17 shows similar data for earlier years.

SOYBEANS: DISTRIBUTION OF MAJOR VARIETIES, REGIONS, PERCENT OF
ACREAGE HARVESTED, 1974 CROP 1/

NORTH > NORTH AND: TENN., MISS.,:
VARIETY CENTRAL 2/___: SOUTH CAROLINA : ARK., AND LA. : 14 STATES
PERCENT
BRAGG 16.8 28.5 10.3
WAYNE : 14.4 8.6
CORSOY : 13.3 8.0
AMSOY 3/ 11.6 6.9
LEE 4/ 7.7 19.4 6.9
PICKETT 3/ 176 1.4 18.0 6.6
WILLIAMS 9.7 5.8
CLARK 3/ 9.0 5.4
DARE : 1.9 2.1 8.9 4.1
HAMPTON 3/ : 40.7 4/ 3.8
BEESON : 5.9 3.5
CALLAND 5.6 3.4
DAVIS : 4; 4.3 8.9 3.2
CUTLER 3/ : 34 4 2.1
HAROSOY 3/ : 2.8 1.7
RANSON 16.8 1.6
HOOD : 4/ 44 1.5
YORK a 1.4 2.8 1.4
CHIPPEWA 3/ 20 1.2
HILL af 4/ 3.0 1a.
MACK 4/ ~ 2.7 1a
ALL OTHER 5/ 18.8 8.8 3.4 11.8
ALL VARIETIES 100.0 100.9 300.0 100.0

1/ REPORTED FOR THE FIELDS USED IN OBTAINING OBJECTIVE YIELD DATA.

2/ INCLUDES OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MINNESOTA, IOWA, MISSQURI, NEBRASKA, AND KANSAS.
. 3/ INCLUDES VARIETIES WHICH HAVE ADDITIONAL NUMERICAL INDICATIONS SUCH AS CLARK "63",
CHIPPEWA "64", AMSOY 71, BTC,

4/ LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF REGIONAL TOTAL, INCLUDED IN ALL OTHER.

5/ INCLUDES VARIETIES WITH LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE 14 STATE TOTAL AND UNKNOWN VARIETIES,

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 B-18 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


October Temperatures: Warm West~Cool East

Mild temperatures and sunny dry weather until late October favored harvesting progress in
most of the Corn Belt, By November 1, corn and soybean harvest in the Corn Belt’ and Nation had

advanced ahead of normal.

October temperatures were generally slightly above normal west of the Mississippi River, but
considerably below normal in the Eastern United States with the greatest departures in the New
England area where they averaged 4 to 7 degrees below normal, Additional heavy frosts occurred
the first few days of October in portions of the Corn Belt eastward to the Atlantic Coast and
affecting crops as far South as northern Georgia and South Carolina. Crop damage varied from
State to State, depending on the stage of maturity of each crop. Temperatures warmed to near
normal during the second week of the month, but returned to colder than normal during the third
week and continued colder than normal through the 26th. The month ended with record warmth across
the eastern half of the Country.

Rainfall was highly variable during the month with some normally dry areas being very wet
and some usually wet areas being very dry. Heavy rains /fell over Texas, Oklahoma and mich of the
Desert Southwest with twice the normal rainfall, Amounts totaling 4 inches or more as far north
as Iowa helped to replenish soil moisture reserves, Precipitation was generally light during
most of the month with the heaviest amounts falling during the last few days. Extensive flooding

yeccurred in some areas. Generally from the Mississippi River eastward, precipitation was below
normal with. much of the Southeast receiving less than one-half inch of rainfall. A large portion
of the Pacific Northwest received less than 50 percent of normal precipitation, and wheat seeding
and growth were slowed in this area.

Little or no precipitation fell from Texas eastward) through Pennsylvania during the first
week, with the exception of Florida, In the North Central States, cool air from the Gulf trig-
gered scattered showers with rains totaling up to 2 inches in some areas, Precipitation was
light and scattered during most of the next two weeks except for the Texas~Oklahoma western Gulf
Coast area. Moderate rains fell from Texas to Michigan at mid-month, dropping 1 to 2 inches of
rain. Good moisture fell in many Wester States and the Desert Southwest during the last half of
the month with heavy precipitation across the Nation's midsection as the month ended.

Winter Wheat Seeding Nears Completion

Seeding of winter wheat for 1975 harvest was nearing completion by November 1 in many major
producing States. Rains provided| adequate moisture, for good germination and growth in the
Southern Great Plains; however, rain during the last week of the month caused extensive flooding
and drownout in some areas of eastern Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Dry conditions prevailed over
much of the Northern Plains and Northwestern States, delaying seeding in several areas and slowing
emergence and growth of early seeded wheat.

. By November 1, winter wheat seeding was virtually complete in Kansas, on schedule in Oklahoma
with 98% done; but in Texas, progress was behind both last year’ and average with 92% of their in-
tended acreage seeded. Kansas wheat benefited from additional moisture in late October and stands
were beginning to even up. Most areas were making good growth. Wheat pasture prospects were
good in Oklahoma and Texas, In the High and Low;Plains, grazing was increasing.

Seeding of winter wheat in Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming was completed before
mid-October, Dry topsoils delayed planting in several areas and farmers finished their seeding
by “dusting in" the crop. Wheat condition ranges from fair to good and precipitation is needed
over most of Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota to improve prospects before freeze-up.

‘ Winter wheat sedding was virtually complete in Colorado by November 1 and 88 percent had
‘emetged in good condition. Rain and snow added mich needed moisture and improved: prospects.

Fall ‘seeding and land preparation continues in Oregon and germination has been variable depending
jupon rainfall by localities. In eastern Washington seeding was 80 percent done as many farmers

_were waiting |for|rain before finishing up.

{ on November 1 the eastern Corn, Belt, States snd: Missouri were ahead of normal in deeding ~ -
itheir-2975 crop> Michigan-was virtually complete, Ohio and [Iilinois| 9%, Indiana 90% and Missouri
farmers had 76% of their crop in the ground.

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 A-68. Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA


SUGARBEETS

ACREAGE YIELD PER RE PRODUCTION
STATE HARVESTED. FOR INDL INDI-~
HARVEST~ CATED CATED
1972 1973 1974 1972 $1973 { 1974 1972 1973 1974
a
12000 ACRES TONS 1,000 TONS

ARIZ 3/ 1009 13.0 1065 2301 2168 2465 252 283 257
CALIF 3/ 32406 265.0 22540 2748 2464 26.0 99031 169455 59850
COLO 13368 113.7 11660 19.4 1603 19,5 29594 12651 29262
IDAHO 17207 14443 9040 2005 2002 20.5 34543 20921 19845

IOWA 2/ 200 14.8 30
KANS 3506 3440 3400 1843 1768 1765 650 605 595
MICH 8606 6607 7960 1869 1706 1765 1,638 19524 15383
MINN 11109 131.2 18440 1460 1665 1145 15568 29169 29116
MONT 4502 4466 4400 1866 1968 19.5 842 883 858
NEBR 8201 7464 7720 Get 1949 1845 15650 19482 19425
N MEX 1¢ 6 8 5 1647 15 15 9
N DAK 7309 7943 140.0 ibte 16062 12.0 15008 15284 15680
OHIO 3206 2906 3220 1664 1267 1560 601 375 480
OREG 2203 1B e4 1165 2407 2620 25.40 551 477 288
TEX 2301 2007 20.0 2266 1963 1960 523 400 380
UTAH 22.0 18.4 1760 1946 1745 18.0 431 322 306
WASH 9156 9167 6340 2565 2760 2545 25337 29476 15607
wYo 5702 B4ed 54,0 2040 18462 1945 19146 985 14053
us 1,328,7 1921969 1919765 21,4 2001 1867 28,410 249507. 229394

L/ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECASTs

2/ ESTIMATES DISCONTINUED AFTER 19724

3/ RELATES TO YEAR OF HARVEST INCLUDES SOME SPRING PLANTED "ACREAGE CARRIED OVER

TO BE HARVESTED THE FOLLOWING SPRINGs

SUGARCANE FOR SUGAR AND SEED

ACREAGE YIELD PER ACRE PRODUCTION

STATE HARVESTED FOR TNDIT= INDI~
HARVEST CATED CATED

1972 t 1973 1974 } 19721 1973] 1974} 1972 1973 1974

1000 ACRES TONS 1000 TONS

FLA 24906 26544 27660 3841 3164 30060 99509 » 8,336 8+280
HAW 11469 115.8 106.8 88.0 84.9 88.0 102106 * 95830 99398
LA 33560 341.0 334.0 2567 2006 89613 79023 62680
TEX 203 1846 28.0 4500 3461 104 634 980
us 70108 T4008 74408 4004 3409 3460 289332 259823 259338
CROP PRODUCTION NOVEMBER» 1974 B-9 CROP REPORTING BOARD» SRS» USDA


CORN CROPPING PRACTICES: Plant Population Per Acre and Row Widths

The Statistical Reporting Service collects objective information monthly on corn
development and yields for the crop production estimates program. Counts and measure-
ments .are made by trained enumerators during visits to the random plots in a scienti-
fic sampling of fields in selected States, Information in the following tables
represents sample data and averages obtained from these counts. The resulting data
which are subject to some sampling fluctuation, are not official Crop Reporting Board
estimates but do show trends in corn production practices over a period of years.

The trend in recent years has shown increases in plant population per acre al-
though in 1973, most Corn Belt States showed slight to moderate declines, In 1974,
most Corn Belt States again showed an increase over the previous year in the number
of plants per acre. Based on these counts in 1974, the plant population in both the
Eastern Corn Belt States and the Western Corn Belt States was up 1-1/2 percent from
a year earlier,

Statistical Reporting Service Bulletin SRS-17 shows similar data for earlier
years beginning in 1964.

CORN FOR GRAIN: PLANT POPULATION PER ACRE
SELECTED STATES, 1970-74 1/

STATE : 1970 + 1971 1972: 1973s (1978
3 3 3 3 ul
: NUMBER OF PLANTS

PA : 16,500 15,600 15,800 16,100 16,500
OHIO : - 18,200 16,900 18,200 18,200 18,900
IND : 17,900 17,000 18,300 17,900 18,700
TLL : 18,100 18,000 19,100 192100 18,600
MICH : 18,400 16,500 18,500 16,900 16,900
wis + 18,800 18,100 19,400 18,300 18,500
MINN 18,400 18,600 19,000 18,300 18, 200
TOWA 3 18,000 18,100 19,200 18,900 18,600
Mo : 14,600 14,800 15,300 15,300 15,500
$ DAK : 12,200 11,900 12,800 125600 12,800
NEBR : 16,400 16,008 16,900 15,400 16,400
KANS : 15,900 17,400 17,000 173500 18,000
DEL : NA 14,700 15,700 15,900 16,900
> : 16,200 16,400 175,400 16,400 16,400
vA : 15,600 14,500 14,900 15,900 16,400
Ne : 14,900 13,700 15,600 15,300 16,900
CA : 10,500 9800 11,700 11,800 11,600
RY : 14,600 13,000 14,100 15,300 15,400
CoLo : OBA 19,100 20,700 20,800 21,000

1/ BASED ON STALK COUNTS IN PLOTS SELECTED FOR OBJECTIVE YIELD SAMPLES.

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 Be15 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY
(DOMESTIC UNITS)

\CREAGE (IN THOUSAND): YIELD PER ACRE :PRODUCTION (IN THOUSANDS) 27

CROP AND UNIT HARVESTED: FOR =: + INDIR z IRDI-

1973: HARVEST : 1973 : CATED 1973: CATED

21978 2/7 £1974 1/_: +1974 1/
oaTS BO. 14,110 13,569 47.0 47.8 663,860 648,711
BARLEY on 10,527 8,534 40.3 38.1 424,483 °325,402
ALL WHEAT 53,875 64,102 31.8 27.8 1,721,400 1,780,594

WINTER : 38,407 46 650 33.1 29.8 1,269,653 1,390,800

DURUM : 2,976 3,737 28.5 20.9 84 860 78,014

OTHER SPRING ” + 12,494 13,715 28.6 22.7 356,887 311,780
aE “ : 1,038 902 25.4" 21.7 26 398 19,616
FLAXSEED " t 1,725 1,737 9.5 8.4 16,437 14,543
ALL HAY TON + 62,190 60,566 2.16 2.05 134,608 123,824
ALFALFA HAY " + 27,529 26,747 2.85 2.68 76,343 71,602
ALL OTHER RAY " 2 36,662 33,799 1.62 1.55 56,265 52,223
DRY EDIBLE PEAS cwr. 3/ 2 136.4 218.3 1,221 1,585 1,665 3,461
POTATOES: t

WINTER cur : 14.0 13.7 204 214 2,853 2,933

SPRING " : 98.9 99.9 214 236 21,213 23,566

STUMER . 2 125.1 130.4 172 189 21,478 24,632
SWEETPOTATOES " 113.2 120.5 uu 112 12,534 13,460
BROOMCORN TON 3/ : 19.3 7.5 342 333 3.3 1.3
HOPS LB. : 31.4 32.4 1,744 1,766 54,769 57,207
APPLES, COM'L CROP " t 6,205.0 6,208.3
PEACHES " : 2,604.9 2,892.4
PEARS TON : 702.1 723.6
‘GRAPES, . " : 4,218.2 4,218.4
SWEET’ CHERRIES . : 153.6 142.8
TART CHERRIES " 3 87.0 127.5
APRICOTS ” : 157.7 94.1
NECTARINES : 87.0 100.0
PLUMS (CA) : 97.0 130.0
PRUNES & PLUMS :

MI, ID, WA, OR ” : 65.2 57.8
PECANS 3 275,700 149,500
‘ALMONDS 3 134.0 180.0
WALNUTS: ’ 174.0 141.2

17° ESTIMATES CARRIED FORWARD FROM PARLIER FORECAST EXCKPT CHERRIES END-OF-SEASON ESTIMATES.
2/ APPLES AND PEACHES IN MILLION POUNDS. 3/ YIELD IN POUNDS.

CROP PRODUCTICH, ROVEMBER 1974 . ay CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


SORGHUM GRAIN ;

ACREAGE YIELD PER ACRE PRODUCTION

STATE HARVESTED | FOR TNDI- INDI~
“HARVEST . CATED CATED

1972 | 1973| 1974 1972} 1973] 1974 1972 1973 1974

19000 ACRES > BUSHELS 1000 SUSHELS

ALA 1 31 31 33 3260 34.0 32,0 992 1+054 19056
ARIZ 136 140° 147 78.0 72.0 78.0 105608 101080 119466
ARK 157 149 140 5140 4540 48.0 8007 65705 69720
CALIF 242 287 215 7240 70.0 70.0 179424 202090 159050
CoLo 265 285 265 34.0 38.0 32.0 99910 10%830 8+480
GA 1 30 34 36 3360 3540 3640 990 15190 15296
TLL y, 66 75 120 7960 61.0 55.0 41620 4575 69600
IND V/ 29 25 16 6940 7140 6340 29001 5775 1,008
Iowa 1/ 30 26 22 8260 7340 7060 2460 1898 1,540
KANS 3+50U 35900 34100 6240, 56.0 4140 2175000 2185400 1275100
ky Vv 20 17 25 6840 68.0 62.0 15360 15156 15550
LA Vv 41 26 27 3560 33.0 37.0 19435 858 999
MISS 1s 33 30 35 4340 3540 40.0 1419 19050 15400
ne) - 380 440 440 7160 70.0 53.0 265980 309800 235320
NEBR 15640 21060 19850 7260 68,0 35.0 118080 1409080 649750
N MEX 297 363 258 6500 5440 5040 195305 195602 12900
nc v 80 82 75 55.0 58,0 55.0 42400 49756 49125
OKLA 630 696 590 43.0 44,0 38.0 279090 300624 229420
sc vs 13 15 14 3360 37,0 36.0 429 . 555 504
S DAK 282 262 230 48.0 43,0 2540 135536 115266 5+750
TENN 17 29 33 31 5660 51,0 50,0 19624 1683 19550
TEXAS 52420 6y950 59900 59.0 60,0 49.0 3195780 4179000 289100
VA Vv 7 14 14 4240 40,0 42.0 714 560 58a
us 135368 154940 139583 60465 58.8 4469 8099264 9369587 6099272

1/ ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECASTs

RICE

ACREAGE YIELD PER ACRE PRODUCTION

HARVESTED

STATE

2 19000 ACRES POUNDS 1000 CWT
ARK 441.0 533.0 720.0 4997S 49770 49800 219939 259424 349560
CALIF 331.0 401.0 460.0 59700 59631 59400 189868 225579 249840
LA 522.0 620.0 673.0 36825 39451 36673 199967 215394 249720
MISS 51.0 62.0 110.0 4s559 45306 4600 29325 29670 5060
0 4.9 S02 609 41449 49346 49250 218 226 293
TEXAS 1 468.0 549.0 563.0 49727 35740 49500 229122 205530 259335
UeSe 2181729 217002 2532.9 49700 49277 49533 855439 929823 1149808

1/ ESTIMATES FOR CURRENT YEAR CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER FORECAST.

CROP PRODUCTION NOVEMBER» 1974 “BZ CROP REPORTING BOARD» SRSy USDA


COTTON

5 7 7 “TINT YIELD PER ? -B.
: ACREAGE : HARVESTED ACRE A ‘GHT' BALES
STATE HARVESTED TOR z z a NDT
HARVEST : 1972 : 1973 +: CATED =: 1973: CATED
2 1972 9731974: : i 1974 t 1974
: 1,000 ACRES POUNDS 1,000 BALES
UPLAND :
ALA. : 580 510 605 470 423 452 567 449. 570
ARIZ « 2272 276 + (386 1,067 1,063 1,09 ° 603 611 900
ARK . : 1,410 1,000 13325 488 500 435 1,435 1,041 1,200
CALIF : 863 942 1,165 982 891 968 «1,765 1,749 2,350
FLA 1/ : 11.3 11.5 - 10.3 572 522 559 13.5 12.5 12.0
GA 1 430 375 400 395 499 480 354 390 400
ILL 1/ : 1.1 .0 3 256 0) 480 6 +0 3
KY 17 : 5.0 3 4.8 397 486 (20 4.1 3 3.5
LA : 665 520 615 509 481 489 705 521 575
MISS : 1,606 1,340 1,715 600 645 476 2,007 1,800 1,700
oo) 2 405 173 325 520 501 37 439. 180 255
NEV 1/ : 2.2 1.9 1.8 607 477 613 27 1.9 2.3
N MEX : 132 127 160 581 514 480 158 136 160
NC > 170 173 155 337 455 387 19 164 125
‘OKLA : 510 526 500 313 390 317 332 427 330
sc : 340 294 300 435” 473 456 308 + 290, 285
TENN : 485 440 540 543 472 289 548 432 325
TEX : | 5,000 5,200 4,800 408 431 280 4,246. 4,673 2,800
vAL/ : 2.5 2.4 2.7 265 440 356 4 2.2 2.0
U S UPLAND : 12,888.0 11,912.1 12,990.3 507 519 442 13,608.3 12,879.9 11,975.3
‘AMER. b TMA:
ARIZ : 39.9 34.0 35.0 587 597 576 48.8 42.3 42.0
CALIF 1/ .: 3 2 3 385 480 480 2 2 3
NMEXTM 21.1 17.7 17.5 349 265 278 15.4 9.8 BT
TEX : 34.5 31.2 28.5 437 397 421° 31.4 25.8 28.
us : ,
AMER-PIMA 95.8 83.1 81.3 480 451 456 95.8 78.1 17.3
USALL .
COTTON :12,983.8 11,995.2 13,072.6 507 519 443

CU

2/ PRODUCTION GINNED AND TO BE GINNED.

CROP PRODUCTION, (NOVEMBER 1974 BS vn, CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA



UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY
(DOMESTIC UNITS)

CROP AND UNIT

‘eT 1, ry
1973 21974 1974

CORN FOR GRAIN 61,760 63,746 91.4 72.5 | 5,643,256 4,717,600 4,621,248
SORGHUM FOR GRAIN 15,940 13,583 58.8 44.9 936,587 632,093 609,272
RICE 2,170.2 2,532.9 4,277 4,533 92,823 113,552 114,808
SOYBEANS FOR BEANS 56,416 52,510 27.8 23.7 1,566,518 1,262,352 1,243,912
PEANUTS HARVESTED FOR NUTS 1,495.7 1,492.3 2,323 2,521 3,473,837 3,547,790 3,762,690
COTTON 11,995,2 13,071.6 S19 443 12,958.0 12,832.6 12,052.6
DRY EDIBLE BEANS 1,397.7 1,605.5 1,208 1,346 16,886 22,044 21,616
POTATOES:

FALL 1,066.6 1,136.1 238 253 253,866 286,636 287 ,866

TOTAL 1,304.6 1,390.2 230 246 299,410 337,767 338,997
TOBACCO 886.8 957.3 1,965 2,050 1,742,669 2,009,635 1,962,643
SUGARBEETS 1,219.9 1,197.5 20.1 18.7 24,507 23,107 22,394
SUGARCANE FOR SUGAR

AND SEED 740.8 744.8 34.9 34.0 25,823 25,672 25,338
PASTURE AND RANGE 2/ 83 70
DRIED PRUNES (CA) 203.0 133.0
CRANBERRIES 2,100.3 2,255.0 2,208.0
PILBERTS 12.3 8.9 7.3

1/ YIELD IN POUNDS.

2/ PASTURE AND RANGE CONDITION AS OF FIRST OF MONTH. THE 1963-72 AVERAGE IS 77 PERCENT.

UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY
(METRIC UNITS)
YTELD PER HECTARES PRODUCTION

crop (TED
1975 i974 t 1974 g 1974
: ECTARES QUINTALS 1,000 METRIC TONS

CORN FOR GRAIN 1 24,994 25,797 87.4 ASS 143,345 119,833 117,385
SORGHUM FOR GRAIN : 6,451 5,497 36.9 28.2 23,790 16,086 15,476
RICE : "878.3. 1,025.0 47.9 50.8 4,210 5,151 $,208
SOYBEANS FOR BEANS 22,831 21,250 18.7 15.9 42,656 34,356 33,854
PEANUTS HARVESTED FOR NUTS : 605.3 603.9 26.0 28.3 1,576 1,609 71,707
COTTON : 4,854.3 S,289.9 5.81 4,96 2,821.5 2,789.6 2,624.1
DRY EDIBLE BEANS 2 565.6 649.7 13.5 45.1 766 1,000 980
POTATOES: :

FALL : 431.6 459.8 267 284 11,518 13,002 13,057

TOTAL > 828.0 558.5 257 275 13,581 15,321 18,377
TOBACCO 2 358.9 387.4 22.0 23.0 790 912 890
SUGARBEETS : 493.7 484.6 © 450 419 22,232 20,962 20,315,
SUGARCANE FOR :

SUGAR AND SEED > 299.8 30L.4 781 763 23,426 23,289 22,986
DRIED PRUNES (CA) : 184.2 120.7
CRANBERRIES 95.3 102.3 100.2
FILBERTS: Z 11.2 8.1 6.6

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 a3 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SRS, USDA


AVAILABLE ‘WHEAT PASTURE
NOVEMBER 1, 1973 AND NOVEMBER 1, 1974

‘ACRES OF WHEAT
PASTURE REQUIRED

: PERCENT OF SEEDED z PERCENT OF
: WHEAT WITH : SEEDED

STATE SUFFICIENT WHEAT BEING TO CARRY A 400
GROWTH TO PASTURE PASTURED POUND CALF
1974 _: 1973: 1974
: PERCENT

WESTERN KANSAS: 7 n 1 1

WESTERN OKLAHOMA 30 29 9 7

TEXAS PANHANDLE: 33 46 10 14.

AVERAGE FOR WHEAT =

PASTURE REGION 2 18.5 23.2 5.0 5.4 6.7 6.3

Wheat Pasture: About 23 percent of the fall seeded wheat in the three State area of Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Texas had sufficient growth to support grazing on November 1. A year ago this figure was
approximately 19 percent. About 5 percent of the seeded acreage is actually being pastured. Total
forage supply for the three States is rated fair.

Kansas (Western): Virtually all of the fall wheat has been planted. Most of the acreage showing
sufficient growth to pasture is in the central and south central districts. The remaining western
two-thirds of the State has been too dry for adequate growth and the plants are not yet rooted firmly
enough to withstand grazing. Recent precipitation over mich of western Kansas should result in a more
favorable moisture situation.

Qklahoma (Western); Grazing at this time is only fair. Statewide, seeding is nearly complete, but
persistent rains in the southwest and central areas have caused considerable late planting. With
temperatures averaging below normal dyring the past 2 months, growth has been slow. Heavy utilization
of wheat pasture is not expected to start until mid-November. The Panhandle counties are generally
dry but wheat is making some growth. More rain will be needed if other than carefully managed graz-
ing is to occur.

Texas (Northern and Southern Low Plains): Very few cattle were grazing in Texas winter wheat fields
on November 1. A cool, wet fall has delayed seeding and development of wheat. Some fields’ have
sufficient growth for pasturing, but wet ground is preventing full utilization. Future grazing is
expected to be excellent as moisture is adequate for satisfactory growth through late fall and into
early winter. *

CROP PRODUCTION, November 1974" B-13 Crop Reporting Board, SRS, USDA


CROP REPORT SUMMARY--NOVEMBER 1, 1974

Production expectations declined during October for feed grains and cotton, according to
the Crop Reporting Board. Corn and sorghum production fell off as a widespread early October
frost damaged additional acreage and Septenber frost losses were more accurately assessed as
harvesting progressed. Com Belt weather was generally favorable, and harvest advanced at a
near normal pace. Cotton production suffered as a result of wet weather in many areas. Soybeans
declined 1 percent from October 1.

The "all crops" production index (1967=100) declined 2 percent from a month ago to 110 on
November 1,

INDEX NUMBERS OF CROP PRODUCTION
UNITED STATES, 1964-74 (19672100) 1/

FOOD = ~VEGE= : FRUITS ? COTTON ? : OIL

YEAR : GRAINS : TABLES : AND : "g7  :TOBACCO:CROPS
Sf Gf NUTS. 7 : : 10/

1964 H 93 75 94 86 91 98 109 210 113 81
1965 : 99 87 98 88 96 100 100 205 94 95
1966 3 95 89 97 88 97 98 100 130 96 97
1967 : 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
1968 1 103 95 99 105 104 98 113 148 87 114
1969 : 105 99 101 98 101 116 115 137 91 116
1970 2 101 89 100 91 101 109 114 139 97 117
1971 2 12 116 106 107 100 116 117 145 86 121
1972 2 13 112 105 102 101 104 128 187 88 134
1973 IW/: 120 WS 109 113 102 124 116 174 89 156
1974 T2/: 110 92 102 149 103 132 106 162 100 130

17 T964-72 REVISED-BASED ON UPDATED WEIGHTS AND REVISED PRODUCTION. 27 INCLUDES HAY SEEDS, PASTURE,
SEEDS AND COVER-CROP SEEDS, AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS CROP PRODUCTION NOT INCLUDED IN SEPARATE GROUPS OF
CROPS SHOWN. 3/ CORN FOR GRAIN, OATS, BARLEY, AND SORGHIM FOR GRAIN. 4/ ALL HAY, SORGHUM FORAGE DIS-
CONTINUED IN 1969, CORN SILAGE, SORGHUM SILAGE. S/ ALL WHEAT, RYE, AND RICE. 6/ POTATOES, SWEET-
POTATOES, DRY EDIBLE BEANS, DRY EDIBLE PEAS, VEGETABLES FOR PROCESSING, AND FOR FRESH MARKET HAVING
VALUE. 7/ FRUITS, BERRIES, AND TREE NUTS HAVING VALUE. CITRUS PRODUCTION IS ON YEAR OF HARVEST.

8/ SUGARBEETS, SUGARCANE FOR SUGAR AND SEED (INCLUDES HAWAII), SUGARCANE SIRUP DISCONTINUED IN 1969,
‘AND MAPLE SIRUP. 9/ COTTON LINT. 10/ SOYBEANS, PEANUTS, FLAXSEED, AND COTTONSEED. 11/ PRELIMINARY.
12/ INDICATED

The CROP PRODUCTION report contains State and National estimates
with related information on selected agricultural commodities, These
data were prepared and adopted by the Crop Reporting Board which con-
sists of commodity statisticians from the Statistical Reporting
Service's field offices and Washington headquarters.

CROP REPORTING BOARD:
APPROVED: B. M. Graham, Chairman,
M. L, Koehn, Secretary,

5. W. Kirkbride, J. L. Aschwege,

D, N. Taylor, H, M. Mayes,
0 W. H. Briscoe, D. A. Brown,
(! E. E. Burgess, L, A, Dell,
D. J. Fedewa, A. D. Frank,
C. E, Gore, W. G. Hamlin,
R. H. Hettinger, W. C. Hinson,
F. E, Hokana, Vv. B. Johnson,
R. B, Karnes, D, C, Ledford,
E, S. Lippert, J.C. McCall,
ACTING SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE A. L. Sandberg, H, J. Tippett,

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 A-2 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SKS, USDA




PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION BY ROW WIDTH AND AVERAGE

ROW WIDTH FOR SELECTED STATES, 1972-74:

CORN FOR GRAIN:

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CONTINUED

CROP REPORTING JBOARD, SRS, USDA

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SEE FOOTNOTES AT END OF TABLE.
CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974



PRUNES: The 1974 California prune crop is estimated at 133,000 tons (dried basis), down, 8

percent from the September 1 forecast and 34 percent less than the 1973 record of
203,000 tons, The harvest and drying period were marked by extreme variation in dry-avay
ratios. Dry~away ratios varied considerably by area and time of harvest.

CRANBERRIES: Production of cranberries is estimated at 2.21 million barrels, down 2 percent”

from the October ] forecast, but 10 percent above the 1973 utilized crop. In-
creases from a year ago are now anticipated in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and New Jersey.
Oregon and Washington are down 4 and 15 percent respectively from last year.

The harvest of cranberries is virtually complete. Weather conditions during October were
too cold in Wisconsin for good berry development. Berry sizes are small but color and quality
are excellent. In Massachusetts the picking of Howes is complete. Although near completion,
harvest of the Black variety continues due to slow maturing during October. Damage due to frost
was light. The harvest of late varieties continues in New Jersey. Some losses occurred from
frost in early October where water protection was inadequate, Other bogs’ that were protected
are yielding excellent crops. Yields in Oregon and Washington are down from earlier expectations
chiefly due to the dry weather in October. 7

FILBERTS: Production prospects at 7,250 tons are down 18 percent from last month, 41 percent

below last year and the smallest since 1963. Filberts have been late in falling
this year, and many growers began harvest while the weather was still good but before all of the
nuts dropped. However, because of low prices, it will probably not be economical to harvest
the remaining nuts. Harvest was more than 80 percent complete as of the first of November.

POTATORS: Production for the fall crop is forecast at a record 287.9 million ecwt., up 13 per-

. cent from the 253.9 million cwt harvested in 1973 and slightly above the October 1
forecast, Harvest progressed rapidly during October and is now virtually complete. Most of the
fall production went into storage in good condition but hard freezes during late September and
October damaged some unharvested fields in a few States in the Central and Eastern regions.
There ig a wide variation in the degree of damage and both shrink and grade-out are expected to
be heavy for frost injured potatoes. .

For the eight Eastern States, production 4s forecast at 61.1 sifllion ewt., up slightly from
last month and 24 percent above the 49.3 million harvested in 1973. Maine and Upstate
New York experienced @ hard freeze during the weekend of October 18-20 that penetrated 3 to 4
inches. Dispite grower attempts to complete harvest, some of the most severely frozen acreage
has now been abandoned. Harvest in Long Island and Pennsylvania: was completed under generally
favorable conditions.

Production in the eight Central States is placed at 64.3 million cwt.Thiwis up 2 percent .
from the October forecast and ie 15 percent above the 56.1 million cwt produced in 1973. Harvest
in Michigan progressed smoothly and harvest was complete by the end of October. Heavy frost in
early October did limited damage to fields in the Upper Peninsula, The Red River Valley of North
Dakota and Minnesota received a hard freeze in early October. Most of the acreage has now been
harvested but frost damage is evident in some storages. Quality of potatoes is variable and well
below that of a year ago. Damage by sustained freezing temperatures in Wisconsin was limited
as most fields had been dug.

For the nine Western States, production is placed at 162.4 million cwt. ‘Thie forecast is
slightly below the October forecast but up 9 percent from 1973. Good fall weather conditions
prevailed and harvest progressed without interruption. Most States completed harvest by the
end of October. Rains in Idaho improved October harvest conditions. Yield and quality are
variable. Potatoes in Washington went into storage in good conditéon and the quality of the crop -
is very good. In Malheur, Oregon quality is fair. In northern California size is below
average. Digging is still underway in the Central Coast.

PASTURE AND RANGE FEED CONDITION: The November 1 pasture and range feed condition for the

United States at 70 percent is rated as poor to fair. This
is down 13 points from last year's good to excellent rating. Scattered areas of good to
excellent conditions exist across the United States, mostly in the aréa running from Central
and West Texas across the Ohio Valley into the New England States. The Southern States are
dominated by poor to fair conditions with an area of severe drought located in South Carolina.
Very poor to severe drought conditions continue in Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas. The
Western States have predominantly poor to fair conditions.

CROP REPORTING BOARD

CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1974 A-13 CROP REPORTING BOARD, SBS, USDA


SOYBEANS FOR BEANS

ACRE

PRODUCTION

ACREAGE YIELD PER
STATE “HARVESTED | FOR INDI~ TNOI=
HARVEST . CATED CATED
1972 1973 | 1974 } 1972} 1973] 1974 1972 1973 1974
11000 ACRES BUSHELS. 12000 BUSHELS

ALA 800 920 19020 21.0 24.0 16000 199320 242480
ARK 41050 4650 44300 2540 20,0 812000 1164250 86,000
DEL ow 161 178 188 28.0 49025 49984 4326
FLA. OL 232 254 276 24.0 23.0 49872 61096" 69348
GA 670 950 15010 21.0 24.0 109050 195950 244240
TLL 7520 99230 8500 31.5 25.0 2599440 290+745 2124500
IND 39688 44290 39920 31.5 108+796 1350135 979750
IOWA 62000 7,900 74070 3440 2162000 2685600 1975960
KANS 875 1200 14050 22.0 244500 26»400 199950
KY 924 19140 19190 25.5 245948 299070. 329130
LA 15667 15720 1%760 22.5 38,341 38+700 429240
MD Vv 253 275° (275 3140 69831 8525 69875
MICH 524 693 610 24.0 139624 169632 12810
MINN 35225 44390 42040 29.0 90+300 1275310 88r880
MISS | 24464. 29750 29550 22.0 48048 60»500 489450
Mo 35960 4700 44350 2740 24.0 1081900 1262900 104400
NEBR 707 19210 14100 30.0 24.0 225978 365300 26400
NJ V7] 58 67 71 21,0 22.0 986 12407 19562
Nye 4s 8 ql 11 23,0 21.0 168 253 231
Nc 19165 19500 29450 ° 25.0 24,0 24.0 299125 36»000 34800
N DAK 1/, 190 233 179 23,5 18.0 39895 59476 39222
OHIO 3010 34590 3200 25.0 24.0 799765 899750 76 +800
OKLA 1/ 170 200 245 23,0 17.0 39570 4600 49165
PA vp. 41 55 65 26.0 26.0 19025 19430 19690
sc 1080 1,250 1,250 19,0 19.0 199980 239750 239750
S$ DAK 1/ 2530 411 400 24,0 16.0 79337 99864 69400
TENN 15298 14570 19540 23.5 2240 281556 369895 339880
TEXAS 1/ 210 425 250 20,0 26.0 59460 8500 69500
VA 350 413 425 27.0 23.0 81050 119151 99775
Wisc 1s 145 241 225 25,0 24.0 4060 6025 59400

us 459698 562416 529510 27468 2708 2367

1/ ESTIMATES FOR

CURRENT YEAR CARRIED

CROP PRODUCTION NOVEMBER» 1974

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