FOURTH WEEK...The Pacific storm moved through the Northwest and formed a
low pressure center in Wyoming. This, in turn, caused a new polar outbreak
over all of the northern Plains, bringing sub-zero temperatures to the
northern slopes of the Rockies. The cold air moved rapidly southeastward
spreading snow across the northern Plains and snow or rain through the central
Plains and the Mississippi Valley eastward. Very cold air enveloped the
northeastern United States, and below-normal temperatures spread throughout
the East.

The last three days of the month saw a low pressure center form off the
Carolina coast and spread rain from Maryland southward and snow to the north.
(Prepared by NOAA/USDA Joint Agricultural Weather Facility)

WINTER WHEAT

Minor acreages of winter wheat remained to be seeded across the South at
the beginning of December. Seeding was virtually complete in other States,
except California where 58 percent of the crop was planted. Fields which had
emerged showed fair to good condition, although more moisture was needed in
most areas for optimum development. Rain and mild temperatures during the
first part of the month promoted growth and root development of stands. Most
areas needed snow cover to prevent future damage from cold temperatures and
winds.

At the end of the month, winter wheat rated fair to good throughout the
Nation. Most areas needed additional moisture and snow cover to protect the
crop. Wind damage was light to moderate. Kansas wheat was in good condition;
98 percent of the acreage had emerged. In Texas, 97 percent of the acreage
had emerged and fields provided fair to good grazing. Additional moisture and
warmer temperatures were needed to promote growth. Oklahoma fields rated fair
to good, but also needed rain. In the Pacific Northwest, fall seeded grains
were in good condition but vulnerable to freeze damage as no snow cover was
present. Montana winter wheat rated fair to good, but some wind damage was
reported.

COTTON: United States cotton production is estimated at 11.1 million bales,

up 2 percent from the December 1 forecast but 24 percent less than
production in 1979. Upland production is expected to total 11.0 million bales
and American-Pima, 98.3 thousand bales. .

Cottonseed production, based on a three year average Jint-seed ratio, is

estimated at 4.36 million tons (3.96 million metric tons), 25 percent below
1979.

Harvested acreage is estimated at 13.0 million acres (5.26 million
hectares) for 1980, compared with 12.8 million acres (5.19 million hectares)
harvested last year. The current estimate is down 94.6 thousand acres from
the December 1 forecast. Declines in harvested acreage in Arkansas and
Oklahoma more than offset an increase in Mississippi.

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981. 5 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA


HAY STOCKS ON FARMS - JANUARY 1

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>

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 19817

851

1,199
2,226
2,034

1,859
2,238
2,767
12
302
7,095
1,472
2,655
1,169
670
1,246
3,847
795
8,610
1,640

99,024

1,000 TONS

974
164
1,313
2,043
25359
126
30
470
842
2,682
2,674
1,250
6,910
3,913
2,727

254
444

2,491
6,772

10 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA

2,306
4,696

686
3,353
4,045
5,241

657

122

125

343
3,588

403
2,645
2,296
1,273
2,314
2,718

9

219


FLORIDA FROZEN CONCENTRATED JUICE YIELD: The Florida all orange yield for

1980-81 is projected at 1.37 gallons
per box of 43.4 degree brix equivalent. The reported 43.4 degree level became
effective at the start of the new marketing season, December 1, 1980, for all
Florida FCOJ sold in retail and institutional size containers. The yield
level reported for previous years has been for 45.0 degree brix equivalent.
The conversion ratio from 45.0 degrees to 43.4 degrees is 1.0442029. The
final yield for the 1979-80 crop was 1.33 gallons per box at 45.0 degrees brix
equivalent, or 1.39 gallons per box at 43.4 degrees equivalent.

GRAPEFRUIT: U.S. grapefruit production prospects on January 1 declined 1

percent from the December 1: forecast and are now 70.6 million
boxes (2.61 million metric tons), 4 percent less than last season. The
Florida crop at 52.0 million boxes is unchanged from December 1, but 5 percent
below last season's production. Picking for both fresh and processed products
is active. The Texas crop is forecast at 8.20 million boxes, 9 percent less
than the December 1 estimate but 4 percent more than last season. The
California crop jis expected to total 7.30 million boxes, unchanged from
December 1 but 3 percent less than the previous season. Minimal harvest
activity is reported for the California crop but picking will increase this
month. Fruit is now sizing at a near-normal rate after a period of slow
development caused by warm nights during December. Quality is excellent. The
forecast for Arizona continues at 3.10 million boxes, 3 percent more than last
season.

LEMONS: Production of lemons in Arizona and California is expected to total
29.3 million boxes (1.01 million metric tons), up 1 percent from the
December 1 estimate and 41 percent more than last season. The California crop
forecast is unchanged at 23.0 million boxes, up 30 percent from the previous
season. Quality is reportedly good in all districts. Unusually warm weather
in southern California is expected to accelerate maturity and harvest should
progress ahead of normal. The forecast for Arizona is 6.30 million boxes, up
7 percent from the December 1 estimate and more than double the small crop
harvested last season. Abnormally warm weather is causing the fruit to size
rapidly. .

TANGELOS: The Florida tangelo crop is forecast at 5.00 million boxes (204
thousand metric tons), down 4 percent from the December 1 forecast
and 22 percent below the 1979-80 season. Harvest is active.

TANGERINES: The U.S. tangerine production forecast is unchanged at 6.25
million boxes (248 thousand metric tons), 1 percent less than
last season. Harvest is active in Florida but is currently slow in California.

TEMPLES: The Florida temple orange production forecast is unchanged at 5.70

million boxes (233 thousand metric tons), 5 percent Jess than last
season.

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981 7 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA


In the Southeastern States--Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina--production is estimated at 488 thousand bales, down 1 percent from
the December 1 forecast and 23 percent below 1979. Ginning is virtually
complete.

Production in the Delta States--Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi
and Tennessee--is estimated at 2.43 million bales, up 1] percent from the
December 1 forecast but 21 percent less than last year. Favorable harvest
weather continued through December and ginning is nearing completion.

The Texas and Oklahoma crop jis estimated at 3.50 million bales, up 2
percent from the December 1 forecast but 42 percent below 1979 production.
Harvest is nearly complete. A period of wet weather in early December slowed
harvest and allowed gins to catch up, leaving only a small backlog of cotton
waiting to be ginned as of January 1.

Upland production in the Western States--Arizona, California, and New
Mexico--is estimated at 4.60 million bales, up 2 percent from last month but 4
percent below 1979. Favorable harvest weather allowed growers to complete
second picking with minimal losses.

The Bureau of the Census reports 9,924,759 running bales ginned prior to
danuary 1, 1981 compared with 12,727,681 bales ginned to the same date in 1979
and 9,316,913 bales for the 1978 crop.

ORANGES: U.S. orange production is forecast at 275 million boxes (10.8

million metric tons) for the 1980-81 season, virtually unchanged
from the December 1 forecast and fractionally above last season's crop. The
production forecast for all oranges in Florida is 203 million boxes, unchanged
from the December 1 forecast but 2 percent less than last season's record
crop. The production forecast for early and mid-season varieties in Florida
at 115 million boxes is 2 percent less than last season. Valencia production
is expected to total 88.0 million boxes, 1 percent less than last season.

The California orange crop is forecast at 64.0 million boxes, unchanged
from December 1, but 7 percent more than last season. Navel production is
expected to total 37.0 million boxes, 13 percent more than last season's
harvest. The Valencia crop is placed at 27.0 million boxes, the same as last
season.

The Arizona orange forecast at 3.00 million boxes is unchanged from
December 1 but 14 percent below the 1979-80 harvest. Texas orange prospects
declined 11 percent during December and now | point to a 5.00 million box crop,
24 percent above last season.

Changes in U.S. orange production between the January 1 forecast and final

production have averaged 10.7 million boxes over the past 10 seasons, ranging
from 1.3 million boxes in 1977-78 to 35.7 million boxes in 1976-77 when a

freeze significantly lowered production.

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981 6 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA


COTTON

AREA HARVESTED 3 YIELO PRODUCTION 17

IND t IND = : : IND
1980 1978 = 1979 $ 1980 3 1978 1979 ¢ 1980
1,000 ACRES POUNDS 1,000 BALES 2/
COTTON, UPLAND
ALA 3 315.0 305.0 314.0 443 510 420 291.0 324.0 275.0
ARIZ ’ $36.0 575.0 608.0 953 1,969 1,062 1,068.0 1,280.0 1,345.0
ARK 5 760.0 530.0 635.0 417 $49 340 660,0 606.0 450.0
CALIF 1,455.0 1,635.0 1,490.0 640 1,000 1,015 41,949,0 3e408,0 3150.0
« FLA 3 3,4 6.0 506 S65 62a 3.8 4,0 7.8
GA 3 159.0 160,0_ 463 486 258 411.0 152.0 86.0
ky : 20 20 0 ) 0 “0 20 0
ta 3 965.0 560.0 450 712 390 478.0 690.0 955.0
a MISS : 1,050.0 17130.0 561 657 486 1,378.0 1,437.0 1,150.0
mo : 137,90 240.0 4% sso 356 188,0 157.0 178.0
NEV : Jet 8 sae 65S 640 1.5 1.5 1.62
N MEX 3 126.0 119.0 aas 396 42a 101.0 104,0 105.0
NC 2 45.0 64.0 S15 45s 383 45,0 43.0 51,0
OKLA : 580.0 500.0 292 432 207 355.0 $22.0 216.0
sc : 109,0 120.0 Se2 S10 30a 115,0 116.9 76.0
TENN t 230.0 270.0 490 357 356 235.0 171,0 200.0
TEX 2 6,200.0 6,800.0 6,700.0 aga 389 235 3,792,0 5,515.0 3,280.0
va : al 3 “43 480 320 320 a 2 22
us 212,324,0 12/741,8 2,917.2 aig 5a7 410 10,762,4 14,530,7 11,026,2
COTTON, AMER=PIMA
ARIZ 34,2 43.3 93.3 754 743 754 53.7 67.0 68,0
CALIF al al 480 480 480 at s) at
N MEX 14,8 7.3 45a 246 Baa 13.0 7.5 5.2
TEX 30.9 21.0 a56 373 S71 26.6 24,0 25,0
us 89.1 Thal. 590 531 658 93.4 98.6 98.3
COTTON,
ALA 314.0 443 S10 420 291.0 324.0 275.0
ARIZ 651.3 941 1,046 1,041 = 1,421,7 1,347,0 1,413.0
ARK 635.0 ai7 549 340 660.0 606,0 450.0
CALIF 640 1,000 «1,015 1,940.1 3,408.1 3,150.1
FLA 506 565 624 3.8 4,0 7.8
GA 463 486 256 111.0 152.0 86.0
ky 0 O 0 20 +0 +0
La 450 712 390 478.0 690.0 455.0
MISS So. 657 468 1,378.0 1,437.0 1,150.0
MO 496 550 356 188.0 157.0 178.0
NEV sae eas 40 1.5 1.5 1.2
N MEX 446 360 419 114.0 111.5 110.2
nC $15 455 383 45.0 43.0 51.0
OKLA 292 432 207 355.0 522.0 216,0
sc S62 Si 30a 115.0 116,40 76,0
TENN 270.0 490 357 356 235.0 171.0 200.9
TEX 6,228.0 6,830.9 6,721.0 204 389 235 3,818.6 5,539.0 3,305.0
vA al 3 3 480 320 320 el 2 2
us 12,400.0 12,830.9 12,988.9 420 Sa7 411 10,855,8 14,629,3 11,124,5

1/ PRODUCTION GINNED ANO TO BE GINNED,
2/ 4B0eL8, NET WEIGHT BALES.

PAPAYAS - HAWAII

FRESH PRODUCTION

TOTAL IN CROP

FORECAST
1981

1,000 POUNDS
3,884 4,437
3,430 4,629
wae 2,777 5,000 .
xh 23123 5,050
1,906 4,340
2,769 4,700
"36, 44

6 44,660

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981 9 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA



Crop

CROP PRODUCTION —_

3:00 P.M. ET Statistics Service

U.S, Department
of Agriculture

Washington, 0.C.
20250

LLL .|SSssse eee

ALL COTTON production is forecast at 11.1 million bales, up 2 percent from the
December 1 forecast but down 24 percent from production in 1979.

CITRUS production is forecast at 16.3 million tons (14.8 million metric tons),
1 percent less than last season.

ORANGE production is forecast at 275 million boxes (10.8 million metric tons),
virtually unchanged from the December } forecast and fractionally
above the 1979-80 season.

GRAPEFRUIT production is forecast at 70.6 million boxes (2.61 million metric
tons), down 1 percent from the December 1 forecast and 4 percent
less than last season.

LEMON production at 29.3 million boxes (1.01 million metric tons) is up 1

percent from the December 1 forecast and 41 percent more than last
season.

WINTER POTATO production is forecast at 2.40 million cwt (109 thousand metric
tons), 1 percent above the small crops of 1980 ana 1979. Area
planted at 11.6 thousana acres (4690 hectares) equals the 1980
record low. Expected yield at 207 cwt per acre is 2 cwt above 1980
and 7 cwt above 1979.

HAY STOCKS on farms January 1, 1981 are estimated at 92.0 million tons (83.5
million metric tons), 15 percent below the record high a year
earlier and the lowest January 1 stocks since 1977.

Production and Stocks Revisions: Acreage, yield and production
estimates of field crops were reviewed for 1974-78 after the 1978
U.S. Agricultural Census became available. Revisions are published
5 by States in FIELD CROPS, Estimates by States, 1974-78 (Statistical
: Bulletin No. 646). Most national estimates were changed only slightly,
usually less than 2 percent, but larger revisions were made for some
individual States. Because of changes in production levels, quarterly
grain stocks estimates for these years were also reviewed and revisions
will be pubtished in STOCKS OF GRAINS, OILSEEDS AND HAY (Statistical
Bulletin No. 649), scheduled for release about January 16, 1981.

CrPr 2-2 (1-81) For Information Call: (202) 447-2127


POTATOES

SEASONAL GROUP : PLANTED
AND STATE

1,000 ACRES

WINTER: ‘

CALIF : 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.0

FLA : 9.7 8.6 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.6

TOTAL : 13.0 11.6 11.6 1.9 11.5 11.6
SPRING: 1/ :

ALA 8.0 6.0 7.3 6.0

ARIZ 6.2 4.4 6.2 4.4

CALIF 30.0 22:5 28.0 22.5

FLA - HASTINGS 20:0 20.0 18.5 18.0

- OTHER 1.0 1.0 9 8

LA 2:3 21 2.0 7

NC 3:8 3.2 3.7 ‘0

TEX 15 6.5 mM 22

TOTAL 8
WINTER:

CALIF : 240 235 240 792 705 720

FLA : 185 195 195 1,591 1,658 1,677

TOTAL > 200 205 207 2,383 2,363 2,397
SPRING: 1/ :

ALA : 140 105 1,022 630

ARIZ : 210 290 1,302 1,276

CALIF t 395 390 11,060 8,775

FLA - HASTINGS : 230 195 43255 3,510

= OTHER : 180 170 ; 162 136

LA : 1B 70 . 150 n9

NC > (165 140 2,261 1,820

TEX > 160 130 1,136 806

TOTAL : 85 235 21,348 17,072

J/ 1979 AND 1980 REVISED.

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981 12 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA



CITRUS FRUIT As
PRODUCTION PRODUCTION
cRoP BOXES TON EQUIVALENT
AND EI TINDICATEDS. UTILIZED ZINOICATED
STATE 3° 1978-79 2 1979-80 3 198098) ¢ 1978-79 ¢ 1979-80 % 1980-8)
z 1,000 UNITS 2/ 1,000 UNITS
ORANGES,EARLY MID & NAVEL 3/3
ARIZ 3 700 850 aso 26 32 32
CALIF 2 20,800 32,600 37,000 780 1-223 1,388
FLA = 91,000 117,900 115,900 4,095 5,306 $175
TEX 3 4,300 2,300 3,000 183 98 128
us 2 116,800 153,650 155,850 5,084 6,659 6723
ORANGES, VALENCIA 3
ARIZ ry 2,200 2,650 2,150 83 99 81
CALIF + 16,500 27,000 27,000 619. 1,012 1,013
FLA 3 73,000 88,800 88,000 3,285 3,99 3,960
TEX 3 27100 1,730 27000 89 73 85
us 3 93,800 120-180 119,150 4,076 5,180 5,139
ALL ORANGES 3
ARIZ : 2,900 3,500 3,000 109 131 113
CALIF t 37,300 59,600 64,000 1,399 2,235 2,401
FLA 2 164,000 206,700 203,000 7,380 9,302 9,135
TEX 3 6,400 4,030 51000 ate ATL 213
us 210,600 273,830 275,000 9,160 11,839 11,862
TEMPLES 3
FLA 3 4,700 6,000 5,700 212 270 257
GRAPEFRUIT, WHITE SEEDLESS :
FLA 2 29,400 34,100 29,000 1,250 1,322 1/233
GRAPEFRUIT, PINK SEEOLESS 3
FLA = 13,300 15,800 14,500 565 671 616
OTHER GRAPEFRUIT z
FLA 3 7,300 7,900 8,500 310 336 3e1
ALL GRAPEFRUIT t :
ARIZ z 25250 3,000 3,100 72 % 99
CALIF g
OESERT : 3-260 4,200 3,800 104 134 122
OTHER AREAS 2 2,870 363007" = 3,500 96 11h 117
TOTAL 3 6130 7,500 74300 200 245 239
FLA 2 50,000 54,800 52,000 2,125 2,329 2,210
TEX : 9,000 7,900 B,200 360 316 328
us fy 67,380 73,200 70,600 2,757 2,986 2,876
TANGERINES ®
ARI z aso 750 700 17 28 26
CALIF 3 1,450 1,650 1,650 54 62 62
FLA 2 3,500 3,900 34900 166 185 185
us 3 5,400 6,300 6-250 237 a7s 273
LEMONS 3
ARIZ : 5,500 3,050 67300 209 116 239
CALIF 2 14,100 17,700 23,000 536 673 a7a
us 3 19,600 20,750 29-300 745 789 1,113
TANGELOS 3
FLA 3 4,200 6-400 57000 189 2a8 225
1/ THE CROP YEAR BEGINS WITH THE BLOOM OF THE FIRST YEAR

SHOWN AND ENDS WITH YEAR HARVEST IS COMPLETFO.

er
TEX=857

OTHER@67, FLA@8S,

NET LBS PER BOK? GRANGES@CALIF & ARTZ~75,FLA=90,
GRAPEFRUIT@CALIF DESERT & ARIZ=64,

CALIF

TEX~803 LEMONS@=767 TANGELOS &

TEMPLES=903 TANGERINES@ CALIF & ARIZ=75¢ FLA*9S.

TA

NAVEL AND MISCELLANEONS VARIETIES IN CALIFORNIA AND

ARIZONA, EARLY AND MIDSEASON VARIETIES IN FLORIDA AND

TEXAS,
TEXAS,

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1987

INCLUDING SMALL QUANTITIES OF TANGERINES IN

CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA


HAY STOCKS ON FARMS: January 1, 198] stocks of hay on farms totaled 92.0

million tons (83.5 million metric tons), 15 percent less
than the January 1, 1980 record high of 108 million tons (98.2 million metric
tons) and 7 percent below the 99.0 million tons (89.8 million metric tons) on
hand January 1, 1979. Smaller January 1, 1981 stocks resulted from the
drought-reduced hay production in 1980. Nearly all States east of the Rocky
Mountains showed lower hay stocks than last January 1.

Disappearance from May 1, 1980 to January 1, 1981 was a record high 72.4
million tons (65.7 million metric tons), 4 percent more than the previous
record disappearance of 69.8 million tons (63.3 million metric tons) during
the same period a year earlier. .

PAPAYAS: Hawaii's fresh papaya production estimate for December is 4.63

million pounds (2100 metric tons), up 4 percent from November and 35
percent more than December a year ago. Strong winds accompanied by heavy rain
passed through the Islands during mid-December causing tree and fruit losses
as well as delays in harvesting and field maintenance. Although some farms
were hard hit, the overall ‘effect of the storm on future production is
expected to be slight. The December total area in crap decreased slightly
from November but the area forecast for harvest increased 20 acres to 2005
acres (810 hectares).

Fresh production is forecast at 5.00 million pounds (2270 metric tons) for
January, up 8 percent from December. An expected first quarter peak of 5.05
million pounds (2290 metric tons) in February will be followed by a decrease
in March to 4.34 million pounds (1970 metric tons). Fresh production is
expected to increase in April to 4.70 million pounds (2130 metric tons). The
preliminary estimate for 1980 shows total fresh papaya production at 44.7
million pounds (20.3 thousand metric tons), up 23 percent from 1979.

WINTER POTATOES: The 1981 winter potato crop is forecast at 2.40 million cwt

(109 thousand metric tons). Although this is 1 percent more
than the small crops of 1980 and 1979 it is expected to be one of the smallest
crops of record. Planted area, estimated at 11.6 thousand acres (4690
hectares), equals the record low plantings of 1980. Harvested area is also
expected to total 11.6 thousand acres (4690 hectares), 1 percent above last
year but 3 percent below 1979. Yields are expected to average 207 cwt per
acre, 2 cwt above 1980 and 7 cwt above 1979.

In Florida, planting is nearly complete except in Dade County where heavy
rains in the early season delayed progress. Harvest in early fields is
expected to begin during the last half of January. Estimated production for
Florida is 1 percent above 1980 and 5 percent: above 1979.

The forecast production for California is 2 percent above last year but 9
percent below 1979. Compared with last year, yield is expected to be up 5 cwt
while acreage is unchanged. Harvest is underway in Kern and Riverside
Counties with good quality reported.

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981 8 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA


DECEMBER HARVEST PROGRESS

At the beginning of December, harvest of most row crops was nearly complete. Exceptions
included cotton picking in Texas and the Southwest and soybean combining in the Delta and the
Southeast. A few corn fields remained for harvest in the South Atlantic and South Central
States. Harvesting was delayed in many areas across the South in late November by rain and wet
field conditions; even so, progress was generally ahead of schedule as December began. By the
end of the month the corn harvest was finished and soybean combining was rapidly drawing to a
close. Very few soybean fields remained for harvest in the Southeast and in Texas. Grain
sorghum harvest was virtually complete by December 1.

ay

Cotton picking in the 14 major producing States reached 80 percent complete by the end of
November, 5 points ahead of last year. Picking in most States was 90 percent complete or
better, except 50 percent in New Mexico, 69 percent in Texas, and 75 percent in Arizona; growers
in Louisiana, Missouri, and Tennessee had finished. At the beginning of December all States
except New Mexico were ahead of schedule. Rain and snow delayed picking in Texas during the
early part of the month. By the end of December, picking was 90 percent complete in Texas, and
nearly finished in Arizona and New Mexico. Growers shredded, disked, and plowed down stalks as
fields were harvested and gleaned.

DECEMBER WEATHER SUMMARY

Storm systems moving through the Pacific Northwest brought significant rain from northern
California to the Rockies and snow through the northern Rockies and Plains. Subsequent warming
throughout the West melted snowpack in all but the higher elevations and caused flooding ia
western Washington and Oregon. An area from central Texas to the western Great Lakes
accumulated above-normal precipitation, but the eastern third of the Nation was relatively dry.
Temperatures averaged colder than normal in the northeast and the Southeast but were warmer than
normal in the West and central areas.

FIRST WEEK...A cold airmass moved southeastward early in the week and rapidly covered the
entire United States east of the Rockies. At the same time, a low pressure system off the
northwest Pacific coast brought rain, with snow at higher elevations, to nearly all of the
western United States. Rain fell heavily, at times, along the West coast and was accompanied by
high winds as the storm system moved southward along the coast. After midweek, the cold air
moved into the Atlantic, and warmer air edged northeastward through Texas. The moisture-laden
air spread rain from Texas to the-Great Lakes. The precipitation fell as freezing rain in the
Lakes area. Also, after midweek, a surge of arctic air pushed into the northern Plains and
spread over the northern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest.

SECOND WEEK...The warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico continued to flow northward
through Texas. The warmer air met the cold air, which had advanced to a line from the western
Great Lakes to centra) Texas at the beginning of the week, and set off some heavy showers and
even some thunderstorms in Ok}ahoma and Kansas. Much of the winter wheat in the central Plains
received some welcome moisture. Freezing rain occasionally fell behind the cold front from
Missouri northward. Precipitation covered most of eastern United States as the cold air
advanced. Successive surges of cold air moving across the Great Lakes triggered snow nearly
every day. Meanwhile, to the west of the cold air, migh winds blowing down the eastern slopes
of the Rockies brought unseasonably high temperatures to the High Plains.

THIRD WEEK...Another surge of cold air moved into the eastern portion of the northern
Plains. A complex storm system developed as the cold air moved into the Ohio Valley. One low
pressure center moved northeastward spreading snow from the Great Lakes to the east coast and
north of Pennsylvania. Another center moved southeastward and spread rain from Virginia through
Florida. High pressure centered on the Plateau continued to cause downslope flow along the
eastern Rockies. This condition kept the High Plains, and the West in general, warmer than
normal. Late in the week, a Pacific weather system spread rain from northern California through
the Pacific Northwest.

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981 . 4 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA


UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY
(METRIC UNITS)

CITRUS FRUITS, PRODUCTION t/

INDICATED 1980-81

CROP
METRIC TONS
ORANGES : 10 740 160 10 783 710 10 761 030
GRAPEFRUIT : 2 708 850 2 638 090 2 609 060
LEMONS 718 770 996 090 1 909 700

y “SEASON BEGINS WITH THE BLOOM OF THE FIRST YEAR SHOWN AND ENO:
THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

COTTON

PRODUCTION

1980: 1979 1980

3 HECTARES METRIC TONS”
L : § 192 540 5 256 480 0.61 0.46 3185 140 2 422 060
‘UPLAND 5 156 480 5 227 460 0.61 0.46 3.163 670 2 400 660
AMER -PIMA 36 060 29 020 0.60 0.74 ay 470 23 400

WINTER POTATOES

1981 : 1980 : 1981

INDICATED + INDICATED
1981 1981

23.05 23.18 107 180 108 730

NETRIC TONS

98 161 020 83 462 810
30 250 980

The CROP PRODUCTION report contains State and National estimates with related informat fon
on selected agricultural commodities. These data were prepared and adopted by the Crop Re-
porting Board which consists of commodity statisticians from the field offices and Washington
headquarters.

APPROVED: CROP REPORTING BOARD:
a. L. Olson, Chairman,

C. A. Hudson, Acting Secretary,
D. W. Barrownan, RL. Schulte,
R. P. Small, B. A. Nelson,
R. L. Addison, R. M. Albert,
T. ds Byram, R. 0. Fenley,
T. W. Jean, D. C. Johnson,
R. W. Milton, H. M. Nishimoto.

SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981 3 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA


UNITED STATES CROP SUMMARY
(DOMESTIC UNITS)

CITRUS FRUITS, PRODUCTION Vf

INDICATED 1980-81

JAN 1, 1981

1,000 BOXES
ORANGES : 273,830 275,600 275,000
GRAPEFRUIT 73,200 71,400 70,600
LEMONS 20,750 28,900 29,300

1/_ SEASON BEGINS WITH THE BLOOM OF THE FIRST YEAR SHOWN AND ENDS WITH THE COMPLETION OF HARVEST
THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

COTTON

PRODUCTION 480-L!
NET WEIGHT BALES

AREA HARVESTED YLELO PER ACRE

1,000 ACRES POUNDS 1,000 BALES
ALL : 12,830.9 12, 988.9 547 4it 14,629.3 11,124.5
UPLAND : 12,741.8 12,917.2 547 410 14,530.7 11,026.2
AMER-PIMA 89.1 1.7 §31 658 98.6 98.3

AREA PLANTED AREA HARVESTED

: : INDICATED
1981 : 1980 : 198)
— — ww""7;000 ACRES
11.6 11.6 11.5 11.6

INDICATED
1981

INDICATED
1981

CROP PRODUCTION, JANUARY 1981 2 CROP REPORTING BOARD, ESS, USDA