HDR1012000110011011950830Crop Production Highlights & Summary                   
HDR2012000110011011950830Crop Prod. Corn and Soybean Highlights                 
                                                                                
Released October 11, 1995, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service      
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Crop Production" call (202) 720-2127, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information 
about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at   
1-800-727-9540 or E-mail:  NASS@AG.GOV.  Forecasts refer to October 1, 1995.    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                        Corn and Soybean Production Down                        
                                                                                
Corn production is forecast at 7.54 billion bushels, down 25 percent from the   
record high 1994 production of 10.1 billion bushels and 4 percent below the     
September 1 forecast.  Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected 
to average 116.6 bushels per acre, down 4.5 bushels from last month and         
22.0 bushels below a year earlier.  Acreage for harvest for grain is estimated  
at 64.7 million acres, the same as last month.  The late planting in Illinois,  
Indiana, Iowa, and Nebraska, coupled with the early freeze, reduced yield       
prospects from the September 1 forecast.                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Soybean production is forecast at 2.19 billion bushels as of October 1, down    
4 percent from the September 1 forecast and 13 percent below 1994.  Yield is    
forecast at 35.5 bushels per acre, 1.5 bushels below September 1 and 5.9 bushels
below 1994.  Dry conditions in late August and September and the early frost    
resulted in a lower yield.  A lower pod weight was partially offset by a        
slightly higher pod count.  Pods counted in the October survey indicate the     
second highest average on record.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Index and report features are located at the end of this report.                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Cr Pr 2-2 (10-95)                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                      Cotton Down 6 Percent From Last Month                     
                                                                                
All cotton production declined to 19.1 million bales, down 6 percent from last  
month and 3 percent below 1994.  Continued damage from insects and dry          
conditions in most portions of the cotton belt lowered yield potential.  Heavy  
rains and unseasonably cool temperatures during September also diminished       
prospects in West Texas.  Yields are down 129 pounds from last year's record    
high and down 36 pounds from one month earlier.  Any effects from hurricane Opal
occurred after the data collection period for this month and are not reflected  
in this report.                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
All orange production for 1995-96 is expected to be the second largest crop on  
record, at 11.7 million tons, up slightly from last season.  Florida production 
amounts to 202 million boxes (9.09 million tons), 2 percent below last season   
but 16 percent above two years ago.  This output will rank as the third largest 
crop on record.  Early and mid-season varieties are expected to produce a record
high 122 million boxes (5.49 million tons), 2 percent above last year.  The     
Valencia forecast is 80.0 million boxes (3.60 million tons), 7 percent below a  
year ago.  California all orange production is set at 66.0 million boxes        
(2.48 million tons), 8 percent more than last season.  The Navel orange forecast
was unchanged from September at 38.0 million boxes (1.43 million tons), up      
9 percent from 35.0 million boxes, a year ago.  The initial California Valencia 
forecast is 28.0 million boxes (1.05 million tons), 8 percent more than last    
year.                                                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
Florida frozen concentrated orange juice yield for the 1995-96 season is        
forecast at 1.54 gallons per box at 42.0 degrees Brix.  The forecast projects   
the final yield as reported by the Florida Citrus Processors Association.  The  
final 1994-95 yield for all fruit used in FCOJ was 1.50 gallons per box at      
42.0 degrees Brix.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
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This report was approved on October 11, 1995, by the Acting Secretary of        
Agriculture and the National Agricultural Statistics Service's Agricultural     
Statistics Board.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
        Richard E. Rominger                              Rich Allen             
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        Acting Secretary of                    Agricultural Statistics Board    
            Agriculture                                  Chairperson            
        Richard E. Rominger                              Rich Allen             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110011011950830Area Planted and Harvested                             
                                                                                
            Crop Summary:  Area Planted and Harvested, United States,           
                       1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995                      
                                (Domestic Units)                                
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                         :       Area Planted       :      Area Harvested 1/    
          Crop           :----------------------------------------------------  
                         :     1994    :    1995    :    1994    :    1995      
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                         :                     1,000 Acres                      
                         :                                                      
                         :                                                      
Corn                     :    79,158       71,308       72,917       64,682     
Sorghum                  :     9,772        9,112        8,967        8,301     
Rice                     :   3,353.0      3,165.0      3,316.0      3,111.0     
Soybeans                 :    61,670       62,585       60,859       61,716     
Peanuts                  :   1,641.0      1,565.0      1,618.5      1,524.5     
Sunflower                :     3,567        3,608        3,430        3,484     
All Cotton               :  13,720.1     16,665.0     13,322.3     15,880.5     
  Upland                 :  13,551.6     16,470.0     13,155.9     15,688.0     
  Amer-Pima              :     168.5        195.0        166.4        192.5     
All Hay                  :                              58,744       60,228     
  Alfalfa                :                              24,222       24,639     
  All Other              :                              34,522       35,589     
Dry Edible Beans         :   2,025.8      2,049.7      1,845.2      1,907.8     
Dry Edible Peas 2/       :     131.0        166.0        128.0        163.0     
Austrian Winter          :                                                      
  Peas 2/                :       7.0         10.9          4.6          6.7     
Lentils 2/               :     180.0        148.0        178.0        143.0     
Tobacco                  :                               671.2        674.0     
Sugarbeets               :   1,475.8      1,449.6      1,443.0      1,428.8     
Sugarcane for            :                                                      
 Sugar and Seed          :                               936.8        932.3     
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1/  Harvested for principal use of each crop, ie., grain, beans, etc.           
2/  1994 revised.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110011011950830Yield per Acre and Production                          
                                                                                
          Crop Summary:  Yield per Acre and Production, United States,          
                       1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995                      
                                (Domestic Units)                                
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                         : Yield per Acre:             Production               
      Crop and Unit      :---------------------------------------------------   
                         :       :       :           :   Sep 1,  :   Oct 1,     
                         :  1994 :  1995 :   1994    :    1995   :    1995      
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                         :                  ------------- 1,000 ------------    
                         :                                                      
Corn for Grain       Bu  : 138.6   116.6  10,103,030   7,832,140   7,541,400    
Sorghum for Grain    "   :  73.0    59.2     655,021     537,699     491,824    
Rice 1/              Cwt : 5,964   5,710     197,779     181,768     177,642    
Soybeans for Beans   Bu  :  41.4    35.5   2,516,694   2,284,551   2,190,661    
Peanuts              Lb  : 2,624   2,302   4,247,455   3,580,100   3,510,100    
Sunflower             "  : 1,410   1,313   4,836,185               4,574,450    
All Cotton 1/        Bale:   708     579    19,662.0    20,265.7    19,143.7    
  Upland 1/          "   :   705     574    19,324.3    19,897.7    18,770.7    
  Amer-Pima 1/       "   :   974     930       337.7       368.0       373.0    
Cottonseed           Ton :                   7,603.9     7,818.7     7,373.7    
All Hay 3/           "   :  2.56    2.61     150,124     157,374     157,003    
  Alfalfa 3/         "   :  3.36    3.49      81,398      86,082      85,906    
  All Other 3/       "   :  1.99    2.00      68,726      71,292      71,097    
Dry Edible Beans 1/3/Cwt : 1,582   1,603      29,187      32,078      30,584    
Dry Edible Peas 1/2/ "   : 1,762   2,300       2,255                   3,749    
Austrian Winter          :                                                      
  Peas 1/2/          "   : 1,109   1,507          51                     101    
Lentils 1/2/         "   : 1,043   1,352       1,856                   1,934    
All Tobacco          Lb  : 2,358   1,940   1,582,816   1,347,334   1,307,904    
Sugarbeets           Ton :  22.2    20.2      31,994      29,086      28,833    
Sugarcane for            :                                                      
Sugar and Seed       "   :  33.0    32.4      30,929      29,059      30,222    
Apples, Comm'l 3/    Lb  :                11,335,500  11,185,500  11,135,500    
Grapes 3/            Ton :                   5,870.6     5,772.5     5,776.5    
Pecans               Lb  :                   199,000     248,000     248,000    
Hazelnuts 4/         Ton :                      21.1        38.0        38.0    
                         :                                                      
Citrus Fruits 5/         :                   1994-95     1995-96     1995-96    
                         :                                                      
  Oranges            Ton :                    11,616                  11,659    
  Grapefruit         "   :                     2,912                   2,821    
  Lemons             "   :                       916                   1,045    
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1/  Yield in pounds.                                                            
2/  1994 revised.                                                               
3/  September estimate carried forward from August 1.                           
4/  September 1 forecast carried forward from "Hazelnut Production" released    
    August 24, 1995.                                                            
5/  Season begins with the bloom of the first year shown and ends with the      
    completion of harvest the following year.                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110011011950830Area Planted and Harvested                             
                                                                                
                   Crop Summary:  Area Planted and Harvested,                   
                     United States, 1994-95 (Domestic Units)                    
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                         :       Area Planted       :     Area Harvested        
          Crop           :----------------------------------------------------  
                         :     1994    :    1995 1/ :    1994    :    1995 1/   
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                         :                     1,000 Acres                      
                         :                                                      
Flaxseed                 :       178          213          171          206     
Potatoes                 :                                                      
  Winter 2/              :      12.9         13.3         12.3         11.9     
  Spring                 :      91.6         88.6         90.4         86.8     
  Summer                 :      95.8         72.5         92.3         70.7     
  Fall                   :   1,220.1      1,220.0      1,187.7      1,199.9     
  Total 2/               :   1,420.4      1,394.4      1,382.7      1,369.3     
Sweetpotatoes            :      86.1         87.0         82.8         83.6     
Hops                     :                                42.4         43.5     
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1/  1995 estimates carried forward from earlier forecast.                       
2/  1995 revised.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                 Crop Summary:  Yield per Acre and Production,                  
                     United States, 1994-95 (Domestic Units)                    
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                         :     Yield per Acre        :        Production        
      Crop and Unit      :----------------------------------------------------  
                         :    1994   :   1995 1/     :    1994    :   1995 1/   
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                         :                           ------- 1,000 -------      
                         :                                                      
Potatoes                 :                                                      
  Winter 2/          Cwt :      193        208           2,372       2,473      
  Spring             "   :      251        258          22,646      22,387      
  Summer             "   :      243        249          22,391      17,590      
  Fall               "   :      354                    420,515                  
  Total              "   :      338                    467,924                  
Hops                 Lb  :    1,758      1,748        74,559.6    75,972.0      
Peaches              "   :                           2,506,500   2,492,700      
Pears                Ton :                             1,046.2       963.3      
Sweet Cherries       "   :                               207.2       135.7      
Tart Cherries        Lb  :                             287,800     391,000      
Apricots             Ton :                               158.2        67.5      
Olives (CA)          "   :                                84.0        85.0      
Dried Prunes (CA)    "   :                               193.0       185.0      
Prunes and Plums         :                                                      
  (Excl CA)          "   :                                38.1        25.0      
Almonds (CA)         Lb  :                             730,000     310,000      
Walnuts (CA)         Ton :                               232.0       220.0      
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1/  1995 estimates carried forward from earlier forecast.                       
2/  1995 revised.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
            Crop Summary:  Area Planted and Harvested, United States,           
                       1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995                      
                                 (Metric Units)                                 
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                      :       Area Planted        :      Area Harvested 1/      
         Crop         :-------------------------------------------------------  
                      :     1994    :     1995    :     1994    :    1995       
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                      :                        Hectares                         
                      :                                                         
                      :                                                         
Corn                  :  32,034,450    28,857,630    29,508,780   26,176,160    
Sorghum               :   3,954,630     3,687,540     3,628,860    3,359,330    
Rice                  :   1,356,930     1,280,840     1,341,950    1,258,990    
Soybeans              :  24,957,230    25,327,520    24,629,030   24,975,850    
Peanuts               :     664,100       633,340       654,990      616,950    
Sunflower             :   1,443,530     1,460,120     1,388,090    1,409,940    
All Cotton            :   5,552,390     6,744,160     5,391,400    6,426,680    
  Upland              :   5,484,200     6,665,240     5,324,060    6,348,780    
  Amer-Pima           :      68,190        78,910        67,340       77,900    
All Hay               :                              23,773,110   24,373,670    
  Alfalfa             :                               9,802,400    9,971,160    
  All Other           :                              13,970,710   14,402,510    
Dry Edible Beans      :     819,820       829,490       746,730      772,070    
Dry Edible Peas 2/    :      53,010        67,180        51,800       65,960    
Austrian Winter       :                                                         
  Peas 2/             :       2,830         4,410         1,860        2,710    
Lentils 2/            :      72,840        59,890        72,030       57,870    
Tobacco               :                                 271,610      272,780    
Sugarbeets            :     597,240       586,640       583,970      578,220    
Sugarcane for         :                                                         
 Sugar and Seed       :                                 379,110      377,290    
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1/  Harvested for principal use of each crop, ie., grain, beans, etc.           
2/  1994 revised.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   Crop Summary:  Area Planted and Harvested,                   
                      United States, 1994-95 (Metric Units)                     
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                      :       Area Planted       :       Area Harvested         
         Crop         :-------------------------------------------------------  
                      :     1994    :    1995 1/ :     1994     :    1995 1/    
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                      :                      Hectares                           
                      :                                                         
Flaxseed              :      72,030        86,200        69,200       83,370    
Potatoes              :                                                         
  Winter 2/           :       5,220         5,380         4,980        4,820    
  Spring              :      37,070        35,860        36,580       35,130    
  Summer              :      38,770        29,340        37,350       28,610    
  Fall                :     493,760       493,720       480,650      485,590    
  Total 2/            :     574,820       564,300       559,560      554,140    
Sweetpotatoes         :      34,840        35,210        33,510       33,830    
Hops                  :                                  17,160       17,580    
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1/  1995 estimates carried forward from earlier forecast.                       
2/  1995 revised.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110011011950830Yield per Hectare and Production                       
                                                                                
        Crop Summary:  Yield per Hectare and Production, United States,         
                       1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995                      
                                 (Metric Units)                                 
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                      :Yield per Hectare:             Production                
         Crop         :-------------------------------------------------------  
                      :        :        :           :   Sep 1,   :   Oct 1,     
                      :  1994  :  1995  :   1994    :    1995    :    1995      
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                      :                      Metric Tons                        
                      :                                                         
Corn for Grain        :  8.70     7.32  256,628,780  198,945,520  191,560,380   
Sorghum for Grain     :  4.58     3.72   16,638,300   13,658,180   12,492,910   
Rice                  :  6.69     6.40    8,971,110    8,244,860    8,057,710   
Soybeans for Beans    :  2.78     2.39   68,493,190   62,175,290   59,620,020   
Peanuts               :  2.94     2.58    1,926,610    1,623,910    1,592,150   
Sunflower             :  1.58     1.47    2,193,660                 2,074,940   
All Cotton            :  0.79     0.65    4,280,900    4,412,330    4,168,050   
  Upland              :  0.79     0.64    4,207,370    4,332,210    4,086,840   
  Amer-Pima           :  1.09     1.04       73,530       80,120       81,210   
Cottonseed            :                   6,898,140    7,093,010    6,689,310   
All Hay 1/            :  5.73     5.84  136,190,200  142,767,290  142,430,720   
  Alfalfa 1/          :  7.53     7.82   73,843,020   78,092,280   77,932,610   
  All Other 1/        :  4.46     4.48   62,347,180   64,675,010   64,498,110   
Dry Edible Beans 1/   :  1.77     1.80    1,323,900    1,455,030    1,387,270   
Dry Edible Peas 2/    :  1.97     2.58      102,290                   170,050   
Austrian Winter       :                                                         
  Peas 2/             :  1.24     1.69        2,310                     4,580   
Lentils 2/            :  1.17     1.52       84,190                    87,720   
All Tobacco           :  2.64     2.24      717,950      611,140      593,260   
Sugarbeets            : 49.70    45.63   29,024,470   26,386,380   26,156,860   
Sugarcane for         :                                                         
 Sugar and Seed       : 74.01    69.87   28,058,320   26,361,880   27,416,940   
Apples, Comm'l 1/     :                   5,141,700    5,073,660    5,050,980   
Grapes 1/             :                   5,325,720    5,236,720    5,240,350   
Pecans                :                      90,260      112,490      112,490   
Hazelnuts 3/          :                      19,140       34,470       34,470   
                      :                                                         
Citrus Fruits 4/      :                     1994-95      1995-96      1995-96   
                      :                                                         
  Oranges             :                  10,537,860                10,576,870   
  Grapefruit          :                   2,641,720                 2,559,170   
  Lemons              :                     830,980                   948,010   
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1/  September estimate carried forward from August 1.                           
2/  1994 revised.                                                               
3/  September 1 forecast carried forward from mid-August forecast published     
    August 24, 1995.                                                            
4/  Season begins with the bloom of the first year shown and ends with the      
    completion of harvest the following year.                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                Crop Summary:  Yield per Hectare and Production,                
                      United States, 1994-95 (Metric Units)                     
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                         :     Yield per Hectare  :       Production            
          Crop           :----------------------------------------------------  
                         :     1994  :    1995 1/ :    1994   :    1995 1/      
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                         :                     Metric Tons                      
                         :                                                      
Potatoes                 :                                                      
  Winter 2/              :     21.60      24.39        107,590      117,570     
  Spring                 :     28.08      28.91      1,027,210    1,015,460     
  Summer                 :     27.19      27.89      1,015,640      797,870     
  Fall                   :     39.68                19,074,240                  
  Total                  :     37.93                21,224,680                  
Hops                     :      1.97       1.96         33,820       34,460     
Peaches                  :                           1,136,930    1,130,670     
Pears                    :                             949,050      873,890     
Sweet Cherries           :                             187,970      123,100     
Tart Cherries            :                             130,540      177,350     
Apricots                 :                             143,520       61,230     
Olives (CA)              :                              76,200       77,110     
Dried Prunes (CA)        :                             175,090      167,830     
Prunnes and Plums        :                                                      
  (Excl CA)              :                              34,560       22,680     
Almonds (CA)             :                             331,120      140,610     
Walnuts (CA)             :                             210,470      199,580     
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1/  1995 estimates carried forward from earlier forecast.                       
2/  1995 revised.                                                               
                                                                                
HDR1012000110111011950830Crop Production State Tables                           
HDR2012000110111011950830Corn for Grain Table                                   
                                                                                
        Corn for Grain:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by State        
             and United States, 1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995             
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        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :      Production       
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1995       :          :            
        :  1994  :  1995  :   1994  :-------------------:   1994   :    1995    
        :        :        :         :  Sep 1  :  Oct 1  :          :            
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        : - 1,000 Acres -      ------ Bushels ------     --- 1,000 Bushels ---  
        :                                                                       
AL      :    260      220     96.0      70.0      70.0       24,960     15,400  
AZ 1/   :     15       20    170.0     160.0     160.0        2,550      3,200  
AR 1/   :     90       85    120.0     125.0     125.0       10,800     10,625  
CA      :    170      140    165.0     160.0     165.0       28,050     23,100  
CO      :    890      800    150.0     145.0     135.0      133,500    108,000  
CT 2/   :                                                                       
DE      :    150      142    125.0     100.0      95.0       18,750     13,490  
FL 1/   :     80       60     85.0      77.0      77.0        6,800      4,620  
GA      :    540      360    106.0     100.0     100.0       57,240     36,000  
ID 1/   :     35       35    140.0     140.0     140.0        4,900      4,900  
IL      : 11,450   10,000    156.0     126.0     117.0    1,786,200  1,170,000  
IN      :  5,960    5,200    144.0     125.0     119.0      858,240    618,800  
IA      : 12,700   11,500    152.0     125.0     121.0    1,930,400  1,391,500  
KS      :  2,130    1,950    143.0     140.0     135.0      304,590    263,250  
KY      :  1,220    1,150    128.0     122.0     122.0      156,160    140,300  
LA 1/   :    306      235    115.0     105.0     105.0       35,190     24,675  
ME 2/   :                                                                       
MD      :    390      380    118.0     105.0     100.0       46,020     38,000  
MA 2/   :                                                                       
MI      :  2,230    2,100    117.0     120.0     120.0      260,910    252,000  
MN      :  6,450    6,000    142.0     130.0     123.0      915,900    738,000  
MS 1/   :    305      275    100.0      95.0      95.0       30,500     26,125  
MO      :  2,300    1,350    119.0     105.0     107.0      273,700    144,450  
MT 1/   :     20       18    135.0     140.0     140.0        2,700      2,520  
NE      :  8,300    7,800    139.0     120.0     114.0    1,153,700    889,200  
NH 2/   :                                                                       
NJ 1/   :     81       82    119.0     110.0     110.0        9,639      9,020  
NM 1/   :     85       85    150.0     170.0     170.0       12,750     14,450  
NY      :    590      560    116.0      97.0      97.0       68,440     54,320  
NC      :    900      800     91.0     105.0     110.0       81,900     88,000  
ND      :    540      400    100.0      82.0      85.0       54,000     34,000  
OH      :  3,500    3,150    139.0     122.0     122.0      486,500    384,300  
OK 1/   :    165      125    100.0     120.0     120.0       16,500     15,000  
OR 1/   :     20       17    170.0     140.0     140.0        3,400      2,380  
PA      :  1,030      990    120.0     106.0     104.0      123,600    102,960  
RI 2/   :                                                                       
SC      :    345      280     85.0      89.0      89.0       29,325     24,920  
SD      :  3,400    2,300    108.0      80.0      79.0      367,200    181,700  
TN      :    570      570    116.0     120.0     120.0       66,120     68,400  
TX      :  2,040    2,100    117.0     115.0     113.0      238,680    237,300  
UT 1/   :     22       23    130.0     125.0     125.0        2,860      2,875  
VT 2/   :                                                                       
VA      :    350      300     98.0     100.0     100.0       34,300     30,000  
WA 1/   :    105      105    185.0     190.0     190.0       19,425     19,950  
WV 1/   :     35       35    105.0     110.0     110.0        3,675      3,850  
WI      :  3,100    2,900    141.0     124.0     119.0      437,100    345,100  
WY 1/   :     48       40    122.0     118.0     118.0        5,856      4,720  
        :                                                                       
US      : 72,917   64,682    138.6     121.1     116.6   10,103,030  7,541,400  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.            
2/ Not estimated.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Sorghum for Grain                                      
                                                                                
      Sorghum for Grain:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by State       
             and United States, 1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :      Production       
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1995       :          :            
        :  1994  :  1995  :   1994  :-------------------:   1994   :    1995    
        :        :        :         :  Sep 1  :  Oct 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :-- 1,000 Acres --    ------- Bushels -------     -- 1,000 Bushels --   
        :                                                                       
AL 1/   :     20       8     45.0      40.0      40.0         900         320   
AR      :    245     185     75.0      60.0      70.0      18,375      12,950   
CO      :    170     220     45.0      42.0      40.0       7,650       8,800   
GA 1/   :     40      30     50.0      38.0      38.0       2,000       1,140   
IL      :    180     170     99.0      83.0      79.0      17,820      13,430   
KS      :  3,000   2,900     77.0      68.0      60.0     231,000     174,000   
KY 1/   :     11      16     92.0      90.0      90.0       1,012       1,440   
LA      :    123      82     68.0      65.0      65.0       8,364       5,330   
MS      :     70      45     75.0      74.0      74.0       5,250       3,330   
MO      :    550     550     90.0      87.0      81.0      49,500      44,550   
NE      :  1,250   1,050     98.0      72.0      61.0     122,500      64,050   
NM      :    180     195     38.0      37.0      33.0       6,840       6,435   
NC 1/   :     20      15     55.0      50.0      50.0       1,100         750   
OK      :    280     280     50.0      52.0      52.0      14,000      14,560   
SC 1/   :      8       8     40.0      35.0      35.0         320         280   
SD      :    190     180     65.0      41.0      41.0      12,350       7,380   
TN 1/   :     30      17     88.0      87.0      87.0       2,640       1,479   
TX      :  2,600   2,350     59.0      60.0      56.0     153,400     131,600   
        :                                                                       
US      :  8,967   8,301     73.0      65.0      59.2     655,021     491,824   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Rice                                                   
                                                                                
             Rice:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by State             
             and United States, 1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :      Production       
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1995       :          :            
        :  1994  :  1995  :   1994  :-------------------:   1994   :    1995    
        :        :        :         :  Sep 1  :  Oct 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :- 1,000 Acres -     -------- Pounds ---------     --- 1,000 Cwt ----   
        :                                                                       
AR      :  1,420   1,340     5,700     5,600     5,550     80,940      74,370   
CA      :    485     448     8,500     8,300     8,150     41,224      36,512   
LA      :    620     590     4,750     4,750     4,550     29,448      26,845   
MS      :    313     295     5,900     5,700     5,500     18,467      16,225   
MO 1/   :    124     100     5,200     5,100     5,100      6,448       5,100   
TX      :    354     338     6,000     5,800     5,500     21,252      18,590   
        :                                                                       
US      :  3,316   3,111     5,964     5,843     5,710    197,779     177,642   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   Rice:  Production by Class, United States,                   
                     1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      Year     :   Long Grain  :  Medium Grain :  Short Grain  :      All       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
               :                           1,000 Cwt                            
               :                                                                
1993           :     103,064         51,873          1,173          156,110     
1994           :     133,445         63,390            944          197,779     
1995 1/        :     125,436         51,290            916          177,642     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Indicated October 1, 1995, rice class forecasts are based on a five-year    
    average of class percentages.  The class percentages are adjusted as data   
    become available through the growing season.                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Soybeans for Beans                                     
                                                                                
      Soybeans for Beans:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by State      
             and United States, 1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :      Production       
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1995       :          :            
        : 1994 1/:  1995  : 1994 1/ :-------------------:  1994 1/ :    1995    
        :        :        :         :  Sep 1  :  Oct 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        : - 1,000 Acres -     ------- Bushels -------    --- 1,000 Bushels ---  
        :                                                                       
AL      :    295      220    31.0      25.0      25.0        9,145      5,500   
AR      :  3,400    3,300    34.0      30.0      28.0      115,600     92,400   
DE      :    220      230    36.5      29.0      22.0        8,030      5,060   
FL 2/   :     42       28    31.0      32.0      32.0        1,302        896   
GA      :    500      320    31.0      24.0      24.0       15,500      7,680   
IL      :  9,430    9,650    45.5      41.0      40.0      429,065    386,000   
IN      :  4,580    5,180    47.0      44.0      40.0      215,260    207,200   
IA      :  8,770    9,150    50.5      44.0      43.0      442,885    393,450   
KS      :  2,100    2,050    35.0      30.0      26.0       73,500     53,300   
KY      :  1,130    1,080    37.5      37.0      34.0       42,375     36,720   
LA      :  1,120    1,030    28.5      30.0      25.0       31,920     25,750   
MD      :    550      540    35.5      33.0      28.0       19,525     15,120   
MI      :  1,540    1,490    37.0      39.0      39.0       56,980     58,110   
MN      :  5,600    5,900    40.0      38.0      38.0      224,000    224,200   
MS      :  1,870    1,900    30.5      28.0      25.0       57,035     47,500   
MO      :  4,560    4,700    38.0      31.0      30.0      173,280    141,000   
NE      :  2,860    2,960    47.0      34.0      31.0      134,420     91,760   
NJ 2/   :    147      118    34.5      40.0      40.0        5,072      4,720   
NC      :  1,350    1,050    31.0      23.0      23.0       41,850     24,150   
ND      :    610      630    31.0      25.0      27.0       18,910     17,010   
OH      :  3,990    4,080    43.5      42.0      41.0      173,565    167,280   
OK 2/   :    290      285    32.0      27.0      27.0        9,280      7,695   
PA 2/   :    315      315    42.0      44.0      44.0       13,230     13,860   
SC      :    580      530    27.0      24.0      24.0       15,660     12,720   
SD      :  2,400    2,400    38.0      28.0      27.0       91,200     64,800   
TN      :  1,050    1,080    36.5      33.0      31.0       38,325     33,480   
TX      :    210      210    33.5      28.0      27.0        7,035      5,670   
VA      :    520      490    32.0      27.0      27.0       16,640     13,230   
WI      :    830      800    43.5      43.0      43.0       36,105     34,400   
        :                                                                       
US      : 60,859   61,716    41.4      37.0      35.5    2,516,694  2,190,661   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Revised.                                                                    
2/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Soybeans                                               
                                                                                
          Soybeans:  Area Planted by State and United States, 1994 1/           
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
       :                              ::        :                               
 State :       Area Planted           ::  State :        Area Planted           
       :                              ::        :                               
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
       :       1,000 Acres            ::        :        1,000 Acres            
       :                              ::        :                               
AL     :            310               :: MO     :           4,600               
AR     :          3,450               :: NE     :           2,900               
DE     :            225               :: NJ     :             150               
FL     :             45               :: NC     :           1,400               
GA     :            520               :: ND     :             640               
IL     :          9,500               :: OH     :           4,000               
IN     :          4,600               :: OK     :             300               
IA     :          8,800               :: PA     :             320               
KS     :          2,150               :: SC     :             600               
KY     :          1,150               :: SD     :           2,430               
LA     :          1,150               :: TN     :           1,100               
MD     :            560               :: TX     :             220               
MI     :          1,550               :: VA     :             540               
MN     :          5,700               :: WI     :             860               
MS     :          1,900               ::        :                               
       :                              :: US     :          61,670               
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Revised.                                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Sunflower                                              
                                                                                
       Sunflower:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by Type, State,       
           and United States, 1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Varietal:  Area Harvested :      Yield      :            Production            
  Type & :--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State  :  1994  :  1995  :  1994  :  1995  :   1993   :   1994   :    1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
         : - 1,000 Acres -   --- Pounds ---    -------- 1,000 Pounds --------   
         :                                                                      
Oil      :                                                                      
  CO     :     69      77    1,000               60,480     69,000              
  KS     :    190     185    1,400              153,900    266,000              
  MN     :    375     380    1,300              286,000    487,500              
  NE     :     44      71    1,050               38,150     46,200              
  ND     :  1,310   1,300    1,450              814,800  1,899,500              
  SD     :    896     921    1,550              763,270  1,388,800              
  TX     :     20      19    1,100               12,000     22,000              
         :                                                                      
  Oth    :                                                                      
   Sts   :     39      45    1,145               31,668     44,655              
         :                                                                      
  US 1/  :  2,943   2,998    1,435            2,160,268  4,223,655              
         :                                                                      
Non-oil  :                                                                      
  CO     :     26      33    1,050               28,520     27,300              
  KS     :     54      65    1,200               41,070     64,800              
  MN     :    100      67    1,125               96,000    112,500              
  NE     :     27      43    1,000               27,060     27,000              
  ND     :    225     210    1,350              152,100    303,750              
  SD     :     24      29    1,600               25,650     38,400              
  TX     :     13      19    1,100               20,400     14,300              
         :                                                                      
  Oth    :                                                                      
   Sts   :     18      20    1,360               20,995     24,480              
         :                                                                      
  US 1/  :    487     486    1,258              411,795    612,530              
         :                                                                      
All      :                                                                      
  CO     :     95     110    1,014      950      89,000     96,300    104,500   
  KS     :    244     250    1,356    1,210     194,970    330,800    302,500   
  MN     :    475     447    1,263    1,250     382,000    600,000    558,750   
  NE     :     71     114    1,031    1,000      65,210     73,200    114,000   
  ND     :  1,535   1,510    1,435    1,360     966,900  2,203,250  2,053,600   
  SD     :    920     950    1,551    1,380     788,920  1,427,200  1,311,000   
  TX     :     33      38    1,100    1,200      32,400     36,300     45,600   
         :                                                                      
  Oth    :                                                                      
   Sts   :     57      65    1,213    1,300      52,663     69,135     84,500   
         :                                                                      
  US 1/  :  3,430   3,484    1,410    1,313   2,572,063  4,836,185  4,574,450   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates include all States except AK and HI.                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                  Sunflower:  Area Planted, by Varietal Type,                   
                       State, and United States, 1994                           
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
               :                         Varietal Type                          
     State     :--------------------------------------------------------------- 
               :         Oil        :       Non-Oil       :         All         
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
               :                          1,000 Acres                           
               :                                                                
CO             :           72                  28                   100         
KS             :          200                  60                   260         
MN             :          390                 110                   500         
NE             :           47                  28                    75         
ND             :        1,350                 240                 1,590         
SD             :          915                  25                   940         
TX             :           21                  13                    34         
               :                                                                
Oth Sts        :           46                  22                    68         
               :                                                                
US             :        3,041                 526                 3,567         
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Peanuts                                                
                                                                                
           Peanuts:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by State            
             and United States, 1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :     Production 1/     
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1995       :          :            
        :  1994  :  1995  :   1994  :-------------------:   1994   :    1995    
        :        :        :         :  Sep 1  :  Oct 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :   1,000 Acres      --------- Pounds --------   ---- 1,000 Pounds ---  
        :                                                                       
AL      :   222.0   214.0    2,010     2,200     2,300     446,220     492,200  
FL      :    84.0    80.0    2,470     2,600     2,600     207,480     208,000  
GA      :   649.0   595.0    2,870     2,300     2,200   1,862,630   1,309,000  
NM      :    21.0    20.0    2,460     2,300     2,300      51,660      46,000  
NC      :   151.0   144.0    3,215     2,400     2,400     485,465     345,600  
OK      :   100.0   100.0    2,610     2,600     2,600     261,000     260,000  
SC      :    12.5    12.5    2,900     2,600     2,600      36,250      32,500  
TX      :   287.0   270.0    2,110     2,300     2,300     605,570     621,000  
VA      :    92.0    89.0    3,165     2,300     2,200     291,180     195,800  
        :                                                                       
US      : 1,618.5 1,524.5    2,624     2,333     2,302   4,247,455   3,510,100  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts.                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Cotton                                                 
                                                                                
         Cotton:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by Type, State         
             and United States, 1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
          :  Area Harvested :            Yield           :    Production 1/     
          :-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
   State  :        :        :        :        1995       :          :           
          :  1994  :  1995  :  1994  :-------------------:   1994   :   1995    
          :        :        :        :  Sep 1  :  Oct 1  :          :           
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
          :--- 1,000 Acres ---     ------ Pounds ------     - 1,000 Bales 2/ -  
          :                                                                     
Upland    :                                                                     
  AL      :   455.0    615.0    766       500       480       726.0      615.0  
  AZ      :   312.0    364.0  1,203     1,123     1,081       782.0      820.0  
  AR      :   970.0  1,000.0    877       744       648     1,772.0    1,350.0  
  CA      : 1,095.0  1,175.0  1,191     1,123     1,083     2,717.0    2,650.0  
  FL 3/   :    68.0    109.0    735       691       691       104.1      157.0  
  GA      :   875.0  1,490.0    843       628       644     1,537.0    2,000.0  
  KS 3/   :     1.2      2.0    480       408       408         1.2        1.7  
  LA      :   890.0  1,065.0    815       713       608     1,512.0    1,350.0  
  MS      : 1,270.0  1,460.0    806       661       602     2,132.0    1,830.0  
  MO      :   345.0    445.0    856       701       647       615.0      600.0  
  NM      :    50.0     51.0    720       781       762        75.0       81.0  
  NC      :   485.0    780.0    820       535       535       829.0      870.0  
  OK      :   340.0    325.0    349       325       295       247.0      200.0  
  SC      :   223.0    335.0    846       731       645       393.0      450.0  
  TN      :   585.0    665.0    726       595       570       885.0      790.0  
  TX      : 5,150.0  5,700.0    458       438       408     4,915.0    4,850.0  
  VA 3/   :    41.7    107.0    944       700       700        82.0      156.0  
          :                                                                     
  US      :13,155.9 15,688.0    705       612       574    19,324.3   18,770.7  
          :                                                                     
Amer-Pima :                                                                     
  AZ      :    47.9     47.5    806       788       788        80.4       78.0  
  CA      :    80.8    100.0  1,098     1,032     1,032       184.8      215.0  
  NM      :    10.7     15.0    875       800       800        19.5       25.0  
  TX      :    27.0     30.0    942       800       880        53.0       55.0  
          :                                                                     
  US      :   166.4    192.5    974       918       930       337.7      373.0  
          :                                                                     
All       :                                                                     
  AL      :   455.0    615.0    766       500       480       726.0      615.0  
  AZ      :   359.9    411.5  1,150     1,084     1,047       862.4      898.0  
  AR      :   970.0  1,000.0    877       744       648     1,772.0    1,350.0  
  CA      : 1,175.8  1,275.0  1,185     1,116     1,079     2,901.8    2,865.0  
  FL 3/   :    68.0    109.0    735       691       691       104.1      157.0  
  GA      :   875.0  1,490.0    843       628       644     1,537.0    2,000.0  
  KS 3/   :     1.2      2.0    480       408       408         1.2        1.7  
  LA      :   890.0  1,065.0    815       713       608     1,512.0    1,350.0  
  MS      : 1,270.0  1,460.0    806       661       602     2,132.0    1,830.0  
  MO      :   345.0    445.0    856       701       647       615.0      600.0  
  NM      :    60.7     66.0    747       785       771        94.5      106.0  
  NC      :   485.0    780.0    820       535       535       829.0      870.0  
  OK      :   340.0    325.0    349       325       295       247.0      200.0  
  SC      :   223.0    335.0    846       731       645       393.0      450.0  
  TN      :   585.0    665.0    726       595       570       885.0      790.0  
  TX      : 5,177.0  5,730.0    461       440       411     4,968.0    4,905.0  
  VA 3/   :    41.7    107.0    944       700       700        82.0      156.0  
          :                                                                     
  US      :13,322.3 15,880.5    708       615       579    19,662.0   19,143.7  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Production ginned and to be ginned.                                         
2/  480-Lb. net weight bales.                                                   
3/  Estimates for current year carried forward from previous forecast.          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Cottonseed                                             
                                                                                
           Cottonseed:  Production, United States, 1993-94                      
                   and Forecasted October 1, 1995                               
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :                          Production                                  
  State  :--------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :        1993         :         1994         :          1995  1/       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :                            1,000 Tons                                
         :                                                                      
 US      :      6,343.2                7,603.9                  7,373.7         
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Hay                                                    
                                                                                
            All Hay:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State            
           and United States, 1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :       Yield       :           Production            
  State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  1994  :  1995  :   1994  :   1995  :   1993   :   1994   :   1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        : - 1,000 Acres -     --- Tons ---        ------ 1,000 Tons -------     
        :                                                                       
AL      :    750      720    2.70      2.10       1,440      2,025      1,512   
AZ      :    195      205    6.80      7.39       1,236      1,326      1,514   
AR      :  1,125    1,050    2.23      2.04       2,390      2,505      2,138   
CA      :  1,470    1,700    5.59      5.19       7,590      8,210      8,815   
CO      :  1,330    1,430    3.05      2.83       4,193      4,060      4,046   
CT      :     83       75    2.30      1.79         138        191        134   
DE      :     15       13    4.07      3.31          45         61         43   
FL      :    240      230    3.10      2.80         650        744        644   
GA      :    650      600    3.00      2.50       1,140      1,950      1,500   
ID      :  1,250    1,400    3.55      3.47       4,844      4,438      4,860   
IL      :  1,100    1,050    2.89      3.43       4,106      3,175      3,600   
IN      :    650      680    3.25      3.35       2,282      2,110      2,280   
IA      :  1,750    1,850    3.30      3.38       4,803      5,775      6,245   
KS      :  2,450    2,500    2.42      2.61       6,430      5,925      6,530   
KY      :  2,250    2,390    2.40      2.51       5,526      5,400      5,990   
LA      :    290      300    2.80      2.30         672        812        690   
ME      :    213      195    1.91      1.93         368        406        377   
MD      :    200      220    3.34      3.08         550        668        677   
MA      :    106      105    2.05      1.90         186        217        199   
MI      :  1,400    1,400    3.48      3.43       5,370      4,865      4,795   
MN      :  2,300    2,275    3.27      3.18       5,970      7,530      7,228   
MS      :    750      750    2.50      2.20       1,728      1,875      1,650   
MO      :  3,350    3,350    2.02      2.06       7,335      6,770      6,908   
MT      :  2,200    2,500    2.06      2.19       4,806      4,540      5,485   
NE      :  3,300    3,150    2.25      2.20       7,323      7,415      6,930   
NV      :    470      490    2.98      3.02       1,385      1,400      1,481   
NH      :     79       78    2.06      1.92         135        163        150   
NJ      :    120      130    2.28      2.08         231        273        271   
NM      :    330      335    4.54      4.64       1,434      1,499      1,554   
NY      :  1,660    1,700    2.39      2.05       3,605      3,961      3,480   
NC      :    510      530    2.33      2.33         715      1,187      1,235   
ND      :  2,800    2,800    1.61      1.94       5,043      4,510      5,420   
OH      :  1,280    1,300    3.43      3.27       3,475      4,384      4,245   
OK      :  2,200    2,400    1.88      2.00       4,248      4,128      4,800   
OR      :  1,010    1,100    2.81      2.88       3,066      2,840      3,165   
PA      :  1,920    1,910    2.36      2.27       4,352      4,528      4,331   
RI      :      8        7    2.25      2.00          15         18         14   
SC      :    250      290    2.60      2.30         414        650        667   
SD      :  4,100    4,100    1.79      2.26       8,190      7,330      9,270   
TN      :  1,700    1,700    2.23      2.22       3,478      3,795      3,780   
TX      :  3,590    3,750    2.36      2.47       7,506      8,455      9,270   
UT      :    685      695    3.69      3.85       2,530      2,525      2,674   
VT      :    325      315    2.00      1.83         603        649        576   
VA      :  1,200    1,240    1.95      2.12       2,491      2,342      2,634   
WA      :    710      760    3.92      4.24       2,835      2,785      3,226   
WV      :    550      550    2.02      1.87       1,059      1,110      1,030   
WI      :  2,700    2,600    2.43      2.28       6,260      6,550      5,920   
WY      :  1,130    1,310    1.81      2.31       2,608      2,049      3,020   
        :                                                                       
US      : 58,744   60,228    2.56      2.61     146,799    150,124    157,003   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
      Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production      
       by State and United States, 1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :       Yield       :           Production            
  State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  1994  :  1995  :   1994  :   1995  :   1993   :   1994   :   1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :-- 1,000 Acres --    --- Tons ---         ------ 1,000 Tons -------    
        :                                                                       
AZ      :    160      175    7.50      8.00       1,110      1,200      1,400   
AR  1/  :     25       25    3.40      3.50          90         85         88   
CA      :    950    1,050    7.00      6.60       6,348      6,650      6,930   
CO      :    840      850    3.90      3.60       3,230      3,276      3,060   
CT  1/  :     24       20    2.90      2.30          48         70         46   
DE  1/  :      5        4    5.20      4.75          19         26         19   
ID      :  1,020    1,100    3.90      3.90       4,200      3,978      4,290   
IL      :    650      650    3.50      4.00       3,002      2,275      2,600   
IN      :    350      280    3.80      4.00       1,320      1,330      1,120   
IA      :  1,250    1,450    3.70      3.70       3,953      4,625      5,365   
KS      :    800      850    3.90      3.80       3,230      3,120      3,230   
KY      :    300      290    3.70      4.00       1,110      1,110      1,160   
ME  1/  :     18       15    2.50      2.30          53         45         35   
MD  1/  :     60       55    4.60      4.50         202        276        248   
MA  1/  :     29       25    2.70      2.50          71         78         63   
MI      :  1,050    1,050    3.90      3.80       4,620      4,095      3,990   
MN      :  1,600    1,425    3.70      3.70       4,800      5,920      5,273   
MO      :    450      500    2.80      2.70       1,485      1,260      1,350   
MT      :  1,550    1,650    2.30      2.50       3,480      3,565      4,125   
NE      :  1,400    1,350    3.60      3.60       4,760      5,040      4,860   
NV      :    240      240    4.30      4.40       1,034      1,032      1,056   
NH  1/  :     19       18    2.10      2.00          37         40         36   
NJ  1/  :     30       30    3.70      3.70          69        111        111   
NM      :    260      260    5.20      5.40       1,301      1,352      1,404   
NY      :    620      600    2.95      2.50       1,715      1,829      1,500   
NC  1/  :     20       20    3.00      3.10          40         60         62   
ND      :  1,450    1,500    1.90      2.40       3,230      2,755      3,600   
OH      :    660      750    4.20      3.90       2,275      2,772      2,925   
OK      :    320      400    3.50      4.00       1,188      1,120      1,600   
OR      :    410      450    4.00      4.00       1,764      1,640      1,800   
PA      :    800      780    3.00      2.80       2,262      2,400      2,184   
RI  1/  :      2        2    2.50      2.50           4          5          5   
SD      :  2,500    2,400    2.10      2.80       5,980      5,250      6,720   
TN  1/  :     50       50    3.30      3.00         198        165        150   
TX      :     90      150    4.50      4.20         366        405        630   
UT      :    525      545    4.20      4.30       2,200      2,205      2,344   
VT  1/  :    105       90    2.20      1.90         212        231        171   
VA  1/  :    140      140    3.10      3.10         351        434        434   
WA      :    470      500    4.70      5.10       2,160      2,209      2,550   
WV  1/  :     50       40    3.20      2.80         128        160        112   
WI      :  2,300    2,200    2.50      2.40       5,060      5,750      5,280   
WY      :    630      660    2.30      3.00       1,600      1,449      1,980   
        :                                                                       
US      : 24,222   24,639    3.36      3.49      80,305     81,398     85,906   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
         All Other Hay:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State         
           and United States, 1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :       Yield       :           Production            
  State :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  1994  :  1995  :   1994  :   1995  :   1993   :   1994   :   1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :-- 1,000 Acres --    --- Tons ---         ------ 1,000 Tons -------    
        :                                                                       
AL      :    750      720    2.70      2.10       1,440      2,025      1,512   
AZ  1/  :     35       30    3.60      3.80         126        126        114   
AR      :  1,100    1,025    2.20      2.00       2,300      2,420      2,050   
CA      :    520      650    3.00      2.90       1,242      1,560      1,885   
CO      :    490      580    1.60      1.70         963        784        986   
CT  1/  :     59       55    2.05      1.60          90        121         88   
DE  1/  :     10        9    3.50      2.70          26         35         24   
FL      :    240      230    3.10      2.80         650        744        644   
GA      :    650      600    3.00      2.50       1,140      1,950      1,500   
ID      :    230      300    2.00      1.90         644        460        570   
IL      :    450      400    2.00      2.50       1,104        900      1,000   
IN      :    300      400    2.60      2.90         962        780      1,160   
IA      :    500      400    2.30      2.20         850      1,150        880   
KS      :  1,650    1,650    1.70      2.00       3,200      2,805      3,300   
KY      :  1,950    2,100    2.20      2.30       4,416      4,290      4,830   
LA  2/  :    290      300    2.80      2.30         672        812        690   
ME  1/  :    195      180    1.85      1.90         315        361        342   
MD  1/  :    140      165    2.80      2.60         348        392        429   
MA  1/  :     77       80    1.80      1.70         115        139        136   
MI      :    350      350    2.20      2.30         750        770        805   
MN      :    700      850    2.30      2.30       1,170      1,610      1,955   
MS      :    750      750    2.50      2.20       1,728      1,875      1,650   
MO      :  2,900    2,850    1.90      1.95       5,850      5,510      5,558   
MT      :    650      850    1.50      1.60       1,326        975      1,360   
NE      :  1,900    1,800    1.25      1.15       2,563      2,375      2,070   
NV  1/  :    230      250    1.60      1.70         351        368        425   
NH  1/  :     60       60    2.05      1.90          98        123        114   
NJ  1/  :     90      100    1.80      1.60         162        162        160   
NM  1/  :     70       75    2.10      2.00         133        147        150   
NY      :  1,040    1,100    2.05      1.80       1,890      2,132      1,980   
NC      :    490      510    2.30      2.30         675      1,127      1,173   
ND      :  1,350    1,300    1.30      1.40       1,813      1,755      1,820   
OH      :    620      550    2.60      2.40       1,200      1,612      1,320   
OK      :  1,880    2,000    1.60      1.60       3,060      3,008      3,200   
OR      :    600      650    2.00      2.10       1,302      1,200      1,365   
PA      :  1,120    1,130    1.90      1.90       2,090      2,128      2,147   
RI  1/  :      6        5    2.15      1.80          11         13          9   
SC      :    250      290    2.60      2.30         414        650        667   
SD      :  1,600    1,700    1.30      1.50       2,210      2,080      2,550   
TN      :  1,650    1,650    2.20      2.20       3,280      3,630      3,630   
TX      :  3,500    3,600    2.30      2.40       7,140      8,050      8,640   
UT  1/  :    160      150    2.00      2.20         330        320        330   
VT  1/  :    220      225    1.90      1.80         391        418        405   
VA      :  1,060    1,100    1.80      2.00       2,140      1,908      2,200   
WA      :    240      260    2.40      2.60         675        576        676   
WV      :    500      510    1.90      1.80         931        950        918   
WI      :    400      400    2.00      1.60       1,200        800        640   
WY      :    500      650    1.20      1.60       1,008        600      1,040   
        :                                                                       
US      : 34,522   35,589    1.99      2.00      66,494     68,726     71,097   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
2/  Includes alfalfa hay.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Dry Edible Beans                                       
                                                                                
       Dry Edible Beans:  Area Harvested, Yield, and  Production by State       
          and United States, 1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995 1/          
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
           :    Area Harvested  :      Yield     :          Production          
   State   :------------------------------------------------------------------  
           :    1994  :   1995  :  1994 :  1995  :   1993  :   1994  :  1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
           :    - 1,000 Acres -   --- Pounds --     -------- 1,000 Cwt ------   
           :                                                                    
  CA       :    131.0     145.0   2,130   2,200     2,210     2,790     3,190   
  CO       :    205.0     170.0   1,600   1,600     2,609     3,280     2,720   
  ID       :    138.0     108.0   1,950   1,900     2,091     2,691     2,052   
  KS       :     32.0      30.0   1,750   1,500       378       560       450   
  MI       :    360.0     390.0   1,300   1,700     6,080     4,680     6,630   
  MN       :    121.6     147.0   1,710   1,500       836     2,079     2,205   
  MT  2/   :     10.0      10.8   2,200   2,100       155       220       227   
  NE       :    190.0     220.0   1,880   1,730     2,100     3,572     3,806   
  NM  2/   :     12.5      13.0   2,260   2,000       189       283       260   
  NY       :     38.5      33.0   1,520   1,550       459       585       512   
  ND       :    470.0     520.0   1,300   1,260     2,964     6,110     6,552   
  OR  2/   :     10.0      10.0   1,970   2,300       174       197       230   
  TX       :     26.0      23.0     840     800       311       218       184   
  UT  2/   :      6.3       6.2     380     400        24        24        25   
  WA       :     40.0      40.0   2,100   2,100       798       840       840   
  WI  2/   :     11.3      10.8   2,100   1,900       145       237       205   
  WY       :     43.0      31.0   1,910   1,600       390       821       496   
           :                                                                    
  US       :  1,845.2   1,907.8   1,582   1,603    21,913    29,187    30,584   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Excludes beans grown for garden seed.                                       
2/  Estimates carried forward from earlier forecast.                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Lentils                                                
                                                                                
              Lentils:  Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production,             
                      by State and United States, 1993-95                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
             :           Area Planted             :       Area Harvested        
   State     :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :        1994     :      1995        :      1994   :     1995      
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
             :                               1,000 Acres                        
             :                                                                  
ID           :        86.0            69.0                85.0         68.0     
WA           :        94.0            79.0                93.0         75.0     
             :                                                                  
US           :       180.0           148.0               178.0        143.0     
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :                Yield          :          Production              
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :        1994     :     1995    :   1993   :   1994   :   1995     
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :       ---- Pounds --------        -------- 1,000 Cwt ---------   
             :                                                                  
ID           :        1,100         1,300         840         935         884   
WA           :          990         1,400       1,166         921       1,050   
             :                                                                  
US           :        1,043         1,352       2,006       1,856       1,934   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Dry Edible Peas                                        
                                                                                
          Dry Edible Peas:  Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production,         
                     by State and United States, 1993-95 1/                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
             :             Area Planted          :       Area Harvested         
State        :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :        1994     :      1995       :     1994     :     1995      
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
             :                            1,000 Acres                           
             :                                                                  
ID           :        49.0            70.0            47.0            68.0      
WA           :        82.0            96.0            81.0            95.0      
             :                                                                  
US           :       131.0           166.0           128.0           163.0      
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :               Yield           :           Production             
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :        1994     :    1995     :   1993   :    1994   :   1995    
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :       ---- Pounds --------        -------- 1,000 Cwt ---------   
             :                                                                  
ID           :        1,800         2,300         940         846       1,564   
WA           :        1,740         2,300       2,352       1,409       2,185   
             :                                                                  
US           :        1,762         2,300       3,292       2,255       3,749   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Excludes both wrinkled seed peas and Austrian winter peas.                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Austrian Winter Peas                                   
                                                                                
       Austrian Winter Peas:  Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production,       
                       by State and United States, 1993-95                      
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
             :           Area Planted             :       Area Harvested        
   State     :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :           1994   :        1995     :       1994  :        1995   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
             :                               1,000 Acres                        
             :                                                                  
ID           :            6.0            10.0             4.0             6.0   
OR           :            1.0             0.9             0.6             0.7   
             :                                                                  
US           :            7.0            10.9             4.6             6.7   
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :                Yield          :            Production            
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :         1994     :    1995    :   1993   :    1994  :     1995   
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :       ---- Pounds --------        -------- 1,000 Cwt ---------   
             :                                                                  
ID           :        1,100         1,500         150          44          90   
OR           :        1,170         1,600           5           7          11   
             :                                                                  
US           :        1,109         1,507         155          51         101   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Winter Potatoes                                        
                                                                                
         Winter Potatoes:  Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production,          
                       by State and United States, 1994-95 1/                   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
             :             Area Planted           :       Area Harvested        
   State     :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :         1994       :     1995      :      1994    :    1995      
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
             :                               1,000 Acres                        
             :                                                                  
CA           :           4.5              5.0             4.5             5.0   
FL           :           8.4              8.3             7.8             6.9   
             :                                                                  
US           :          12.9             13.3            12.3            11.9   
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :                 Yield              :         Production          
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :         1994      :      1995      :      1994    :    1995      
             :----------------------------------------------------------------  
             :          ------- Cwt ---------         ----- 1,000 Cwt -------   
             :                                                                  
CA           :          215               260             968           1,300   
FL           :          180               170           1,404           1,173   
             :                                                                  
US           :          193               208           2,372           2,473   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  1995 revised.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Tobacco                                                
                                                                                
            Tobacco:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State            
            and United States, 1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995           
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :   Area Harvested   :     Yield     :            Production              
State :------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
      :   1994   :   1995  : 1994  : 1995  :    1993   :    1994   :    1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      :  ----- Acres  ----   --- Pounds --    --------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- 
      :                                                                         
CT    :    1,600     1,770   1,611   1,656       2,533       2,578       2,931  
FL    :    6,500     7,000   2,550   2,400      18,673      16,575      16,800  
GA    :   37,000    42,000   2,180   2,000      96,320      80,660      84,000  
IN    :    7,100     6,500   2,150   2,120      17,415      15,265      13,780  
KY    :  187,000   172,700   2,426   2,123     455,080     453,687     366,680  
MD    :    8,500     8,500   1,500   1,350      12,255      12,750      11,475  
MA    :      490       460   1,616   1,687         738         792         776  
MO    :    3,500     2,700   2,290   2,100       4,760       8,015       5,670  
NC    :  243,200   260,100   2,466   1,789     608,415     599,833     465,360  
OH    :    8,500     8,300   2,160   1,950      18,900      18,360      16,185  
PA    :    9,000     7,900   2,040   1,985      18,260      18,360      15,685  
SC    :   47,000    50,000   2,300   2,150     110,760     108,100     107,500  
TN    :   60,350    56,940   2,192   1,850     139,423     132,289     105,350  
VA    :   46,420    44,170   2,285   1,950      99,544     106,092      86,112  
WV    :    2,000     2,000   1,775   1,700       3,600       3,550       3,400  
WI    :    3,000     3,000   1,970   2,067       6,643       5,910       6,200  
      :                                                                         
US    :  671,160   674,040   2,358   1,940   1,613,319   1,582,816   1,307,904  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
     Tobacco:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Class, Type, State,     
             and United States, 1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                       :  Area Harvested  :      Yield     :   Production       
   Class and Type      :------------------------------------------------------- 
                       :  1994   :  1995  :  1994 :  1995  :  1994   :  1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                       : ---- Acres ----   ---  Pounds ---  -- 1,000 Pounds --  
                       :                                                        
Class  1, Flue-Cured   :                                                        
 Type 11, Old Belts    :                                                        
   NC                  :  74,000   76,000   2,440    1,900   180,560   144,400  
   VA                  :  34,000   34,000   2,420    2,050    82,280    69,700  
   U S                 : 108,000  110,000   2,434    1,946   262,840   214,100  
 Type 12, Eastern NC   :                                                        
  Belt                 :                                                        
   NC                  : 131,000  142,000   2,525    1,750   330,775   248,500  
 Type 13, NC Border &  :                                                        
  SC Belt              :                                                        
   NC                  :  30,000   34,000   2,365    1,750    70,950    59,500  
   SC                  :  47,000   50,000   2,300    2,150   108,100   107,500  
   U S                 :  77,000   84,000   2,325    1,988   179,050   167,000  
 Type 14, GA-FL Belt   :                                                        
   FL                  :   6,500    7,000   2,550    2,400    16,575    16,800  
   GA                  :  37,000   42,000   2,180    2,000    80,660    84,000  
   U S                 :  43,500   49,000   2,235    2,057    97,235   100,800  
 Total 11-14           : 359,500  385,000   2,420    1,897   869,900   730,400  
                       :                                                        
Class  2, Fire-Cured   :                                                        
 Type 21, VA Belt      :                                                        
   VA                  :   1,350    1,100   1,780    1,350     2,403     1,485  
 Type 22, Eastern      :                                                        
  District             :                                                        
   KY                  :   4,100    3,700   2,660    2,400    10,906     8,880  
   TN                  :   8,100    7,800   2,570    2,400    20,817    18,720  
   U S                 :  12,200   11,500   2,600    2,400    31,723    27,600  
 Type 23, Western      :                                                        
  District             :                                                        
   KY                  :   3,900    3,600   3,190    2,700    12,441     9,720  
   TN                  :     630      590   2,800    2,500     1,764     1,475  
   U S                 :   4,530    4,190   3,136    2,672    14,205    11,195  
 Total 21-23           :  18,080   16,790   2,673    2,399    48,331    40,280  
                       :                                                        
Class  3, Air-Cured    :                                                        
 Class  3A, Light      :                                                        
  Air-Cured            :                                                        
 Type 31, Burley       :                                                        
   IN                  :   7,100    6,500   2,150    2,120    15,265    13,780  
   KY                  : 175,000  162,000   2,400    2,100   420,000   340,200  
   MO                  :   3,500    2,700   2,290    2,100     8,015     5,670  
   NC                  :   8,200    8,100   2,140    1,600    17,548    12,960  
   OH                  :   8,500    8,300   2,160    1,950    18,360    16,185  
   TN                  :  51,000   48,000   2,125    1,750   108,375    84,000  
   VA                  :  11,000    9,000   1,935    1,650    21,285    14,850  
   WV                  :   2,000    2,000   1,775    1,700     3,550     3,400  
   U S                 : 266,300  246,600   2,300    1,991   612,398   491,045  
 Type 32, Southern MD  :                                                        
  Belt                 :                                                        
   MD                  :   8,500    8,500   1,500    1,350    12,750    11,475  
   PA                  :   3,600    3,400   1,950    1,900     7,020     6,460  
   U S                 :  12,100   11,900   1,634    1,507    19,770    17,935  
 Total 31-32           : 278,400  258,500   2,271    1,969   632,168   508,980  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                                                                                
                                                                  -- continued  
                                                                                
                                                                                
     Tobacco:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Class, Type, State,     
       and United States, 1994 and Forecasted October 1, 1995 (continued)       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                       :  Area Harvested  :      Yield     :   Production       
   Class  and Type     :------------------------------------------------------- 
                       :  1994   :  1995  :  1994 :  1995  :  1994   :  1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                       :      Acres              Pounds        1,000 Pounds     
                       :                                                        
Class  3, Air-Cured    :                                                        
Class  3B, Dark        :                                                        
 Air-Cured             :                                                        
 Type 35, One Sucker   :                                                        
  Belt                 :                                                        
   KY                  :   2,600    2,200   2,480    2,300     6,448     5,060  
   TN                  :     620      550   2,150    2,100     1,333     1,155  
   U S                 :   3,220    2,750   2,416    2,260     7,781     6,215  
 Type 36, Green River  :                                                        
  Belt                 :                                                        
   KY                  :   1,400    1,200   2,780    2,350     3,892     2,820  
 Type 37, VA Sun-Cured :                                                        
  Belt                 :                                                        
   VA                  :      70       70   1,770    1,100       124        77  
 Total 35-37           :   4,690    4,020   2,515    2,267    11,797     9,112  
                       :                                                        
Class  4, Cigar Filler :                                                        
 Type 41, PA Seedleaf  :                                                        
   PA                  :   5,400    4,500   2,100    2,050    11,340     9,225  
                       :                                                        
Class  5, Cigar Binder :                                                        
 Class  5A, CT Valley  :                                                        
  Binder               :                                                        
  Type 51, CT Valley   :                                                        
   Broadleaf           :                                                        
    CT                 :     690      820   1,890    1,860     1,304     1,525  
    MA                 :     210      200   1,905    1,930       400       386  
    U S                :     900    1,020   1,893    1,874     1,704     1,911  
                       :                                                        
Class  5B, WI Binder   :                                                        
 Type 54, Southern WI  :                                                        
  WI                   :   2,000    2,000   2,100    2,150     4,200     4,300  
 Type 55, Northern WI  :                                                        
  WI                   :   1,000    1,000   1,710    1,900     1,710     1,900  
 Total 54-55           :   3,000    3,000   1,970    2,067     5,910     6,200  
 Total 51-55           :   3,900    4,020   1,952    2,018     7,614     8,111  
                       :                                                        
Class  6, Cigar Wrapper:                                                        
 Type 61, CT Valley    :                                                        
  Shade-Grown          :                                                        
   CT                  :     910      950   1,400    1,480     1,274     1,406  
   MA                  :     280      260   1,400    1,500       392       390  
   U S                 :   1,190    1,210   1,400    1,484     1,666     1,796  
All Cigar Types        :                                                        
 Total 41-61           :  10,490    9,730   1,966    1,966    20,620    19,132  
                       :                                                        
 All Tobacco           : 671,160  674,040   2,358    1,940 1,582,816 1,307,904  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Sugarbeets                                             
                                                                                
           Sugarbeets:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State          
          and United States, 1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995 1/          
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :   Area Harvested   :       Yield       :           Production         
 State  :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :   1994   :  1995   :   1994  :   1995  :  1993   :   1994  :  1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        : -- 1,000 Acres --      ---- Tons -----     ------- 1,000 Tons ------  
        :                                                                       
  CA    :    141.0     118.0      29.0      27.0     3,536     4,089     3,186  
  CO    :     43.2      41.2      21.9      19.3       924       946       795  
  ID    :    201.0     198.0      27.9      25.0     4,733     5,608     4,950  
  MI    :    187.0     190.0      16.2      17.0     3,179     3,029     3,230  
  MN    :    411.0     418.0      20.6      17.5     5,344     8,467     7,315  
  MT    :     54.0      55.5      24.2      23.0     1,169     1,307     1,277  
  NE    :     74.1      72.4      20.3      17.7     1,473     1,504     1,281  
  ND    :    201.5     207.0      21.2      18.3     3,112     4,272     3,788  
  OH    :     16.0      14.7      16.5      17.5       212       264       257  
  OR    :     16.4      18.3      27.8      26.2       372       456       479  
  TX    :     24.5      19.5      20.3      22.0       823       497       429  
  WY    :     61.3      62.0      18.0      21.5     1,269     1,103     1,333  
        :                                                                       
 Oth    :                                                                       
  Sts 2\:     12.0      14.2      37.7      36.1       103       452       513  
        :                                                                       
  U S   :  1,443.0   1,428.8      22.2      20.2    26,249    31,994    28,833  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Relates to year of intended harvest except for overwintered spring planted  
    beets in CA.                                                                
2/  Includes NM and WA.                                                         
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Sugarcane                                              
                                                                                
      Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production      
      by State and United States, 1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995 1/     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :   Area Harvested   :     Yield         :           Production   1/    
 State  :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :   1994   :  1995   :  1994   :  1995   :  1993   :  1994   :  1995    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :   -- 1,000 Acres -    ---- Tons ----     ------- 1,000 Tons -------   
        :                                                                       
  FL    :    444.0     445.0    33.6      34.0     15,152    14,937    15,130   
  HI    :     69.3      50.0    77.4      85.0      5,606     5,364     4,250   
  LA    :    380.0     395.0    24.4      24.0      8,904     9,272     9,480   
  TX    :     43.5      42.3    31.2      32.2      1,439     1,356     1,362   
        :                                                                       
  US    :    936.8     932.3    33.0      32.4     31,101    30,929    30,222   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Net tons.                                                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Grapes                                                 
                                                                                
          Grapes:  Total Production by Crop, State, and United States,          
                                                                                
                     1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995                     
                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                             :                 Total Production                 
                                                                                
            State            :------------------------------------------------- 
                             :      1993      :      1994      :      1995      
                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                             :                       Tons                       
                                                                                
                             :                                                  
                                                                                
Grapes (Table Type) 1/       :                                                  
                                                                                
  CA                         :     632,000          602,000          640,000    
                                                                                
Grapes (Wine Type) 1/        :                                                  
                                                                                
  CA                         :   2,397,000        2,265,000        2,200,000    
                                                                                
Grapes (Raisin Type) 1/ 2/   :                                                  
                                                                                
  CA                         :   2,354,000        2,386,000        2,250,000    
                                                                                
All Grapes                   :                                                  
                                                                                
  AZ 1/                      :      24,000           26,000           25,000    
                                                                                
  AR 1/                      :       8,000            6,000            8,000    
                                                                                
  CA 1/                      :   5,383,000        5,253,000        5,090,000    
                                                                                
  GA 1/                      :       3,600            3,200            3,400    
                                                                                
  MI                         :      55,000           65,000           72,000    
                                                                                
  MO 1/                      :       2,350            2,600            2,600    
                                                                                
  NY                         :     118,000          190,000          175,000    
                                                                                
  NC 1/                      :       1,500            1,500            1,800    
                                                                                
  OH 1/                      :       6,800            7,000            9,200    
                                                                                
  OR 1/                      :      12,300           10,800           11,000    
                                                                                
  PA                         :      54,000           80,000           70,000    
                                                                                
  SC 1/                      :         600              500              500    
                                                                                
  WA                         :     354,000          225,000          308,000    
                                                                                
                             :                                                  
                                                                                
  US                         :   6,023,150        5,870,600        5,776,500    
                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
2/  Fresh basis.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Citrus Fruit                                           
                                                                                
     Citrus Fruit:  Utilized Production by Crop, State, and United States,      
               1994-95 and Forecasted 1996 on October 1, 1995 1/                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                     :    Utilized Production       :   Utilized Production     
       Crop          :          Boxes               :     Ton Equivalent        
       and           :------------------------------:-------------------------- 
       State         :  1993-94 : 1994-95 : 1995-96 : 1993-94: 1994-95: 1995-96 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                     :  ------ 1,000 Boxes 2/ -----   ------ 1,000 Tons ------  
Oranges              :                                                          
  Early Mid &        :                                                          
   Navel 3/          :                                                          
    AZ               :      700       400       500       26       15       19  
    CA 4/            :   36,600    35,000    38,000    1,372    1,313    1,425  
    FL               :  107,300   119,700   122,000    4,829    5,387    5,490  
    TX               :      480       950     1,000       21       40       43  
    US               :  145,080   156,050   161,500    6,248    6,755    6,977  
  Valencia           :                                                          
    AZ               :    1,200       650       600       45       24       23  
    CA               :   27,000    26,000    28,000    1,013      976    1,050  
    FL               :   67,100    85,700    80,000    3,020    3,857    3,600  
    TX               :       70       105       200        3        4        9  
    US               :   95,370   112,455   108,800    4,081    4,861    4,682  
  All                :                                                          
    AZ               :    1,900     1,050     1,100       71       39       42  
    CA               :   63,600    61,000    66,000    2,385    2,289    2,475  
    FL               :  174,400   205,400   202,000    7,849    9,244    9,090  
    TX               :      550     1,055     1,200       24       44       52  
    US               :  240,450   268,505   270,300   10,329   11,616   11,659  
Temples              :                                                          
  FL                 :    2,250     2,550     2,200      101      114       99  
Grapefruit           :                                                          
  White Seedless     :                                                          
    FL               :   24,500    25,700    24,000    1,042    1,092    1,020  
  Colored Seedless   :                                                          
    FL               :   25,500    28,700    29,000    1,084    1,220    1,233  
  Other              :                                                          
    FL               :    1,050     1,300     1,000       45       55       43  
  All                :                                                          
    AZ               :    1,750     1,400     1,200       59       47       40  
    CA 5/            :                                                          
      Desert         :    3,400     3,300                114      111           
      Other Areas    :    5,900     6,000                197      201           
      Total          :    9,300     9,300     8,500      311      312      285  
    FL               :   51,050    55,700    54,000    2,171    2,367    2,296  
    TX               :    3,000     4,650     5,000      120      186      200  
    US               :   65,100    71,050    68,700    2,661    2,912    2,821  
Tangerines           :                                                          
  AZ                 :    1,000       650       950       37       25       36  
  CA                 :    2,300     2,200     2,300       86       82       86  
  FL                 :    4,100     3,550     4,100      195      168      195  
  US                 :    7,400     6,400     7,350      318      275      317  
Lemons               :                                                          
  AZ                 :    5,200     3,600     5,500      197      137      209  
  CA                 :   20,700    20,500    22,000      787      779      836  
  US                 :   25,900    24,100    27,500      984      916    1,045  
Tangelos             :                                                          
  FL                 :    3,350     3,150     2,500      150      142      113  
K-Early Citrus       :                                                          
  FL                 :      210       120       100        9        5        5  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                       Citrus Fruit Footnotes                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
1/  The crop year begins with the bloom of the first year shown and ends with   
    year harvest is completed.                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
2/  Net lbs. per box:  oranges - AZ & CA - 75, FL - 90, TX - 85; grapefruit     
    AZ & CA - 67, FL - 85, TX - 80; lemons - 76; tangelos, K-Early Citrus &     
    Temples - 90; tangerines - AZ & CA - 75, FL - 95.                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
3/  Navel and miscellaneous varieties in CA and AZ.  Early and mid-season       
    varieties in FL and TX, including small quantities of tangerines in TX.     
                                                                                
                                                                                
4/  California Navel estimate carried forward from September 1, 1995.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
5/  California Desert and Other Area Grapefruit forecasts combined to All       
    Grapefruit beginning in 1995-96.                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Apples                                                 
                                                                                
        Apples, Commercial:  Total Production by State and United States,       
                                                                                
                    1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995 1/                   
                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
              :                        Total Production                         
                                                                                
     State    :---------------------------------------------------------------- 
              :        1993         :        1994         :        1995         
                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
              :                         Million Pounds                          
                                                                                
              :                                                                 
                                                                                
AZ 3/         :          61.0                  64.0                             
                                                                                
AR 2/         :          12.0                   8.0                  14.0       
                                                                                
CA 2/         :         880.0               1,050.0               1,000.0       
                                                                                
CO 2/         :          92.0                  85.0                  70.0       
                                                                                
CT 2/         :          24.5                  25.0                  23.0       
                                                                                
DE 2/         :          28.0                  20.0                  21.0       
                                                                                
GA 2/         :          34.0                  26.0                  35.0       
                                                                                
ID 2/         :         195.0                 165.0                  70.0       
                                                                                
IL 2/         :          90.0                  47.0                  85.0       
                                                                                
IN 2/         :          80.0                  50.0                  72.0       
                                                                                
IA 2/         :           9.5                  12.0                   8.0       
                                                                                
KS 2/         :           7.0                   5.0                   7.5       
                                                                                
KY 2/         :          22.0                   7.0                  17.0       
                                                                                
ME 2/         :          54.0                  54.0                  61.0       
                                                                                
MD 2/         :          42.0                  35.0                  48.0       
                                                                                
MA 2/         :          59.0                  62.5                  65.0       
                                                                                
MI            :       1,020.0               1,020.0               1,220.0       
                                                                                
MN 2/         :          23.0                  23.2                  24.0       
                                                                                
MO 2/         :          51.0                  33.0                  40.0       
                                                                                
NH 2/         :          36.5                  41.0                  39.0       
                                                                                
NJ 2/         :          75.0                  70.0                  80.0       
                                                                                
NM 3/         :           7.0                   8.0                             
                                                                                
NY            :         870.0               1,100.0               1,110.0       
                                                                                
NC            :         320.0                 250.0                 230.0       
                                                                                
OH 2/         :         105.0                  90.0                 110.0       
                                                                                
OR 2/         :         160.0                 200.0                 140.0       
                                                                                
PA            :         530.0                 400.0                 500.0       
                                                                                
RI 2/         :           5.3                   4.8                   5.0       
                                                                                
SC 2/         :          60.0                  60.0                  75.0       
                                                                                
TN 2/         :          19.0                  10.0                  18.0       
                                                                                
UT 2/         :          53.0                  48.0                  20.0       
                                                                                
VT 2/         :          38.0                  42.0                  41.0       
                                                                                
VA            :         370.0                 290.0                 400.0       
                                                                                
WA            :       5,000.0               5,700.0               5,200.0       
                                                                                
WV            :         190.0                 150.0                 190.0       
                                                                                
WI 2/         :          62.0                  80.0                  77.0       
                                                                                
              :                                                                 
                                                                                
US            :      10,684.8              11,335.5              11,135.5       
                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  In orchards of 100 or more bearing age trees.                               
2/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
3/  Data not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Pecans                                                 
                                                                                
         Pecans:  Utilized Production by Crop, State, and United States,        
                                                                                
                     1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995                     
                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                          :                 Utilized Production                 
      Crop and State      :---------------------------------------------------- 
                          :      1993       :     1994 1/     :     1995        
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                          :                    1,000 Pounds                     
                                                                                
Improved Varieties 2/     :                                                     
                                                                                
  AL                      :      15,000             2,000             7,000     
                                                                                
  AR 3/                   :         600               600             1,000     
                                                                                
  CA 3/                   :       3,000             1,500             2,800     
                                                                                
  FL 3/                   :       3,200               400               900     
                                                                                
  GA                      :     124,000            50,000            65,000     
                                                                                
  LA                      :       2,500             1,500             2,000     
                                                                                
  MS 3/                   :       3,500                               2,000     
                                                                                
  NM                      :      36,000            24,000            30,000     
                                                                                
  NC 3/                   :       1,200             2,200             2,000     
                                                                                
  OK                      :       1,000             1,300             3,000     
                                                                                
  SC 3/                   :       2,100             5,400             2,400     
                                                                                
  TX                      :      45,000            30,000            40,000     
                                                                                
  US                      :     237,100           118,900           158,100     
                                                                                
Native & Seedling         :                                                     
                                                                                
  AL                      :      11,000             2,000             5,000     
                                                                                
  AR 3/                   :         900               900               500     
                                                                                
  FL 3/                   :       4,300             1,500               800     
                                                                                
  GA                      :      26,000            15,000            15,000     
                                                                                
  KS 3/                   :       1,800             3,600             1,800     
                                                                                
  LA                      :      13,500             9,500            12,000     
                                                                                
  MS 3/                   :       2,500                                 500     
                                                                                
  NC 3/                   :       1,300             2,800               700     
                                                                                
  OK                      :      17,000            10,700            17,000     
                                                                                
  SC 3/                   :         900             3,600               600     
                                                                                
  TX                      :      30,000            10,000            20,000     
                                                                                
  US                      :     109,200            59,600            73,900     
                                                                                
All Pecans                :                                                     
                                                                                
  AL                      :      26,000             4,000            12,000     
                                                                                
  AR 3/                   :       1,500             1,500             1,500     
                                                                                
  CA 3/                   :       3,000             1,500             2,800     
                                                                                
  FL 3/                   :       7,500             1,900             1,700     
                                                                                
  GA                      :     150,000            65,000            80,000     
                                                                                
  KS 3/                   :       1,800             3,600             1,800     
                                                                                
  LA                      :      16,000            11,000            14,000     
                                                                                
  MS 3/                   :       6,000                               2,500     
                                                                                
  NM                      :      36,000            24,000            30,000     
                                                                                
  NC 3/                   :       2,500             5,000             2,700     
                                                                                
  OK                      :      18,000            12,000            20,000     
                                                                                
  SC 3/                   :       3,000             9,000             3,000     
                                                                                
  TX                      :      75,000            40,000            60,000     
                                                                                
                          :                                                     
                                                                                
  Oth Sts 4/              :      18,700            20,500            16,000     
                                                                                
                          :                                                     
                                                                                
  US                      :     365,000           199,000           248,000     
                                                                                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Missing data included in Other States to avoid disclosure of individual      
   operations.                                                                  
2/ Budded, grafted, or topworked varieties.                                     
3/ Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.            
4/ AZ, MO, and TN in 1993 and 1995.  AZ, MS, MO, and TN in 1994.  No breakdown  
   between varieties available.                                                 
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Hazelnuts                                              
                                                                                
           Hazelnuts:  Utilized Production by State and United States,          
                                                                                
                     1993-94 and Forecasted October 1, 1995                     
                                                                                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                    Utilized Production                    
                                                                                
        State       :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :       1993        :       1994        :       1995        
                                                                                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                   Tons (In-shell Basis)                   
                                                                                
                    :                                                           
                                                                                
OR                  :      40,800              21,000              37,900       
                                                                                
WA 1/               :         200                 100                 100       
                                                                                
                    :                                                           
US                  :      41,000              21,100              38,000       
                                                                                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Papayas                                                
                                                                                
        Papayas:  Area and Fresh Production, by Month, Hawaii, 1994-95          
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
           :                   Area                 :     Fresh Production      
           :------------------------------------------------------------------  
   Month   :    Total in Crop    :     Harvested    :            :              
           :----------------------------------------:    1994    :    1995      
           :   1994   :   1995   :   1994  :  1995  :            :              
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
           :   --------------- Acres --------------      -- 1,000 Pounds --     
           :                                                                    
Aug        :   3,250      3,765      2,145    2,340      4,805        3,245     
Sep        :   3,250      3,745      2,125    2,330      4,200        2,730     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110111011950830Corn                                                   
                                                                                
                             Corn:  Ears per Acre                               
                                                                                
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is conducting corn objective yield 
surveys in 10 States during 1995.  Randomly selected plots in corn for grain    
fields are visited monthly from August through harvest to obtain specific       
counts and measurements.  Data in this table are rounded actual counts from     
this survey and are not official estimates of the Agricultural Statistics       
Board, but rather intended to show trends in corn production practices.         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   Corn for Grain:  Number of Ears per Acre,                    
                         Selected States, 1991-1995 1/                          
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :              :              :              :            :            
  State  :     1991     :     1992     :     1993     :    1994    :  1995 2/   
         :              :              :              :            :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :                           Number                                     
         :                                                                      
IL       :     21,800         23,000         22,600        22,600      22,900   
IN       :     20,300         22,700         22,200        22,150      23,000   
IA       :     21,700         24,000         22,500        24,000      24,050   
MI       :     21,800         24,600         22,300        22,250      22,650   
MN       :     24,100         27,000         24,900        26,950      25,750   
MO       :     18,800         19,400         18,500        19,250      19,600   
NE       :     21,900         22,100         21,100        21,300      21,800   
OH       :     20,800         23,200         21,700        22,500      22,650   
SD       :     18,000         20,700         18,000        21,300      20,400   
WI       :     22,600         23,300         23,100        24,650      23,600   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Based on ear counts in plots selected for objective yield samples.          
2/  Based on October 1, 1995  counts.                                           
                                                                                
HDR1012000110121011950830Crop Production Narrative                              
HDR2012000110121011950830Crop Moisture & Drought Severity                       
                                                                                
                                  Crop Moisture                                 
                                                                                
Depicts short term (up to about 4 weeks) abnormal dryness or wetness affecting  
Agriculture, responds rapidly, can change considerably week to week, and        
indicates normal conditions at the beginning and end of the growing season.     
                                                                                
Uses...applicable in measuring the short term, week-to-week, status of dryness  
or wetness affecting warm season crops and field operations.                    
                                                                                
Limitations...may not be applicable to germination and shallow rooted crops     
which are unable to extract the deep or subsoil moisture from a 5-foot profile, 
or for cool season crops growing when temperatures are averaging below about 55 
degrees fahrenheit.  It is not generally indicative of the long term (months,   
years) drought or wet spells which are depicted by the drought severity index.  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                Drought Severity                                
                                                                                
Drought severity index (Palmer):  Depicts prolonged (months, years) abnormal    
dryness or wetness; responds slowly; changes little from week to week; and      
reflects long term moisture runoff, recharge, and deep percolation, as well as  
evaportranspiration.                                                            
                                                                                
Uses...applicable in measuring disruptive effects of prolonged dryness or       
wetness on water sensitive economies; designating disaster areas of drought or  
wetness and reflecting the general long-term status of water supplies in        
aquifers, reservoirs, and streams.                                              
                                                                                
Limitations...is not generally indicative of short-term (few weeks) status of   
drought or wetness such as frequently affects crops and field operations (this  
is indicated by the crop moisture index).                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830September Weather Summary                              
                                                                                
September Weather Summary:  A freeze struck the central Plains and the western  
                            Corn Belt on September 22 and 23, prematurely       
ending a difficult growing season that also featured spring wetness and         
flooding; a severe but short-lived mid-July heat wave; and a month-long hot and 
dry spell beginning in early to mid-August.  The freeze arrived about a week    
ahead of normal in the northwestern Corn Belt, but occurred more than 3 weeks   
early farther south, particularly from southwestern Kansas to central Illinois. 
In Kansas City, MO, a low of 31 degrees F on September 22 was their earliest    
freeze on record by 9 days.  Freeze damage in the affected area was most        
extensive to immature sorghum and soybeans.                                     
                                                                                
In the broader picture, vestiges of the extended August heat wave lingered into 
the first week of September, but were soon replaced by a cooler pattern east of 
the Rockies that culminated in the freeze.  Meanwhile, the West warmed and      
remained dry, pushing monthly temperature departures to +2 to +4 degrees F.     
Despite an eastward spread of warmth across the Nation at month's end,          
September temperatures averaged 2 to 4 degrees F below normal from northern     
Texas to the Great Lakes States, and across New England.                        
                                                                                
In late September, precipitation overspread the Pacific Northwest and the       
Southwest, but little or no rain fell during the month from California to the   
Great Basin.  Farther east, relief from extensive topsoil dryness was hit-or-   
miss from mid-month onward.  The heaviest rain fell in the southern Plains and  
the western Corn Belt, providing beneficial moisture for fall seeding but       
causing cotton-quality concerns and harvest delays, respectively.  Damp weather 
also caused cotton-condition declines in parts of the Southeast.  Peninsular    
Florida experienced several wet weeks, propelling monthly totals to 10 to       
15 inches in many areas.  In contrast, little rain fell in the central and      
eastern Corn Belt, with monthly totals under an inch in locations such as       
Springfield, IL and Ft. Wayne, IN.  The Northeast--the portion of the Nation    
currently most affected by long-term drought--received near-normal rainfall     
during September, moistening topsoils but failing to dent long-term moisture    
deficits.                                                                       
                                                                                
The tropics played a less significant role in the Nation's weather than during  
August.  Nevertheless, the remnants of the eastern Pacific Hurricane Ismael     
helped to spread heavy rain from southern New Mexico and western Texas to the   
Middle Atlantic States at mid-month.  But severe tropical impacts were confined 
to the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas and St. Croix) and eastern Puerto Rico   
(the islands of Culebra and Vieques), which escaped a brush with powerful       
Hurricane Luis on September 5-6, but were directly hit by Hurricane Marilyn on  
September 15-16.                                                                
                                                                                
The month's only significant snowstorm struck the central Plains on September   
20-21 as cold air poured southward.  A 7.4-inch snowfall in Denver, CO damaged  
still-foliated trees, while September-record single-day totals fell in Casper,  
WY (6.9 inches) and Goodland, KS (5.8 inches).  Earliest-measurable-snowfall    
records were broken by 9 days in Grand Island, NE and by 17 days in Dodge City, 
KS.  At the same time, late-season warmth peaked in interior Alaska, boosting   
monthly temperature departures to +4 to +7 degrees F.  In Bethel, AK, the       
monthly average temperature of 50.2 degrees F was 5.0 degrees F above normal    
and tied their 1924 September record.  In addition, heavy precipitation soaked  
southern Alaska, where Kodiak measured more than 19 inches during the month.    
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830General Crop Comments                                  
                                                                                
General Crop Comments:  September started with rain and cooler weather that was 
                        welcomed after the summer heat-wave.  Hot, dry weather  
matured corn rapidly but left development behind normal for other late-planted  
crops.  An early killing freeze in late September brought the growing season to 
an end for late-planted soybeans and sorghum in the western and central Corn    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Belt.  Rains later in the month hindered harvest activity in the western Corn   
Belt and slowed cotton harvest in the Southeast.  Crop conditions declined as   
the month advanced because of dry soil conditions and low temperatures across   
the central States and below normal rainfall in the Delta and Western States.   
                                                                                
Early September started with short soil moisture supplies in the central Corn   
Belt.  Cool, dry weather allowed the small grain harvest to make good progress  
in the Western States, but rain was needed to improve winter wheat germination. 
Rainfall brought cooler weather to the Corn Belt and ended weeks of above-      
normal temperatures.  Crop conditions continued to decline in the Corn Belt     
from weeks of hot, dry weather.                                                 
                                                                                
Crop development approached near-normal levels later in the month.  In the      
Western States, continued dry conditions limited crop growth and wheat seeding. 
Soybeans in the Midwest were 1 to 2 weeks behind schedule and needed pod-       
filling rain.  Precipitation fell from the southern Great Plains to the Mid-    
Atlantic, missing the Corn Belt and arriving too late to benefit the crops.     
The rain provided pre-planting moisture for wheat seeding in the Eastern        
States.  In the Midwest, damage from corn borers left stalks breaking over,     
prompting producers to harvest early and at higher than normal moisture levels. 
In the Southern Great Plains, cotton needed warmer weather to reach maturity,   
while cotton bolls opening in the Southeast were ahead of normal.               
                                                                                
On September 22 and 23, a killing-freeze in the western and central Corn Belt   
ending the growing season one to three weeks early.  Snow across the upper High 
Plains caused planting and harvesting delays.  Harvesting activity was delayed  
by heavy rains that fell from Texas to the Northeast.  Some soybean fields were 
weeks from the stage of development needed to protect them from the freeze.     
Some immature cotton in central Texas was defoliated and harvested, while cold  
weather hampered the maturing of the crop in the Texas plains.                  
                                                                                
The end of September brought a return to summer-like weather across the Central 
States that allowed harvest activity to make good progress.  Condition for all  
crops declined from mid-month, reflecting producers' assessment of crop damage  
from the freeze.   Many soybean plants that sustained freeze damage were still  
green.  The accelerated development from the summer's heat wave left some corn  
fields mature enough to endure the freeze and limited damage. Heavy rains fell  
from the southern Great Plains to the Great Lakes region, bringing pre-planting 
moisture for winter wheat seeding, but slowing harvest activity.  A late-week   
storm brought heavy rains to the Pacific Northwest, causing small grain         
planting delays.                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Corn for Grain                                         
                                                                                
Corn for Grain:  Acreage to be harvested for grain is forecast at 64.7 million  
                 acres, unchanged from last month but 11 percent below the 1994 
harvested acreage.  As of October 1, 17 percent of the acreage in the 17 major  
corn States had been harvested, only slightly behind the five-year average of   
19 percent.  In the 17 States, 52 percent of the crop was reported in good to   
excellent condition compared with 86 percent a year earlier.  Frosts on         
September 22 and 23, primarily in the  western corn belt, damaged some late     
planted crops. Some growers are reportedly harvesting corn at higher than       
normal moisture levels because of concern over abnormally high ear droppage.    
                                                                                
The October 1 corn objective yield data indicate the second highest ear count   
per acre for the 10 Corn Objective Yield States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,       
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin).    
The ear count is slightly below the record final ear count set in 1992, but     
slightly above the 1994 final ear count.                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
As of October 1, 1995, 53 percent of the Iowa corn crop was reported in good to 
excellent condition, well below last year's level.  Nine percent of the crop    
was harvested compared with 12 percent a year earlier.  The October 1 ear count 
for Iowa, if realized, would be a record high.                                  
                                                                                
The Illinois corn crop was reported 40 percent good to excellent--last year     
91 percent was reported good to excellent.  The harvest was reported 20 percent 
complete compared with 21 percent last year.  The ear count for Illinois is     
second only to the 1992 crop.                                                   
                                                                                
The Nebraska crop, which was planted about 2 weeks later than last year, was    
only 2 percent harvested compared with 20 percent a year earlier.  The crop was 
reported 44 percent good to excellent--down from 88 percent a year ago.  The    
third highest ear count is forecast for Nebraska.                               
                                                                                
The Minnesota crop is reported 69 percent good to excellent compared with       
88 percent last year.  About 12 percent of the crop was harvested compared with 
only 6 percent a year earlier.  The October ear count, if realized, would be    
the third highest on record.                                                    
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Sorghum for Grain                                      
                                                                                
Sorghum for Grain:  Production is forecast at 492 million bushels, down         
                    9 percent from September 1 and 25 percent from 1994.  This  
production level is the lowest since 1983.  The U.S. yield is forecast at       
59.2 bushels per acre, down 5.8 from last month and down 13.8 bushels from last 
year's record high.  Seven States lowered yield expectations from last month,   
most markedly in Kansas and Nebraska with drops of 8.0 and 11.0 bushels,        
respectively.  The Arkansas harvest is resulting in better yields than          
forecast.                                                                       
                                                                                
As of October 1, 56 percent of the crop was mature in the 12 major States and   
harvest had reached 30 percent completion.  These compare to the averages of    
67 and 35 percent, respectively.                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Rice                                                   
                                                                                
Rice:  Production of all rice is forecast at 178 million cwt, 2 percent below   
       the September 1 forecast and 10 percent below 1994.  This production     
level, if realized, would be the fourth highest on record.  Yields decreased in 
Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas causing a decrease in   
the U.S. yield to 5,710 pounds.  In California, late plantings and weed         
problems have reduced yields.  Heat and heavy rain during blooming reduced      
yields in Louisiana.  In Texas, the yield was reduced due to disease problems.  
Harvesting is underway with the rice crop in mostly good condition.             
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Soybeans                                               
                                                                                
Soybeans:  Growers plan to harvest 61.7 million acres, unchanged from the       
           September forecast.  The October Objective Yield Survey reported the 
second highest pod count for the objective yield States. The average plant      
maturity lags behind last year but is ahead of 1993.  The percent of soybeans   
dropping leaves is behind 1994 and ahead the average by the beginning of        
October.  Soybean harvest is behind 1994 and the average.  Soybeans are rated   
in good condition.                                                              
                                                                                
In comparison with the 1991-95 time period, the 1995 number of pods per         
18 square feet for October is the highest for Arkansas and Illinois.  In both   
States, the percent of soybeans dropping leaves was behind last year but ahead  
of  the average.  In Arkansas, the percent of soybeans harvested was behind     
last year but equal to the average.  In Illinois, the percent of soybeans       
harvested was behind 1994 and the average.                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
In Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Ohio the 1995 number of pods per     
18 square feet is the second highest, compared with the 1991-95 period.  In     
Indiana and Ohio,  the percent of soybeans dropping leaves was ahead of last    
year and the average.  The percent of soybeans dropping leaves was behind 1994  
but ahead of the average in Iowa. In Minnesota, the percent of soybeans         
dropping leaves was equal to last year but ahead of the average.  The percent   
of soybeans dropping leaves was behind the average but equal to 1994 in         
Nebraska. In both Indiana and Ohio, the percent of soybeans harvested was ahead 
of 1994 and the average.  In Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, the percent of soybeans 
harvested was behind last year and the average.                                 
                                                                                
In Missouri, the 1995 number of pods per 18 square feet ranks fourth in the     
1991-95 period. The percent of soybeans dropping leaves was behind last year    
and the average.  The percent of soybeans harvested was behind 1994 and the     
average.                                                                        
                                                                                
Forecasted yields in the non-objective yield States declined 1.8 bushels per    
acre from last month.  In Kansas and South Dakota, expected yields decreased    
due to the early frost.  In Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee,        
Delaware, and Maryland, expected yields were reduced due to the dry conditions  
in late August and September. North Dakota was the only non-objective yield     
State to increase their forecasted yield.  The remaining non-objective yield    
States remained unchanged.                                                      
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Soybean Revisions-1994                                 
                                                                                
Soybean Revisions-1994: The 1994 soybean production was revised to 2.52 billion 
                        bushels, down 41.6 million bushels from the previous    
1994 estimate.  Planted acreage was revised to 61.7 million acres, down         
270,000 acres from the previous estimate.  Harvested acreage decreased to       
60.9 million acres, down 270,000 acres from the previous estimate.  The         
resulting yield is 41.4 bushels, a decrease of 0.5 bushel from the previous     
estimate.                                                                       
                                                                                
Revisions were made based upon an analysis of end-of-marketing year stocks      
estimates, disappearance data for exports and crushings, and availability of    
additional data in some States.  This information was previously released in    
the September Grain Stocks report.                                              
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Sunflower                                              
                                                                                
Sunflower:  Production is forecast at 4.57 billion pounds in 1995, 5 percent    
            below the 1994 crop but 78 percent above 1993.  Harvested area, at  
3.48 million acres, is up 2 percent from 1994.  Yield is down 97 pounds at the  
U.S. level from last year.                                                      
                                                                                
In North Dakota, late planting was offset by an abundance of growing degree     
days.  The first killing frost occurred during the week ending September 23 in  
most areas.  By that time 71 percent of the bracts had turned yellow or beyond. 
Overall, in North Dakota the frost did more good than harm by pushing the crop  
further to harvest.  As of October 1, sunflower development was slightly ahead  
of last year and the average and the crop was in mostly good condition.         
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Peanuts                                                
                                                                                
Peanuts: Production is forecast at 3.51 billion pounds,down 2 percent from the  
         September 1 forecast and down 17 percent from last year's banner crop. 
Favorable weather during September allowed harvest to progress nicely across    
most of the peanut belt.  Acreage for harvest is 1.52 million acres, down       
1 percent from September and 6 percent below last year.  Yields are expected to 
average 2,302 pounds per harvested acre, down 31 pounds from last month and     
down 322 pounds from 1994.                                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
Production in the Southeastern States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South     
Carolina) is expected to total 2.04 billion pounds, 3 percent below last month  
and 20 percent below the 1994 crop.  Yield for the 4-State area is expected to  
average 2,265 pounds per acre, 42 pounds below last month.  A reduction of      
100 pounds in Georgia's expected yield per acre contributed to reduced          
prospects in the region.  As of October 1, harvest was 63 percent complete in   
Alabama with variable yields reported.  The Georgia crop was rated 3 percent    
very poor, 15 percent poor, 56 percent fair, 23 percent good, and 3 percent     
excellent, nearly equal last month's rating.  Digging was 79 percent complete   
and threshing neared the 62 percent mark by month's end.  The Florida peanut    
harvest was delayed by dry soil in some areas of the Panhandle and excessive    
moisture in others.  In South Carolina, harvest was 35 percent complete         
compared with an average 30 percent for this date.                              
                                                                                
Virginia-North Carolina production is forecast at 541 million pounds, down      
2 percent from last month and down 30 percent from last year's outstanding      
crop.  Yield per harvested acre in the region, at 2,324 pounds, is 872 pounds   
per acre below last year's final average.  Yield expectations in Virginia       
declined by 100 pounds per acre from last month.  Harvest is slightly behind    
normal with 14 percent of the acreage combined compared with an average rate of 
15 percent.  In North Carolina, timely rains have helped harvest progress.  As  
of October 1, combining stood at 12 percent complete compared with 10 percent   
normally for this date.                                                         
                                                                                
The peanut crop in the Southwest (New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) is expected  
to total 927 million pounds, unchanged from last month but 1 percent above      
1994.  Yields in the tri-state area are expected to average 2,377 pounds per    
acre, 126 pounds above last year.  In Texas, peanut harvest has begun in most   
parts of the High Plains and Cross Timbers with about 12 percent of the crop    
harvested.  Digging got underway in Oklahoma as soils dried out from plentiful  
rainfall received during the later part of the month.  In New Mexico, prospects 
remain good although cool and wet weather hampered harvest progress.            
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Cotton                                                 
                                                                                
Cotton:  Upland cotton harvested acreage, at 15.7 million acres, is up          
         19 percent from last year.  American-Pima harvested acreage, at        
192,500 acres, is 16 percent above 1994.                                        
                                                                                
In early October, 29 percent of Texas cotton acreage was in good to excellent   
condition and 28 percent was rated poor to very poor, reflecting a wide range   
in condition.  Boll opening was 57 percent complete, 3 percent ahead of the 5-  
year average.  Unusually high precipitation amounts during September, followed  
by cooler than normal weather the last of the month, adversely affected         
maturity.  Showers also delayed harvest in the Blacklands, Trans Pecos, and     
East Texas.  Cotton objective yield data indicate Texas has the lowest large    
boll counts and lowest boll weights since 1985.                                 
                                                                                
The Delta States (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee)    
rated their cotton mostly in fair to good condition in early October.  However, 
condition in all States diminished during September.  One-half of the cotton in 
Louisiana was poor to very poor and 34 percent was rated fair on October 1.     
During September, producers applied insect controls and defoliated, preparing   
for an early harvest.  Objective yield surveys show Louisiana and Mississippi   
with the lowest number of large bolls since 1985.  Arkansas counts are third    
lowest during this time period.  Early season data indicate Arkansas and        
Mississippi boll weights are the lowest during the past 10 years, and Louisiana 
weights rank ninth.                                                             
                                                                                
Thirty-eight percent of Arizona's cotton acreage rated in good to excellent     
condition.  Harvest was 8 points below the average pace, at 12 percent, on      
                                                                                
                                                                                
October 1.  All of the  California crop was in fair to good condition on the    
same date.  Harvest progress, at 2 percent, was slightly behind the 5-year      
average of 4 percent.  Cotton objective yield counts show Arizona and           
California large boll count at their lowest since 1985.  Boll weights in both   
states are also their lowest in the past 10 years.  Small bolls in Arizona      
ranked fifth but ranked tenth in California for the ten year period.            
                                                                                
In the Southeastern States (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South         
Carolina), the crop was in fair to good condition in early October.  Georgia    
improved 10 points during September as early yields proved better than          
expected.  Except for South Carolina, boll opening exceeded the 5-year average  
in the region.  Harvest in Alabama and Georgia exceeded the average pace at 27  
percent and 26 percent respectively.  These conditions do not reflect any       
effects on the crop by Hurricane Opal as it passed through the region after the 
time frame for crop observations.                                               
                                                                                
American-Pima production is forecast at 373,000 bales, up 5,000 bales from      
September and up 10 percent from 1994.  Yields, at 930 pounds per acre, are     
down 44 pounds from last year.  The California crop is rated fair to good as    
seasonably hot weather during September aided development.  Limited defoliation 
began late in the month.  Ginning began in the Winter Garden area, and harvest  
in the Trans-Pecos area will begin soon.                                        
                                                                                
All cotton ginnings totaled 2,455,400 running bales prior to October 1,         
compared with 2,324,000 running bales ginned to the same date last year and     
1,845,950 running bales in 1993.                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830All Hay                                                
                                                                                
All Hay:  Production for 1995 is forecast at 157 million tons, virtually        
          unchanged from the August 1 forecast and up 5 percent from 1994.  All 
hay yields are expected to average 2.61 tons per acre, a slight increase from a 
year ago.  Acreage harvested, at 60.2 million acres, is unchanged from          
August 1 and 3 percent above last year.  The largest increase in production     
from a year ago is in Wyoming, 47 percent above 1994.  The largest decrease is  
in Alabama, 25 percent below the previous year.                                 
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures                           
                                                                                
Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures:  Alfalfa hay production, at 85.9 million tons, is 
                               down fractionally from the quantity expected     
August 1 but 6 percent above the 1994 total.  Area for harvest, at 24.6 million 
acres, is up 2 percent from a year ago.  Average yield, forecast at 3.49 tons   
per acre, is up 0.13 of a ton from the previous year.  Increased acreage and    
higher yields contributed to a higher level of production than a year ago.      
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830All Other Hay                                          
                                                                                
All Other Hay: Production of all other hay is forecast at 71.1 million tons,    
               down fractionally from the August 1 forecast and 3 percent above 
a year ago.  Area for harvest, at 35.6 million acres, is up 3 percent from last 
year.  Yield per acre is expected to average 2.00 tons, virtually unchanged     
from the 1994 yield.                                                            
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Dry Edible Beans                                       
                                                                                
Dry Edible Beans:  Production of dry beans is forecast at 30.6 million cwt,     
                   5 percent below the August 1 forecast but 5 percent above    
1994.  Harvest area is estimated at 1.91 million acres, 3 percent above a year  
ago and 18 percent above two years ago.  Yield, at 1,603 pounds per acre, is    
46 pounds below the August 1 forecast but 21 pounds above last year.            
                                                                                
Late planting and late development of this year's dry bean crop pushed harvest  
progress 2-3 weeks behind normal across much of the country.  Hard freezes hit  
                                                                                
                                                                                
the Mountain and Plains States about September 18-24, killing vines in many     
fields that were not yet mature.  Up to 8 inches of snow covered fields in      
Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, and Nebraska.  Expected yields are down from North   
Dakota to Texas.  Harvest progress is late in several States, ranging from      
46 percent complete in Colorado to 65 percent complete in Idaho and 70 percent  
complete in Nebraska.  Michigan, New York, and North Dakota, on the other hand, 
are ahead of normal.                                                            
                                                                                
Heavy dry bean production this year is expected from Michigan, up 42 percent    
from last year.  North Dakota is up 7 percent, Minnesota is up 6 percent, and   
California expects a 14 percent gain.  Nebraska's forecast, although down from  
August, is 7 percent above last year.  Idaho and Wyoming are short of a year    
ago.                                                                            
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Lentils                                                
                                                                                
Lentils:  Production of lentils is estimated at 1.93 million cwt, up 4 percent  
          from last year but 4 percent below 1993.  Harvested area, at          
143,000 acres, was down 20 percent from last year and the same as two years     
ago.  The average yield of 1,352 pounds per acre jumped 309 pounds from 1994    
but fell 51 pounds short of 1993.  Some growers in Washington were hit by hail  
storms while others reported the best crop they've ever had.                    
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Dry Edible Peas                                        
                                                                                
Dry Edible Peas:  Production of dry peas is estimated at 3.75 million cwt, up   
                  66 percent from last year's drought stricken crop and         
14 percent above 1993 production.  Harvested area is estimated at               
163,000 acres, up 27 percent from last year and 12 percent above 1993.  The     
average yield of 2,300 pounds per acre jumped 538 pounds from last year and     
30 pounds better than 1993.                                                     
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Austrian Winter Peas                                   
                                                                                
Austrian Winter Peas:  An Austrian winter pea crop of 101,000 cwt is estimated  
                       for 1995, almost double last year but 35 percent below   
1993.  Area harvested, at 6,700 acres, was up 46 percent from 1994 but          
36 percent below 1993.  The average yield of 1,507 pounds per acre gained       
398 pounds from a year earlier and 31 pounds from 1993.                         
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Winter Potatoes, 1995 Revised                          
                                                                                
Winter Potatoes, 1995 Revised: The final 1995 production of winter potatoes was 
                               estimated at 2.47 million cwt, up 4 percent from 
last year but 3 percent below 1993.  Final area harvested was 11,900 acres,     
down 3 percent from 1994 and 12 percent below 1993.  The average yield of 208   
cwt per acre climbed 15 cwt above 1994 and 20 cwt per acre over 1993.           
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Tobacco                                                
                                                                                
Tobacco: U.S. all tobacco production for 1995 is forecast at 1.31 billion       
         pounds, down 17 percent from 1994.  Harvested acres are expected to be 
674,040 acres, up fractionally from last year.  Yields for 1995 are estimated   
to average 1,940 pounds per acre, 418 pounds below the average for 1994.        
                                                                                
Flue-cured production is expected to total 730 million pounds, down 2 percent   
from the forecast of a month ago and 16 percent below a year ago.  This         
reduction is due to lower yields and a decrease in forecasted acres for harvest 
in Georgia.  Flue-cured growers plan to harvest 385,000 acres, 7 percent above  
last year.  Flue-cured tobacco accounts for 57 percent of this year's total     
tobacco acreage.                                                                
                                                                                
Burley production is expected to total 491 million pounds, 20 percent below the 
production of 1994.  Yield is expected to average 1,991 pounds per acre,        
309 pounds below the average for 1994.  Burley tobacco growers expect to        
harvest                                                                         
                                                                                
246,600 acres, 7 percent below last year.  Kentucky, with 66 percent of the     
1995 burley area, is 7 percent below a year ago.                                
                                                                                
The tobacco harvest in the Southeastern region (Georgia, Kentucky, South        
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia) was nearly complete,         
slightly ahead of normal.  Burley cutting in Kentucky was 96 percent complete   
as of October 1.  Housed tobacco in Kentucky was mostly good to fair, with      
almost 20 percent ready for stripping and 5 percent stripped.  Curing weather wa
ideal during the end of September in Tennessee, where 93 percent of the tobacco 
was harvested with 10 percent stripped.  Yields declined due to delayed         
transplanting followed by cool, wet weather during the early summer that        
provided ideal conditions for the spread of disease.  A mid-summer heat-wave    
combined with dry weather slowed the spread of blue mold.  Tobacco fields       
affected by the blue mold suffered severe losses.  Continued hot weather in     
September lowered condition ratings and depleted soil moisture supplies.        
Tobacco markets were active during September with markets in Florida and        
Georgia closing in early October.                                               
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Sugarbeets                                             
                                                                                
Sugarbeets:  Production is expected to total 28.8 million tons, a decrease of   
             10 percent from last year.  The area for harvest, at 1.43 million  
acres, is virtually unchanged from the September 1 forecast but down 1 percent  
from last year.  Yields are expected to average 20.2 tons per acre, 2.0 tons    
below last year's yield.                                                        
                                                                                
Freezing temperatures in mid-September cut the growing season short for some    
late-planted sugarbeet fields in the central States.  The sugarbeet harvest     
started slightly behind normal in most States due to delays in spring planting. 
In North Dakota, where eight percent of the sugarbeets were lifted by the end   
of September, condition was mostly good to excellent.  In Minnesota the freeze  
aggravated Cercospora problems in some fields.  Sugarbeets in Colorado were     
covered with a blanket of snow on September 20, followed by freezing            
temperatures that burned upper leaves and lowered yield prospects.  Hot, dry    
weather and insect problems limited plant growth in Michigan, where the early   
harvest was just beginning.  In California, good growing conditions followed    
the late-spring planting and warm, dry summer weather limited insect problems.  
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Sugarcane                                              
                                                                                
Sugarcane:  Sugarcane production as of October 1 is expected to total           
            30.2 million tons, a decrease of 2 percent from 1994.  The area for 
harvest, at 932,300 acres, is up 1 percent from the September 1 forecast and    
down fractionally from last year.  The forecasted yield, at 32.4 tons per acre, 
is 0.6 ton below last year's yield.                                             
                                                                                
Growing conditions for Louisiana sugarcane in September were hot and dry.  The  
increase in sugarcane acres for harvest in Louisiana reflects continued         
expansion beyond the fringes of the traditional sugarcane areas.  In Louisiana, 
the sugarcane harvest was beginning with conditions reported as good to fair.   
A wet month for Florida allowed sugarcane to make good growth.  Sugarcane       
growers started planting in Florida and the first sugarcane mill is expected to 
open in mid-October.  Dry weather persisted over Hawaii and plantations that    
converted to seasonal harvesting concluded the sugarcane harvest.               
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Grapes                                                 
                                                                                
Grapes:  Grape production for October 1 is 5.78 million tons, up slightly from  
         the August forecast but down 2 percent from last year.  Michigan and   
Washington increased while New York and Pennsylvania remained unchanged.        
Production for all other states was carried forward from the previous August    
forecast.                                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
The California all grape forecast, at 5.09 million tons, was carried forward    
from August.  That level is down 3 percent from last year.  Of this total,      
2.25 million tons are raisin varieties, 2.20 million tons are wine varieties,   
and 640,000 tons table varieties.  Picking of Thompson Seedless grapes for all  
uses is nearing completion with good quality reported.  Table grape harvest in  
the San Joaquin Valley is active.  Color has been slow to come in many          
vineyards.  Wine grape harvest is behind normal due to low sugar levels.        
                                                                                
Grape production in Washington increased to 308,000 tons, up 1 percent from     
August and up 37 percent from 1994.  Cool, wet weather slowed maturity and      
caused mildew and black leaf problems in the Concords.  Picking began in mid-   
September and is expected to continue through October.  Niagara grape harvest   
is complete.  Bunch rot has been seen on some white wine varieties.  Rain       
delayed wine grape harvest which is expected to continue into early November.   
                                                                                
New York production remains at 175,000 tons, a decrease of 8 percent from last  
year.  Lack of rain limited production; however, there is little disease        
pressure.  Michigan forecasts 72,000 tons, up 3 percent from August and up      
11 percent from 1994.  Niagara harvest is complete while Concord harvest began  
late September.  Japanese beetle activity is higher than normal.  Brix levels   
are normal.  Pennsylvania expects to produce 70,000 tons, unchanged from last   
forecast but down 13 percent from the previous year.  A lack of precipitation   
resulted in smaller berries in some areas but impeded the growth of mildew.     
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Grapefruit                                             
                                                                                
Grapefruit: The initial forecast of the 1995-96 U.S. Grapefruit crop is         
            2.82 million tons, down 3 percent from last season.  Beginning with 
the 1995-96 crop year, separate forecasts for California Desert and Other area  
grapefruit production will not be available.                                    
                                                                                
The October 1 Florida all grapefruit crop forecast is 54.0 million boxes        
(2.30 million tons), 3 percent less than last year but 6 percent more than the  
1993-94 crop.  Average fruit size is slightly smaller than last year while      
fruit set is down from a year ago.  The white seedless grapefruit forecast is   
24.0 million boxes (1.02 million tons), down 7 percent from the 1994-95 season. 
The colored seedless forecast is 29.0 million boxes (1.23 million tons),        
1 percent more than last season.  The seedy grapefruit crop is expected to      
total 1.00 million boxes (43,000 tons) 23 percent less than last year and 5     
percent less than two years ago.                                                
                                                                                
California all grapefruit forecast is 8.50 million boxes (285,000 tons),        
9 percent smaller than the last two years. The crop matured early, permitting   
some growers to begin picking.  Large sizes were reported although fruit set is 
down considerably.  The Arizona 1995-96 crop is 1.20 million boxes              
(40,000 tons), 14 percent less than last year.  Widespread sunburn and small    
fruit size contributed to decreased production.  Texas production is            
5.00 million boxes (200,000 tons), 8 percent more than last year and 67 percent 
more than two years ago.  Trees are in good condition despite some problems     
with leaf minor.                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Lemons                                                 
                                                                                
Lemons:  The 1995-96 lemon crop is forecast at 1.05 million tons, 14 percent    
         more than last year and 6 percent more than the 1993-94 crop.          
                                                                                
California production in 1995-96 crop is forecast at 22.0 million boxes         
(836,000 tons), 7 percent more than last year and 6 percent more than in 1993-  
94.  Lemon harvest was active with good quality reported.  The Arizona lemon    
crop is expected to be 5.50 million boxes (209,000 tons), up 53 percent from a  
year ago and 6 percent more than the 1993-94 season.                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Tangelos                                               
                                                                                
Tangelos:  The 1995-96 Florida tangelo crop is forecast at 2.50 million boxes   
           (113,000 tons), 21 percent less than last year's crop and 25 percent 
less than 1993-94.  Although there are more bearing trees, fruit set and size   
are down.                                                                       
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Temples                                                
                                                                                
Temples: Florida 1995-96 temple production is forecast at 2.20 million boxes    
         (99,000 tons), 14 percent below last year and 2 percent below 1993-94. 
Smaller fruit size and decreased set per tree contributed to reduced            
production.                                                                     
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Tangerines                                             
                                                                                
Tangerines:  The 1995-96 U.S. tangerine crop is forecast at 317,000 tons,       
             15 percent more than last season but 1 percent less than the       
1993-94 crop.  Florida's tangerine forecast is 4.10 million boxes               
(195,000 tons), up 15 percent from last season.  Although fruit size and set    
were mixed for Sunburst and Honey varieties, more trees are bearing fruit.      
                                                                                
California tangerine production is forecast at 2.30 million boxes               
(86,000 tons), up 5 percent from 1994-95 and equal to production in 1993-94.    
The crop was maturing well with average fruit size.  Arizona's tangerine        
forecast is 950,000 boxes (36,000 tons), 46 percent more than a year ago but 5  
percent less than 1993-94.  Overall, there were few problems with disease and   
insects.                                                                        
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830K-Early Citrus                                         
                                                                                
K-Early Citrus:  Production of K-Early Citrus Fruit in Florida is expected to   
                 total 100,000 boxes (5,000 tons), 17 percent below last year   
and less than half the 1993-94 crop.  Although the number of bearing trees      
remained the same, lower fruit set and smaller size reduced the crop.           
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Florida Citrus                                         
                                                                                
Florida Citrus: Groves, trees, and new crop fruit are in very good to excellent 
                condition.  Rainfall during September was above average for the 
lower east coast, lower interior, and west coast.  The central and northern     
interior parts of the citrus belt had normal rainfall.  The tropical type       
conditions generated a lot of new foliage on trees of all ages.  Fresh fruit    
packers started packing red and white grapefruit, Navel oranges, Ambersweet     
oranges, Robinson tangerines, and K-Early Citrus fruit.  All of these fresh     
crops moved in very limited quantities.  A few processing plants received       
packing house eliminations.  Volume harvesting is expected to increase rapidly  
during October.  Caretakers actively cut cover crops, sprayed, fertilized, and  
removed dead trees.                                                             
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Texas Citrus                                           
                                                                                
Texas Citrus:  Harvesting early oranges began in a few groves in the Rio Grande 
               Valley by late September.  Good quality is expected this season. 
Citrus leaf minor continued to be a problem across the Valley.  Trees, despite  
the leaf minor, remained in good condition.  September rains offset some of the 
need to irrigate, the results of a dry summer.  Water shortage could cause      
problems as the season progresses.  Some grapefruit bloom was lost due to cool  
temperatures but is more than compensated by new acreage coming into            
production.                                                                     
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Apples                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
Apples:  The final forecast of the 1995 apple crop places production at         
         11.1 billion pounds, down fractionally from the August 1 forecast and  
2 percent below last year's production.  Increased production in Michigan was   
offset by reduced prospects in New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.      
                                                                                
The Eastern States expect 2.92 billion pounds, down 2 percent from the          
August 1 forecast but 11 percent above a year ago.  Hot, dry weather during the 
summer reduced the crop along much of the East Coast.  In New York, fruit size  
                                                                                
                                                                                
is smaller than normal because of the heat and drought.  North Carolina harvest 
reached the 60 percent mark but is running 5 percentage points behind schedule. 
Uneven fruit size and a spotty crop reduced potential in Pennsylvania.  Cool    
nights and sunny days improved flavor and color in Virginia's crop.             
                                                                                
Production in the Central States is forecast at 1.69 billion pounds, up         
slightly from the August 1 forecast and 22 percent above the 1994 crop.         
Harvest in Michigan is well ahead of normal.  Quality is excellent in most      
parts of the state with a few reports of small sized fruit.  The record crop    
has caused sporadic labor shortages.  The Macintosh crop was nearly picked by   
the end of the month as the Empire and Jonathan harvest neared completion.      
                                                                                
Production in the Western States, is forecast at 6.52 billion pounds, unchanged 
from the August 1 forecast and 11 percent below the 1994 crop.  Harvest of most 
varieties is underway in Washington.  Crop quality is good but smaller-than-    
average fruit are being picked.  Red Delicious harvest peaked in Yakima County  
and is active in Chelan County under favorable weather conditions.  Harvest is  
active in California where a good quality crop is expected.                     
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Pecans                                                 
                                                                                
Pecans:  The October 1 forecast for U.S. pecan production is 248 million pounds 
         (in-shell basis), unchanged from September but up 25 percent from last 
year's crop of 199 million pounds.  This forecast does not reflect any damage   
which occurred in the southeast during Hurricane Opal on October 4 - 5, 1995.   
The forecast in Oklahoma increased while the Alabama forecast decreased this    
month.  All other forecasting states remained at the same level.                
                                                                                
Georgia production is unchanged at 80.0 million pounds, an increase of          
23 percent from 1994.  Dry conditions persisted in September in the main pecan  
producing areas.  Aphids and scab have caused problems in some areas.  Pecans   
are expected to be of better quality than last year, but nuts will be smaller.  
Harvest started the last week of September.                                     
                                                                                
The Texas forecast is 60.0 million pounds, unchanged from the previous          
forecast, but 50 percent above last year.  Harvest started in several areas.    
Producers continue to report problems with nut drop, insects, and disease.  New 
Mexico forecast of 30.0 million pounds, is equal to last month but 25 percent   
more than 1994.  Weather conditions remained conducive for nut development      
during September and good quality is reported.  Production in Oklahoma is       
forecast at 20.0 million pounds, 11 percent above September and 67 percent      
higher than last year.  Most producing areas received ample moisture during     
September.  Web worms continue to be a problem in many areas.                   
                                                                                
Alabama forecasts 12.0 million pounds, down 14 percent from September, but up   
from last year's 4.00 million pounds.  Premature nut droppage and limb damage   
caused by Hurricane Erin reduced pecan production in southern Alabama.  Dry     
conditions in many areas prevented optimal nut fill.  Louisiana expects         
14.0 million pounds, the same as last forecast but 27 percent above the         
previous year.  Dry weather has held down prospects for an above average crop.  
Harvest should be getting underway shortly.                                     
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Hazelnuts                                              
                                                                                
Hazelnuts: Hazelnut production in Oregon and Washington is forecast at          
           38,000 tons for 1995, unchanged from August and 80 percent above the 
previous year.  If realized, this level will be the second largest crop ever,   
7 percent below the 1993 record high of 41,000 tons.  The Oregon production     
remains unchanged at 37,900 tons, an increase of 80 percent from 1994.          
Washington production, at 100 tons, is carried forward from August.  Harvest is 
underway, but progress slowed due to wet orchards.                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Papayas                                                
                                                                                
Papayas: Hawaii papaya production in September amounted to 2.73 million pounds, 
         16 percent lower than August and 35 percent lower than September,      
1994.                                                                           
                                                                                
Weather conditions were variable, with a mix of light rainfall and sunshine     
during the first half of September followed by drier conditions over the        
second half.  Papaya ringspot virus continued to depress yields and production  
in the major producing area of the state.                                       
                                                                                
Area devoted to papaya production totaled 3,745 acres, 1 percent lower than     
August but 15 percent higher than a year ago.  Harvested area, totaling         
2,330 acres, decreased slightly from August but was 10 percent higher than last 
September.                                                                      
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830California Fruits and Nuts                             
                                                                                
California Fruits and Nuts:  Table grape harvest continued throughout the San   
                             Joaquin Valley under good weather conditions.  By  
month's end, raisins were in all stages of harvest from just laid, to being     
dried, rolled, and binned.  Nectarine, peach, plum, and prune harvests were     
virtually complete throughout the state.  Golden delicious and red delicious    
apples were harvested in Sonoma County.  Fuji, Granny Smith, and Gala apples    
were harvested in the San Joaquin Valley.  Early walnut harvest began in some   
areas of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys.  Late walnut varieties were    
sprayed for worms, codling moth, and weed control.  Almond harvest neared       
completion.  Fig and pomegranate harvests continued in Fresno and Tulare        
Counties.  Kiwifruit and persimmon harvests began mid-month in Sutter County.   
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830California Citrus                                      
                                                                                
California Citrus:  New crop Desert grapefruit harvest began.  Harvest is       
                    earlier than usual because excess heat matured the crop     
quickly.  Set is down significantly but individual fruit size is large.  Old    
crop Other Area harvest was ending.  Lemon picking is active with good quality  
reported.  New crop Navel oranges were maturing well. Harvest is expected to    
begin in Kern County by mid-October.  Old crop Valencia orange picking remained 
active in Southern California.  Tangerines matured well with average fruit      
size.  Harvest should begin by late October.                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Reliability                                            
                                                                                
              Reliability of October 1 Crop Production Forecasts                
                                                                                
Survey Procedures:  Objective yield and farm operator surveys were conducted    
                    between September 22 and October 2 to gather information on 
expected yield as of October 1.  The objective yield surveys for corn,          
soybeans, and cotton were conducted in the major producing States that usually  
account for at least 80 percent of the U.S. production.  Randomly selected      
plots were re-visited to make current counts.  The items counted within the     
selected plots depend on the crop and the maturity of that crop.  In all cases, 
number of plants are recorded along with other measurements that provide        
information to forecast the number of ears, pods, or bolls and their weight.    
The counts are used with similar data from previous years to develop a          
projected biological yield.  The five-year average harvesting loss is           
subtracted to obtain a net yield.  The plots are re-visited each month until    
crop maturity when the fruit is harvested and weighed.  After the farm operator 
has harvested the sample field, another plot is sampled to obtain current year  
harvesting loss.                                                                
                                                                                
The farm operator survey was conducted primarily by telephone with some use of  
mail and personal interviewers.  Approximately 21,000 producers were            
interviewed during the survey period and asked questions about probable yield.  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Estimating Procedures:  National, regional, and State level objective yield and 
                        grower reported survey estimates were reviewed for      
errors, reasonableness, and consistency with historical estimates.  The survey  
data were also reviewed considering weather patterns and crop progress compared 
to previous month and previous years.  Each State Statistical Office submits    
their analysis of the current situation to the Agricultural Statistics          
Board (ASB).  The ASB uses the survey data and the State analyses to prepare    
the published October 1 forecast.                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Revision Policy:  The October 1 production forecast will not be revised;        
instead                                                                         
                  a new forecast will be made each month throughout the growing 
season.  At the end of the marketing year administrative records and a balance  
sheet are utilized using carryover stocks, production, exports, processing,     
feeding, and ending stocks.  Revisions are then made if data relationships      
warrant changes.  Harvested acres may be revised any time a production forecast 
is made if there is strong evidence that the intended harvested area has        
changed since the last estimate.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Reliability:  To assist users in evaluating the reliability of the October 1    
              production forecasts, the "Root Mean Square Error," a statistical 
measure based on past performance, is computed.  The deviation between the      
October 1 production forecast and the final estimate is expressed as a          
percentage of the final estimate.  The average of squared percentage deviations 
for the 1975-1994 20-year period is computed then the square root of the        
average becomes statistically the "Root Mean Square Error."  Probability        
statements can be made concerning expected differences in the current forecast  
relative to the final end-of-season estimate, assuming that factors affecting   
this year's forecast are not different from those influencing recent years.     
                                                                                
For example, the "Root Mean Square Error" for the October 1 corn for grain      
production forecast is 4.4 percent.  This means that chances are 2 out of 3     
that                                                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
the current production forecast of 7.54 billion bushels will not be above or    
below the final estimate by more than 4.4 percent or approximately 332 million  
bushels.  Chances are 9 out of 10 (90 percent confidence level) that the        
difference will not exceed 7.6 percent or approximately 573 million bushels.    
                                                                                
Also shown in the following table is a 10-year record for selected crops of the 
differences between the October 1 forecast and the final estimates.  Using corn 
again as an example, changes between the October 1 forecast and the final       
estimate during the past 10 years have averaged 249 million bushels, ranging    
from 5 million to 618 million bushels.  The October 1 forecast has been below   
the final estimate 6 times and above 4 times.  This does not imply that the     
October 1 corn forecast this year is likely to understate or overstate final    
production.  For most crops, the number of years the forecasts have been below  
or above the final estimate is about equally distributed.                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
              Reliability of October 1 Crop Production Forecasts                
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                      :Root Mean Square Error::      10-year Record Of          
                      :----------------------:: Differences Between Forecast    
                      :       :90% Confidence::      and Final Estimate         
      Crop and        :       :     Level    ::-------------------------------  
        Unit          :Percent:--------------::  Quantity      :No. of Years    
                      :       :       :      ::-------------------------------  
                      :       :Percent: Quant::    :     :     :Below:Above     
                      :       :       :      :: Avg: Min.: Max.:Final:Final     
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                      :                  Mil ::----- Mil -----                  
                      :                      ::                                 
Feed Grains 1/      Mt: 4.2      7.3      15 ::   7   0      20   7      3      
Corn For Grain      Bu: 4.4      7.6     573 :: 249   5     618   6      4      
Sorghum For Grain   Bu: 5.7      9.8      48 ::  32   7     105   6      4      
Rice               Cwt: 3.2      5.6      10 ::   4   1      13   7      3      
Soybeans For          :                      ::                                 
 Beans              Bu: 3.9      6.8     149 ::  50   2     103   5      5      
Cotton        Bales 2/: 4.5      7.8   1,493 :: 537  31   1,424   5      4      
Dry Edible            :                      ::                                 
 Beans            Cwt : 3.8      6.6       2 :: 0.7   0     1.3   6      4      
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1/  Corn for grain, sorghum for grain, oats, and barley.                        
2/  Quantity is in thousands of bales.                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Index                                                  
                                                                                
                                     Index                                      
                                                                                
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                                                       Table       Narrative    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Apples ............................................    A-32           B-12      
Beans, Dry Edible .................................    A-22           B- 8      
Citrus Fruit ......................................    A-30           B-12      
Corn for Grain ....................................    A- 9           B- 4      
Corn for Grain, Ears per Acre .....................    A-35                     
Cotton ............................................    A-17           B- 7      
Cottonseed ........................................    A-18           B- 7      
Crop Moisture Maps ................................    B-1                      
Grapes ............................................    A-29           B-10      
Hay, All ..........................................    A-19           B- 8      
Hay, Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures for Hay .........    A-20           B- 8      
Hay, Other ........................................    A-21           B- 8      
Hazelnuts..........................................    A-34           B-13      
Lentils ...........................................    A-23           B- 9      
Papayas ...........................................    A-35           B-14      
Peanuts ...........................................    A-16           B- 6      
Peas, Austrian Winter .............................    A-24           B- 9      
Peas, Dry Edible ..................................    A-23           B- 9      
Pecans ............................................    A-33           B-13      
Potatoes ..........................................    A-24           B- 9      
Reliability Statement .............................                   B-15      
Rice ..............................................    A-12           B- 5      
Sorghum for Grain .................................    A-11           B- 5      
Soybeans for Beans ................................    A-13           B- 5      
Sugarbeets ........................................    A-29           B-10      
Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed ......................    A-29           B-10      
Sunflower .........................................    A-15           B- 6      
Tobacco by Class and Type .........................    A-26           B- 9      
Tobacco by States .................................    A-28           B- 9      
U S Summary .......................................    A- 3           B- 3      
                                                                                
                                                                                
HDR2012000110121011950830Report Features                                        
                                                                                
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The next "Crop Production" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on           
November 9, 1995.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
Listed below are the commodity specialists in the Crops Branch of the National  
Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information.          
                                                                                
                                                                                
C. Ray Halley, Chief                                              (202) 720-2127
                                                                                
                                                                                
  Field Crops Section                                                           
    Bill Dowdy, Head                                              (202) 720-3843
      Dan Kerestes - Soybeans, Minor Oilseeds, Rice               (202) 720-9526
      Greg Preston - Sugar Crops, Tobacco, Weekly Crop Weather    (202) 720-7621
      Vaughn Siegenthaler - Rye, Sorghum, Wheat                   (202) 720-8068
      Charles Van Lahr - Barley, Corn, Oats                       (202) 720-7369
                                                                                
                                                                                
  Fruit, Vegetable & Special Crops Section                                      
    Stephen Ropel, Head                                           (202) 720-3843
      Arvin Budge - Potatoes, Dry Beans, Onions                   (202) 720-4285
      Roger Latham - Cotton, Hay                                  (202) 720-5944
      Linda McMillan - Nuts, Grapes                               (202) 720-4215
      Dave Mueller - Fresh and Processing Vegetables              (202) 720-2157
      Blair Smith - Citrus, Tropical Fruits                       (202) 720-5412
      Barbara Soltes - Noncitrus Fruits, Peanuts                  (202) 720-7688
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
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