HDR1012000110011112960830CROP PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS & SUMMARY                   
Crop                                                                            
Production                                                                      
                                                                                
National                                                                        
Agricultural                                                                    
Statistics                                                                      
Service                                                                         
                                                                                
USDA                                                                            
Washington, D.C.                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Released November 12, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service     
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For     
information on "Crop Production" call at (202) 720-2127, office hours 7:30 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m. ET.  For assistance with general agricultural statistics,          
information about NASS, its products or services, contact the Agricultural      
Statistics Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV.  Forecasts  
refer to November 1, 1996.  The "Crop Production" U.S. Summary is available on  
Autofax, (202) 720-2000, report 1150.  See Page B-15.  Index is located at the  
end of this report.                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
           Corn, Soybeans, and Cotton Up From Last Month                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
Corn production is forecast at 9.27 billion bushels, 3 percent above the October
1 forecast and up 26 percent from 1995.  This is the third largest production on
record behind 1994 and 1992.  Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are  
expected to average 126.5 bushels per acre, up 3.5 bushels from last month and  
13.0 bushels from 1995.  Acreage harvested and to be harvested for grain is     
forecast at 73.3 million acres, unchanged from last month. Forecasted yields    
increased in all the major corn producing States due to favorable fall weather  
conditions.                                                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Soybean production is forecast at 2.40 billion bushels as of November 1, up     
2 percent from the October 1 forecast and 10 percent above the 1995 production. 
This is the second largest production on record behind 1994.  The yield is      
forecast at 37.9 bushels per acre, 0.9 bushels above October 1 and up           
2.6 bushels from 1995. Yield potential improved with nearly ideal weather       
conditions late in the growing season.                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Cr Pr 2-2 (11-96)                                                               
                                                                                
All cotton production is forecast at 18.6 million bales, up 2 percent from last 
month and a 4 percent increase from last year.  Yield is indicated at 698 pounds
per acre, up 161 pounds from 1995.  This is the third highest production on     
record, and the fourth highest yield.  Late August rainfall in Texas and        
favorable October weather resulted in the highest large boll count and the      
second highest boll weight in 10 years, and forecasted production increased     
200,000 bales in Texas from October.  The Mississippi forecast increased        
130,000 bales from last month as favorable weather and light insect pressure    
increased yield potential.                                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
This report was approved on November 12, 1996, by the Acting Secretary of       
Agriculture and the National Agricultural Statistics Service's Agricultural     
Statistics Board.                                                               
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
          Acting Secretary of               Agricultural Statistics Board       
              Agriculture                            Chairperson                
          Richard E. Rominger                        Rich Allen                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
             Crop Summary: Production, United States,                           
                  1995-96 and Forecasted 1996-97                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                         :                Utilized Production                   
                         :----------------------------------------------------  
          Crop           :                :       Oct 1,     :     Nov 1,       
                         :                :        1996      :      1996 1/     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
        Crop Year        :    1995-96            1996-97          1996-97       
                         :                                                      
                         :                     1,000 Tons                       
Citrus Fruits 2/         :                                                      
  Oranges                :      11,723            12,380                        
  Grapefruit             :       2,718             3,041                        
  Lemons                 :         992             1,015                        
  Tangerines             :         348               415                        
  Temples (FL)           :          97               113                        
  Tangelos (FL)          :         110               171                        
  K-Early Citrus (FL)    :           7                 9                        
                         :                                                      
                         :                    Metric Tons                       
                         :                                                      
  Oranges                :  10,634,930        11,230,950                        
  Grapefruit             :   2,465,730         2,758,750                        
  Lemons                 :     899,930           920,790                        
  Tangerines             :     315,700           376,480                        
  Temples (FL)           :      88,000           102,510                        
  Tangelos (FL)          :      99,790           155,130                        
  K-Early Citrus (FL)    :       6,350             8,160                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Citrus production will no longer be forecasted in November.  The next       
    forecast will be in December 1996.                                          
2/  Crop year begins with the bloom of the first year and ends with the         
    completion of harvest the following year.                                   
                                                                                
     Crop Summary: Area Planted and Harvested, United States,                   
               1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996                             
                         (Domestic Units)                                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                         :       Area Planted       :      Area Harvested 1/    
          Crop           :----------------------------------------------------  
                         :     1995    :    1996    :    1995    :    1996      
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                         :                     1,000 Acres                      
                         :                                                      
Corn                     :    71,245       79,555       64,995       73,269     
Sorghum                  :     9,454       13,284        8,278       12,004     
Rice                     :   3,121.0      2,935.0      3,093.0      2,909.0     
Soybeans                 :    62,575       64,315       61,624       63,440     
Peanuts                  :   1,537.5      1,428.0      1,517.0      1,410.5     
All Cotton               :  16,931.4     14,243.0     16,006.7     12,779.6     
  Upland                 :  16,716.8     13,979.0     15,795.6     12,517.7     
  Amer-Pima              :     214.6        264.0        211.1        261.9     
Potatoes                 :                                                      
  Fall                   :   1,224.1      1,269.1      1,205.2      1,246.2     
  Total                  :   1,398.2      1,455.4      1,372.1      1,426.2     
Tobacco                  :                               663.1        738.7     
Sugarbeets               :   1,444.6      1,374.1      1,417.1      1,324.0     
Sugarcane for            :                                                      
 Sugar and Seed          :                               932.3        882.0     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Harvested for principal use of each crop, ie., grain, beans, etc.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
      Crop Summary: Area Planted and Harvested, United States,                  
                1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996                            
                           (Metric Units)                                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                      :       Area Planted        :      Area Harvested 1/      
         Crop         :-------------------------------------------------------  
                      :     1995    :     1996    :     1995    :    1996       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                      :                        Hectares                         
                      :                                                         
Corn                  :  28,832,140    32,195,110    26,302,830   29,651,230    
Sorghum               :   3,825,940     5,375,900     3,350,020    4,857,900    
Rice                  :   1,263,040     1,187,770     1,251,710    1,177,240    
Soybeans              :  25,323,480    26,027,640    24,938,620   25,673,530    
Peanuts               :     622,210       577,900       613,910      570,820    
All Cotton            :   6,851,970     5,764,000     6,477,750    5,171,780    
  Upland              :   6,765,120     5,657,160     6,392,320    5,065,790    
  Amer-Pima           :      86,850       106,840        85,430      105,990    
Potatoes              :                                                         
  Fall                :     495,380       513,590       487,730      504,320    
  Total               :     565,840       588,990       555,280      577,170    
Tobacco               :                                 268,350      298,940    
Sugarbeets            :     584,620       556,080       573,490      535,810    
Sugarcane for         :                                                         
 Sugar and Seed       :                                 377,290      356,940    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Harvested for principal use of each crop, ie., grain, beans, etc.           
   Crop Summary:  Yield per Acre and Production, United States,                 
                1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996                            
                          (Domestic Units)                                      
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
                         : Yield per Acre:             Production               
      Crop and Unit      :---------------------------------------------------   
                         :       :       :           :   Oct 1,  :   Nov 1,     
                         :  1995 :  1996 :   1995    :    1996   :    1996      
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
                         :                  ------------- 1,000 ------------    
                         :                                                      
Corn for Grain       Bu  : 113.5   126.5   7,373,876   9,012,148   9,265,288    
Sorghum for Grain    "   :  55.6    68.4     460,373     796,783     820,479    
Rice 1/              Cwt : 5,621   5,981     173,871     176,089     173,984    
Soybeans for Beans   Bu  :  35.3    37.9   2,176,814   2,346,220   2,402,610    
Peanuts              Lb  : 2,282   2,483   3,461,475   3,414,975   3,502,375    
All Cotton 1/        Bale:   537     698    17,899.8    18,189.1    18,594.1    
  Upland 1/          "   :   533     691    17,532.2    17,622.1    18,027.1    
  Amer-Pima 1/       "   :   836   1,039       367.6       567.0       567.0    
Cottonseed           Ton :                   6,848.7     6,965.4     7,128.4    
Potatoes                 :                                                      
  Fall               Cwt :   334     359     403,009                 447,890    
  Total              "   :   323     345     443,606                 491,455    
Tobacco              Lb  : 1,913   2,109   1,268,494   1,525,140   1,557,751    
Sugarbeets           Ton :  19.8    20.2      28,026      26,436      26,761    
Sugarcane for            :                                                      
 Sugar and Seed      "   :  33.0    31.7      30,796      27,378      27,968    
Hazelnuts            "   :                      39.0        20.0        20.0    
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
1/  Yield in pounds.                                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
  Crop Summary:  Yield per Hectare and Production, United States,               
                1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996                            
                           (Metric Units)                                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                      :Yield per Hectare:             Production                
         Crop         :-------------------------------------------------------  
                      :        :        :           :   Oct 1,   :   Nov 1,     
                      :  1995  :  1996  :   1995    :    1996    :    1996      
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                      :                      Metric Tons                        
                      :                                                         
Corn for Grain        :  7.12     7.94  187,305,080  228,919,100  235,349,160   
Sorghum for Grain     :  3.49     4.29   11,694,010   20,239,220   20,841,130   
Rice                  :  6.30     6.70    7,886,660    7,987,260    7,891,780   
Soybeans for Beans    :  2.38     2.55   59,243,170   63,853,640   65,388,330   
Peanuts               :  2.56     2.78    1,570,100    1,549,010    1,588,650   
All Cotton            :  0.60     0.78    3,897,230    3,960,210    4,048,390   
  Upland              :  0.60     0.77    3,817,190    3,836,760    3,924,940   
  Amer-Pima           :  0.94     1.16       80,040      123,450      123,450   
Cottonseed            :                   6,213,040    6,318,900    6,466,780   
Potatoes              :                                                         
  Fall                : 37.48    40.28   18,280,180                20,315,950   
  Total               : 36.24    38.62   20,121,630                22,292,020   
Tobacco               :  2.14     2.36      575,380      691,790      706,580   
Sugarbeets            : 44.33    45.31   25,424,760   23,982,340   24,277,170   
Sugarcane for         :                                                         
 Sugar and Seed       : 74.05    71.08   27,937,660   24,836,900   25,372,140   
Hazelnuts             :                      35,380       18,140       18,140   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                                                                                
Crop Summary:  Area Planted and Harvested, United States, 1995-96               
                         (Domestic Units)                                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                         :       Area Planted       :     Area Harvested        
          Crop           :----------------------------------------------------  
                         :     1995    :    1996 1/ :    1995    :    1996 1/   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                         :                     1,000 Acres                      
                         :                                                      
Oats                     :     6,336        4,661        2,962        2,687     
Barley                   :     6,689        7,174        6,279        6,787     
All Wheat                :    69,132       75,639       60,945       62,850     
  Winter                 :    48,686       51,983       40,972       39,709     
  Durum                  :     3,436        3,620        3,356        3,546     
  Other Spring           :    17,010       20,036       16,617       19,595     
Rye                      :     1,602        1,467          385          347     
Sunflower                :     3,478        2,787        3,368        2,685     
Flaxseed                 :       165          112          147          106     
All Hay                  :                              59,779       60,599     
  Alfalfa                :                              24,569       24,256     
  All Other              :                              35,210       36,343     
Dry Edible Beans         :   2,069.3      1,818.0      1,899.3      1,705.6     
Dry Edible Peas          :     198.0        190.0        194.0        183.0     
Austrian Winter Peas     :      10.9          8.6          7.7          7.3     
Lentils                  :     159.4        128.0        154.4        126.0     
Potatoes                 :                                                      
  Winter                 :      13.3         14.5         11.9         14.5     
  Spring                 :      88.3         91.9         84.3         89.2     
  Summer                 :      72.5         79.9         70.7         76.3     
Sweetpotatoes            :      87.4         89.4         83.6         86.2     
Hops                     :                                43.2         44.1     
Ginger Root (HI)         :                                 0.1          0.2     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.        
                                                                                
          Crop Summary:  Yield per Acre and Production,                         
                      United States, 1995-96                                    
                         (Domestic Units)                                       
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
                         :     Yield per Acre    :        Production            
      Crop and Unit      :---------------------------------------------------   
                         :    1995   :   1996 1/ :    1995    :     1996 1/     
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
                         :                           ------- 1,000 -------      
                         :                                                      
Oats                 Bu  :    54.7       57.8        162,027        155,225     
Barley               "   :    57.3       58.5        359,562        396,851     
All Wheat            "   :    35.8       36.3      2,182,591      2,281,763     
  Winter             "   :    37.7       37.2      1,544,653      1,478,048     
  Durum              "   :    30.5       32.7        102,280        115,840     
  Other Spring       "   :    32.2       35.1        535,658        687,875     
Rye                  "   :    26.1       26.0         10,064          9,016     
Sunflower            Lb  :   1,190      1,255      4,009,340      3,368,530     
All Hay              Ton :    2.59       2.51        154,786        151,840     
  Alfalfa            "   :    3.46       3.33         84,980         80,747     
  All Other          "   :    1.98       1.96         69,806         71,093     
Dry Edible Beans 2/  Cwt :   1,634      1,582         31,032         26,989     
Dry Edible Peas 2/   "   :   2,376      1,247          4,609          2,282     
Austrian Winter          :                                                      
 Peas 2/             "   :   1,545      1,411            119            103     
Lentils 2/           "   :   1,389        969          2,145          1,221     
Potatoes                 :                                                      
  Winter             "   :     208        226          2,473          3,273     
  Spring             "   :     240        238         20,193         21,197     
  Summer             "   :     254        250         17,931         19,095     
Hops                 Lb  :   1,826      1,788       78,852.4       78,884.0     
Ginger Root (HI)     "   :  43,000     47,000        5,800.0        9,400.0     
Apples, Comm'l       "   :                        10,736,000     10,608,500     
Peaches              "   :                         2,301,300      1,993,400     
Pears                Ton :                             948.3          783.4     
Grapes               "   :                           5,936.3        5,964.0     
Sweet Cherries       "   :                             165.3          133.2     
Tart Cherries        Lb  :                           395,600        247,900     
Apricots             Ton :                              58.5           73.3     
Olives (CA)          "   :                              77.5          140.0     
Dried Prunes (CA)    "   :                             181.0          200.0     
Prunes and Plums         :                                                      
 (Excl CA)           "   :                              23.0           19.0     
Almonds (CA)         Lb  :                           370,000        530,000     
Pecans               "   :                           268,000        250,700     
Walnuts (CA)         Ton :                             234.0          220.0     
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------   
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.        
2/  Yield in pounds.                                                            
                                                                                
Crop Summary:  Area Planted and Harvested, United States, 1995-96               
                          (Metric Units)                                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                      :       Area Planted       :       Area Harvested         
         Crop         :-------------------------------------------------------  
                      :     1995    :    1996 1/ :     1995     :    1996 1/    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                      :                       Hectares                          
                      :                                                         
Oats                  :   2,564,120     1,886,260     1,198,690    1,087,400    
Barley                :   2,706,970     2,903,250     2,541,050    2,746,630    
All Wheat             :  27,977,030    30,610,350    24,663,830   25,434,770    
  Winter              :  19,702,740    21,037,000    16,580,960   16,069,840    
  Durum               :   1,390,510     1,464,980     1,358,140    1,435,030    
  Other Spring        :   6,883,780     8,108,370     6,724,730    7,929,900    
Rye                   :     648,310       593,680       155,810      140,430    
Sunflower             :   1,407,510     1,127,870     1,363,000    1,086,590    
Flaxseed              :      66,770        45,330        59,490       42,900    
All Hay               :                              24,191,960   24,523,810    
  Alfalfa             :                               9,942,830    9,816,160    
  All Other           :                              14,249,130   14,707,650    
Dry Edible Beans      :     837,430       735,730       768,630      690,240    
Dry Edible Peas       :      80,130        76,890        78,510       74,060    
Austrian Winter Peas  :       4,410         3,480         3,120        2,950    
Lentils               :      64,510        51,800        62,480       50,990    
Potatoes              :                                                         
  Winter              :       5,380         5,870         4,820        5,870    
  Spring              :      35,730        37,190        34,120       36,100    
  Summer              :      29,340        32,330        28,610       30,880    
Sweetpotatoes         :      35,370        36,180        33,830       34,880    
Hops                  :                                  17,480       17,860    
Ginger Root (HI)      :                                      50           80    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.        
        Crop Summary:  Yield per Hectare and Production,                        
                      United States, 1995-96                                    
                          (Metric Units)                                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                         :  Yield per Hectare  :          Production            
          Crop           :----------------------------------------------------  
                         :   1995  :   1996 1/ :    1995      :    1996 1/      
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                         :                     Metric Tons                      
                         :                                                      
Oats                     :    1.96      2.07        2,351,820      2,253,080    
Barley                   :    3.08      3.15        7,828,540      8,640,410    
All Wheat                :    2.41      2.44       59,400,400     62,099,410    
  Winter                 :    2.54      2.50       42,038,570     40,225,870    
  Durum                  :    2.05      2.20        2,783,610      3,152,650    
  Other Spring           :    2.17      2.36       14,578,220     18,720,890    
Rye                      :    1.64      1.63          255,640                   
Sunflower                :    1.33      1.41        1,818,610      1,527,940    
All Hay                  :    5.80      5.62      140,419,500    137,746,930    
  Alfalfa                :    7.75      7.46       77,092,560     73,252,450    
  All Other              :    4.44      4.39       63,326,940     64,494,480    
Dry Edible Beans         :    1.83      1.77        1,407,590      1,224,200    
Dry Edible Peas          :    2.66      1.40          209,060        103,510    
Austrian Winter Peas     :    1.73      1.58            5,400          4,670    
Lentils                  :    1.56      1.09           97,300         55,380    
Potatoes                 :                                                      
  Winter                 :   23.27     25.29          112,170        148,460    
  Spring                 :   26.84     26.63          915,940        961,480    
  Summer                 :   28.43     28.05          813,340        866,130    
Hops                     :    2.05      2.00           35,770         35,780    
Ginger Root (HI)         :   52.60     53.25            2,630          4,260    
Apples, Comm'l           :                          4,869,770      4,811,930    
Peaches                  :                          1,043,850        904,190    
Pears                    :                            860,240        710,690    
Grapes                   :                          5,385,320      5,410,450    
Sweet Cherries           :                            149,910        120,840    
Tart Cherries            :                            179,440        112,450    
Apricots                 :                             53,070         66,500    
Olives (CA)              :                             70,310        127,010    
Dried Prunes (CA)        :                            164,200        181,440    
Prunes and Plums         :                                                      
 (Excl CA)               :                             20,870         17,240    
Almonds (CA)             :                            167,830        240,400    
Pecans                   :                            121,560        113,720    
Walnuts (CA)             :                            212,280        199,580    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.        
               Selected Crops:  Area Planted by State                           
                     and United States, 1994-96                                 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          :                                  :                                  
          :            Sugarbeets            :          Fall Potatoes           
          :                                  :                                  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          :                             1,000 Acres                             
          :                                                                     
CA        :              *86.0                               11.5               
CO        :               58.2                               78.0               
ID        :              187.0                              410.0               
IN        :                                                  *5.7               
ME        :                                                 *78.0               
MA        :                                                   2.8               
MI        :              153.0                               52.0               
MN        :              444.0                               85.0               
MT        :               57.5                              *10.4               
NE        :               56.0                              *12.7               
NV        :                                                   8.0               
NM        :                1.1                               *6.7               
NY        :                                                  29.0               
ND        :              225.0                              134.0               
OH        :                4.4                               *5.3               
OR        :               17.5                              *65.0               
PA        :                                                  17.0               
RI        :                                                   0.8               
SD        :                                                   6.0               
TX        :               14.1                                                  
UT        :                                                   4.3               
WA        :               13.0                              163.0               
WI        :                                                  83.0               
WY        :               57.3                                0.9               
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Year   :                            United States                            
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1994  1/  :            1,475.8                            1,216.1               
1995      :            1,444.6                            1,224.1               
1996      :            1,374.1                            1,269.1               
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Summer and fall potatoes in MI and MN combined for comparative purposes.    
* Updated for sugarbeets from the June 28, 1996, "Acreage" report and for fall  
potatoes from the July 12, 1996, "Crop Production" report.                      
        Corn for Grain:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State         
            and United States, 1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :      Production       
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1996       :          :            
        :  1995  :  1996  :   1995  :-------------------:   1995   :    1996    
        :        :        :         :  Oct 1  :  Nov 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :-- 1,000 Acres --    ------- Bushels -------     -- 1,000 Bushels --   
        :                                                                       
AL      :    220      270     75.0      80.0      80.0      16,500      21,600  
AZ 1/   :     22       35    170.0     175.0     175.0       3,740       6,125  
AR 1/   :     85      190    115.0      95.0      95.0       9,775      18,050  
CA      :    150      220    160.0     170.0     170.0      24,000      37,400  
CO      :    830      940    111.0     140.0     140.0      92,130     131,600  
CT 2/   :                                                                       
DE      :    139      150    105.0     130.0     133.0      14,595      19,950  
FL 1/   :     60      100     90.0      80.0      80.0       5,400       8,000  
GA      :    350      540     90.0      97.0      97.0      31,500      52,380  
ID 1/   :     35       40    140.0     125.0     125.0       4,900       5,000  
IL      : 10,000   10,800    113.0     135.0     137.0   1,130,000   1,479,600  
IN      :  5,300    5,450    113.0     120.0     124.0     598,900     675,800  
IA      : 11,400   12,400    123.0     135.0     140.0   1,402,200   1,736,000  
KS      :  1,970    2,350    124.0     145.0     155.0     244,280     364,250  
KY      :  1,140    1,200    108.0     122.0     125.0     123,120     150,000  
LA 1/   :    221      535    105.0     110.0     110.0      23,205      58,850  
ME 2/   :                                                                       
MD      :    400      465    105.0     126.0     132.0      42,000      61,380  
MA 2/   :                                                                       
MI      :  2,170    2,350    115.0      94.0      94.0     249,550     220,900  
MN      :  6,150    7,000    119.0     117.0     121.0     731,850     847,000  
MS 1/   :    275      610     95.0      93.0      93.0      26,125      56,730  
MO      :  1,470    2,600    102.0     128.0     135.0     149,940     351,000  
MT 1/   :     16       20    120.0     130.0     130.0       1,920       2,600  
NE      :  7,700    8,250    111.0     143.0     144.0     854,700   1,188,000  
NH 2/   :                                                                       
NJ 1/   :     78       94     93.0     107.0     107.0       7,254      10,058  
NM 1/   :     73       80    160.0     165.0     165.0      11,680      13,200  
NY      :    610      700    105.0     111.0     111.0      64,050      77,700  
NC      :    700      930    107.0      88.0      88.0      74,900      81,840  
ND      :    510      700     79.0      84.0      95.0      40,290      66,500  
OH      :  3,100    2,750    121.0     108.0     114.0     375,100     313,500  
OK 1/   :    130      180    125.0     105.0     105.0      16,250      18,900  
OR 1/   :     21       28    160.0     180.0     180.0       3,360       5,040  
PA      :    980    1,050     96.0     123.0     123.0      94,080     129,150  
RI 2/   :                                                                       
SC      :    265      380     91.0      75.0      75.0      24,115      28,500  
SD      :  2,450    3,650     79.0      90.0      95.0     193,550     346,750  
TN      :    540      680    118.0     113.0     113.0      63,720      76,840  
TX      :  1,900    1,800    114.0      95.0     102.0     216,600     183,600  
UT 1/   :     20       22    100.0     135.0     135.0       2,000       2,970  
VT 2/   :                                                                       
VA      :    275      300    111.0     124.0     129.0      30,525      38,700  
WA 1/   :    102      115    190.0     180.0     180.0      19,380      20,700  
WV 1/   :     40       40    100.0     100.0     100.0       4,000       4,000  
WI      :  3,050    3,200    114.0     107.0     109.0     347,700     348,800  
WY 1/   :     48       55    104.0     115.0     115.0       4,992       6,325  
        :                                                                       
US      : 64,995   73,269    113.5     123.0     126.5   7,373,876   9,265,288  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
2/  Not estimated.                                                              
                                                                                
       Sorghum for Grain:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State       
            and United States, 1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :      Production       
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1996       :          :            
        :  1995  :  1996  :   1995  :-------------------:   1995   :    1996    
        :        :        :         :  Oct 1  :  Nov 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :-- 1,000 Acres --    ------- Bushels -------     -- 1,000 Bushels --   
        :                                                                       
AL 1/   :      8       10    40.0      45.0      45.0         320         450   
AR      :    185      215    71.0      74.0      76.0      13,135      16,340   
CO      :    165      220    28.0      38.0      44.0       4,620       9,680   
GA 1/   :     30       40    37.0      40.0      40.0       1,110       1,600   
IL      :    170      230    69.0      74.0      74.0      11,730      17,020   
KS      :  3,100    4,600    56.0      76.0      80.0     173,600     368,000   
KY 1/   :     22       19    84.0      92.0      92.0       1,848       1,748   
LA      :     84      155    70.0      78.0      76.0       5,880      11,780   
MS      :     41       72    65.0      68.0      66.0       2,665       4,752   
MO      :    490      650    73.0      92.0      92.0      35,770      59,800   
NE      :    980    1,000    58.0      90.0      94.0      56,840      94,000   
NM      :    130      225    26.0      38.0      38.0       3,380       8,550   
NC 1/   :     10       10    65.0      53.0      53.0         650         530   
OK      :    320      480    40.0      52.0      52.0      12,800      24,960   
SC 1/   :      8        5    40.0      45.0      45.0         320         225   
SD      :    120      160    40.0      55.0      55.0       4,800       8,800   
TN 1/   :     15       13    87.0      88.0      88.0       1,305       1,144   
TX      :  2,400    3,900    54.0      49.0      49.0     129,600     191,100   
        :                                                                       
US      :  8,278   12,004    55.6      66.4      68.4     460,373     820,479   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
             Rice:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State              
            and United States, 1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :      Production       
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1996       :          :            
        :  1995  :  1996  :   1995  :-------------------:   1995   :    1996    
        :        :        :         :  Oct 1  :  Nov 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :-- 1,000 Acres --     ------- Pounds -------       -- 1,000 Cwt --     
        :                                                                       
AR      :  1,340   1,240     5,450     5,900     5,900     73,020      73,160   
CA      :    465     518     7,600     7,800     7,400     35,352      38,332   
LA      :    570     530     4,600     4,950     5,000     26,209      26,500   
MS      :    288     218     5,400     5,900     5,900     15,552      12,862   
MO 1/   :    112     105     5,300     5,000     5,000      5,936       5,250   
TX      :    318     298     5,600     6,100     6,000     17,802      17,880   
        :                                                                       
US      :  3,093   2,909     5,621     6,053     5,981    173,871     173,984   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   Rice:  Production by Class, United States,                   
                    1994-95 and Forecasted November 1, 1996                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
      Year     :   Long Grain  :  Medium Grain :  Short Grain  :      All       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
               :                           1,000 Cwt                            
               :                                                                
1994           :     133,445        63,390             944          197,779     
1995           :     121,730        51,241             900          173,871     
1996 1/        :     114,459        58,337           1,188          173,984     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Indicated November 1, 1996, rice class estimates are based on a five-year   
    average of class percentages.  The class percentages are adjusted as data   
    become available through the growing season.                                
Potatoes:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production, by Seasonal Group,            
                State, and United States, 1994-96                               
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
Seasonal Group:  Area Harvested  :      Yield      :        Production          
 and          :---------------------------------------------------------------  
 State        :    1995  :  1996 :   1995 :   1996 :   1994  :  1995  :  1996   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
              :  - 1,000 Acres -     ---- Cwt ----    ------ 1,000 Cwt ------   
              :                                                                 
Winter  1/    :    11.9     14.5      208      226    2,372    2,473    3,273   
              :                                                                 
Spring  1/    :    84.3     89.2      240      238   22,646   20,193   21,197   
              :                                                                 
Summer  1/    :    70.7     76.3      254      250   17,381   17,931   19,095   
              :                                                                 
Fall          :                                                                 
  CA          :    13.0     11.5      410      400    5,600    5,330    4,600   
  CO          :    76.8     77.8      310      370   25,795   23,808   28,786   
  ID          :   398.0    408.0      333      343  138,801  132,657  139,960   
    10 SW Co  :    27.0     28.0      420      425   12,690   11,340   11,900   
    Other ID  :   371.0    380.0      327      337  126,111  121,317  128,060   
  IN          :     4.6      5.2      260      250    1,148    1,196    1,300   
  ME          :    78.0     77.0      220      280   18,375   17,160   21,560   
  MA          :     3.3      2.7      260      260      744      858      702   
  MI  2/      :    54.5     46.0      300      300   14,040   16,350   13,800   
  MN  2/      :    77.0     82.0      270      300   20,035   20,790   24,600   
  MT          :     9.8     10.2      300      315    3,200    2,940    3,213   
  NE          :    11.5     12.5      320      350    3,996    3,680    4,375   
  NV          :     7.6      8.0      365      390    2,760    2,774    3,120   
  NM          :     6.3      6.7      380      400    3,000    2,394    2,680   
  NY          :    28.5     28.5      270      280    7,805    7,695    7,980   
  ND          :   121.0    131.0      210      220   28,200   25,410   28,820   
  OH          :     5.4      5.1      260      250    1,348    1,404    1,275   
  OR          :    53.2     64.0      466      499   27,514   24,788   31,925   
    Malheur   :    12.8     13.3      390      380    5,074    4,992    5,054   
    Other OR  :    40.4     50.7      490      530   22,440   19,796   26,871   
  PA          :    17.0     16.5      240      255    3,780    4,080    4,208   
  RI          :     0.9      0.8      270      300      248      243      240   
  SD          :     5.2      5.7      190      280    1,540      988    1,596   
  UT          :     5.1      4.2      240      280    1,590    1,224    1,176   
  WA          :   147.0    161.0      550      560   88,920   80,850   90,160   
  WI          :    80.0     81.0      325      390   25,740   26,000   31,590   
  WY          :     1.5      0.8      260      280      476      390      224   
  Total       : 1,205.2  1,246.2      334      359  424,655  403,009  447,890   
              :                                                                 
US            : 1,372.1  1,426.2      323      345  467,054  443,606  491,455   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
2/  Summer potatoes included with fall in 1994 for comparative purposes.        
      Soybeans for Beans:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State       
            and United States, 1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :      Production       
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1996       :          :            
        :  1995  :  1996  :   1995  :-------------------:   1995   :    1996    
        :        :        :         :  Oct 1  :  Nov 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :-- 1,000 Acres --    ------- Bushels -------     -- 1,000 Bushels --   
        :                                                                       
AL      :    225      315    24.0      29.0      31.0        5,400      9,765   
AR      :  3,400    3,600    26.0      32.0      32.0       88,400    115,200   
DE      :    233      215    20.0      32.0      32.0        4,660      6,880   
FL 1/   :     28       33    26.0      30.0      30.0          728        990   
GA      :    310      390    27.0      26.0      26.0        8,370     10,140   
IL      :  9,700    9,850    39.0      39.0      41.0      378,300    403,850   
IN      :  4,980    5,360    39.5      38.0      39.0      196,710    209,040   
IA      :  9,260    9,450    44.0      44.0      44.0      407,440    415,800   
KS      :  2,050    2,000    25.0      34.0      38.0       51,250     76,000   
KY      :  1,150    1,180    36.0      37.0      38.0       41,400     44,840   
LA      :  1,040    1,050    25.0      33.0      33.0       26,000     34,650   
MD      :    510      480    23.0      33.0      34.0       11,730     16,320   
MI      :  1,490    1,640    40.0      32.0      29.0       59,600     47,560   
MN      :  5,800    5,900    40.5      37.0      38.0      234,900    224,200   
MS      :  1,800    1,750    21.0      29.0      29.0       37,800     50,750   
MO      :  4,500    4,050    29.5      36.0      39.0      132,750    157,950   
NE      :  3,060    3,010    33.0      45.0      46.0      100,980    138,460   
NJ 1/   :    138      127    22.0      35.0      35.0        3,036      4,445   
NC      :  1,070    1,200    25.0      29.0      29.0       26,750     34,800   
ND      :    640      820    29.0      29.0      28.0       18,560     22,960   
OH      :  4,030    4,490    38.0      34.0      35.0      153,140    157,150   
OK 1/   :    275      285    20.0      24.0      24.0        5,500      6,840   
PA 1/   :    315      285    30.0      44.0      44.0        9,450     12,540   
SC      :    530      540    24.0      26.0      26.0       12,720     14,040   
SD      :  2,500    2,650    30.0      34.0      34.0       75,000     90,100   
TN      :  1,080    1,150    32.0      35.0      35.0       34,560     40,250   
TX      :    240      270    25.0      29.0      30.0        6,000      8,100   
VA      :    470      480    24.0      33.0      35.0       11,280     16,800   
WI      :    800      870    43.0      37.0      37.0       34,400     32,190   
        :                                                                       
US      : 61,624   63,440    35.3      37.0      37.9    2,176,814  2,402,610   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from earlier forecast.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
            Peanuts:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State            
            and United States, 1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :  Area Harvested :            Yield            :     Production 1/     
        :---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  State :        :        :         :        1996       :          :            
        :  1995  :  1996  :   1995  :-------------------:   1995   :    1996    
        :        :        :         :  Oct 1  :  Nov 1  :          :            
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
        :-- 1,000 Acres --      ------ Pounds ------       -- 1,000 Pounds --   
        :                                                                       
AL      :   212.0   209.0    2,280     2,300     2,300     483,360     480,700  
FL      :    81.0    78.0    2,390     2,400     2,700     193,590     210,600  
GA      :   592.0   533.0    2,390     2,550     2,600   1,414,880   1,385,800  
NM      :    20.0    19.5    2,150     2,450     2,450      43,000      47,775  
NC      :   144.0   126.0    2,410     2,600     2,800     347,040     352,800  
OK      :    98.0    84.0    2,060     2,500     2,300     201,880     193,200  
SC      :    11.0    10.0    2,800     2,600     2,600      30,800      26,000  
TX      :   270.0   275.0    2,000     2,050     2,100     540,000     577,500  
VA      :    89.0    76.0    2,325     2,800     3,000     206,925     228,000  
        :                                                                       
US      : 1,517.0 1,410.5    2,282     2,421     2,483   3,461,475   3,502,375  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Estimates comprised of quota and non-quota peanuts.                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
          Cottonseed:  Production, United States, 1994-95                       
                  and Forecasted November 1, 1996                               
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :                          Production                                  
  State  :--------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :        1994         :         1995         :          1996  1/       
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :                            1,000 Tons                                
         :                                                                      
 US      :      7,603.9                6,848.7                  7,128.4         
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Based on a 3-year average lint-seed ratio.                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
         Cotton:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type, State,         
            and United States, 1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996             
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
          :   Area Harvested  :           Yield           :    Production 1/    
          :-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
   State  :         :         :        :       1996       :         :           
          :   1995  :   1996  :  1995  :------------------:   1995  :   1996    
          :         :         :        :  Oct 1 :  Nov 1  :         :           
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
          : -- 1,000 Acres --   ---- --- Pounds --- ----      1,000 Bales 2/    
          :                                                                     
Upland    :                                                                     
  AL      :    578.0    556.0     409      699       699      492.0      810.0  
  AZ      :    364.0    324.0   1,046    1,170     1,170      793.0      790.0  
  AR      :  1,110.0    990.0     635      742       776    1,468.0    1,600.0  
  CA      :  1,165.0    995.0     953    1,206     1,206    2,312.0    2,500.0  
  FL 3/   :    109.0    100.0     472      672       672      107.2      140.0  
  GA      :  1,490.0  1,375.0     625      698       698    1,941.0    2,000.0  
  KS 3/   :      2.6      1.7     185      311       311        1.0        1.1  
  LA      :  1,075.0    940.0     614      684       664    1,375.0    1,300.0  
  MS      :  1,420.0  1,030.0     622      778       839    1,841.0    1,800.0  
  MO      :    453.0    405.0     544      723       711      513.0      600.0  
  NM      :     56.0     54.0     609      720       720       71.0       81.0  
  NC      :    800.0    720.0     479      633       660      798.0      990.0  
  OK      :    315.0    240.0     187      300       270      123.0      135.0  
  SC      :    342.0    265.0     528      725       779      376.0      430.0  
  TN      :    660.0    520.0     527      600       600      724.0      650.0  
  TX      :  5,750.0  3,900.0     372      451       498    4,460.0    4,050.0  
  VA 3/   :    106.0    102.0     620      706       706      137.0      150.0  
          :                                                                     
  US      : 15,795.6 12,517.7     533      665       691   17,532.2   18,027.1  
          :                                                                     
Amer-Pima :                                                                     
  AZ      :     48.1     39.9     720      818       818       72.2       68.0  
  CA      :    115.0    165.0     937    1,193     1,193      224.5      410.0  
  NM      :     15.0     17.0     605      734       734       18.9       26.0  
  TX      :     33.0     40.0     756      756       756       52.0       63.0  
          :                                                                     
  US      :    211.1    261.9     836    1,039     1,039      367.6      567.0  
          :                                                                     
All       :                                                                     
  AL      :    578.0    556.0     409      699       699      492.0      810.0  
  AZ      :    412.1    363.9   1,008    1,132     1,132      865.2      858.0  
  AR      :  1,110.0    990.0     635      742       776    1,468.0    1,600.0  
  CA      :  1,280.0  1,160.0     951    1,204     1,204    2,536.5    2,910.0  
  FL 3/   :    109.0    100.0     472      672       672      107.2      140.0  
  GA      :  1,490.0  1,375.0     625      698       698    1,941.0    2,000.0  
  KS 3/   :      2.6      1.7     185      311       311        1.0        1.1  
  LA      :  1,075.0    940.0     614      684       664    1,375.0    1,300.0  
  MS      :  1,420.0  1,030.0     622      778       839    1,841.0    1,800.0  
  MO      :    453.0    405.0     544      723       711      513.0      600.0  
  NM      :     71.0     71.0     608      723       723       89.9      107.0  
  NC      :    800.0    720.0     479      633       660      798.0      990.0  
  OK      :    315.0    240.0     187      300       270      123.0      135.0  
  SC      :    342.0    265.0     528      725       779      376.0      430.0  
  TN      :    660.0    520.0     527      600       600      724.0      650.0  
  TX      :  5,783.0  3,940.0     375      454       501    4,512.0    4,113.0  
  VA 3/   :    106.0    102.0     620      706       706      137.0      150.0  
          :                                                                     
  US      : 16,006.7 12,779.6     537      673       698   17,899.8   18,594.1  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  Production ginned and to be ginned.                                         
2/  480-lb net weight bales.                                                    
3/  Estimates for current year carried forward from previous forecast.          
                                                                                
                                                                                
            Tobacco:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State            
           and United States, 1994-95 and Forecasted November 1, 1996           
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      :   Area Harvested    :       Yield       :          Production           
 State:-------------------------------------------------------------------------
      :   1995   :   1996   :  1995   :  1996   :  1994   :   1995   :   1996   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      : --- 1,000 Acres --     ---- Pounds ---   -------- 1,000 Pounds -------- 
      :                                                                         
CT    :   1,990      2,100     1,771     1,666       2,682     3,524      3,498 
FL    :   7,200      7,300     2,455     2,700      16,575    17,676     19,710 
GA    :  42,000     46,000     2,000     2,420      80,660    84,000    111,320 
IN    :   6,700      7,600     2,030     1,970      15,265    13,601     14,972 
KY    : 166,200    205,900     1,977     2,135     453,687   328,581    439,620 
MD    :   8,500      8,000     1,350     1,500      12,750    11,475     12,000 
MA    :     500        710     1,784     1,594         792       892      1,132 
MO 1/ :   2,700      2,900     2,025     2,200       8,015     5,468      6,380 
NC    : 261,100    283,300     1,856     2,022     599,853   484,599    572,970 
OH    :   7,700      8,300     1,950     1,750      18,360    15,015     14,525 
PA    :   7,900      7,800     1,985     1,955      18,360    15,685     15,247 
SC    :  50,000     50,000     2,100     2,300     108,100   105,000    115,000 
TN    :  51,690     56,550     1,797     2,118     132,289    92,907    119,768 
VA    :  44,170     47,670     1,840     2,167     106,092    81,269    103,289 
WV 1/ :   2,000      2,000     1,300     1,850       3,550     2,600      3,700 
WI    :   2,760      2,550     2,247     1,812       5,866     6,202      4,620 
      :                                                                         
US    : 663,110    738,680     1,913     2,109   1,582,896 1,268,494  1,557,751 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.        
                                                                                
         Tobacco:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Class, Type,        
         State, and United States, 1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      :  Area Harvested   :     Yield     :     Production      
    Class and Type    :---------------------------------------------------------
                      :  1995   :  1996   : 1995  : 1996  :   1995   :   1996   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      : ----- Acres -----   --- Pounds --   -- 1,000 Pounds --  
                      :                                                         
Class 1, Flue-cured   :                                                         
 Type 11, Old Belts   :                                                         
  NC                  :  68,000    74,000   1,920   2,000   130,560    148,000  
  VA                  :  34,000    36,500   1,935   2,200    65,790     80,300  
  US                  : 102,000   110,500   1,925   2,066   196,350    228,300  
 Type 12, Eastern NC  :                                                         
  Belt                :                                                         
   NC                 : 151,000   165,000   1,860   2,000   280,860    330,000  
 Type 13, NC Border & :                                                         
  SC Belt             :                                                         
   NC                 :  34,000    36,000   1,845   2,200    62,730     79,200  
   SC                 :  50,000    50,000   2,100   2,300   105,000    115,000  
   US                 :  84,000    86,000   1,997   2,258   167,730    194,200  
 Type 14, GA-FL Belt  :                                                         
   FL                 :   7,200     7,300   2,455   2,700    17,676     19,710  
   GA                 :  42,000    46,000   2,000   2,420    84,000    111,320  
   US                 :  49,200    53,300   2,067   2,458   101,676    131,030  
 Total 11-14          : 386,200   414,800   1,933   2,130   746,616    883,530  
Class 2, Fire-cured   :                                                         
 Type 21, VA Belt     :                                                         
   VA                 :   1,100     1,100   1,400   1,700     1,540      1,870  
 Type 22, Eastern     :                                                         
  District            :                                                         
   KY                 :   3,900     3,900   2,370   2,700     9,243     10,530  
   TN                 :   7,600     7,500   2,285   2,500    17,366     18,750  
   US                 :  11,500    11,400   2,314   2,568    26,609     29,280  
 Type 23, Western     :                                                         
  District            :                                                         
   KY                 :   3,700     3,700   2,600   3,000     9,620     11,100  
   TN                 :     580       590   2,450   2,800     1,421      1,652  
   US                 :   4,280     4,290   2,580   2,972    11,041     12,752  
 Total 21-23          :  16,880    16,790   2,322   2,615    39,190     43,902  
Class 3, Air-cured    :                                                         
 Class 3A, Light      :                                                         
  Air-cured           :                                                         
 Type 31, Burley      :                                                         
   IN                 :   6,700     7,600   2,030   1,970    13,601     14,972  
   KY                 : 155,000   195,000   1,950   2,100   302,250    409,500  
   MO 1/              :   2,700     2,900   2,025   2,200     5,468      6,380  
   NC                 :   8,100     8,300   1,290   1,900    10,449     15,770  
   OH                 :   7,700     8,300   1,950   1,750    15,015     14,525  
   TN                 :  43,000    48,000   1,700   2,050    73,100     98,400  
   VA                 :   9,000    10,000   1,540   2,100    13,860     21,000  
   WV 1/              :   2,000     2,000   1,300   1,850     2,600      3,700  
   US                 : 234,200   282,100   1,863   2,071   436,343    584,247  
 Type 32, Southern MD :                                                         
  Belt                :                                                         
   MD                 :   8,500     8,000   1,350   1,500    11,475     12,000  
   PA                 :   3,400     3,500   1,900   1,850     6,460      6,475  
   US                 :  11,900    11,500   1,507   1,607    17,935     18,475  
 Total 31-32          : 246,100   293,600   1,846   2,053   454,278    602,722  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
See footnotes at end of table.                                       --continued
     Tobacco:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Class, Type, State,     
       and United States, 1995 and Forecasted November 1, 1996 (continued)      
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      :  Area Harvested   :     Yield     :     Production      
    Class and Type    :---------------------------------------------------------
                      :  1995   :  1996   : 1995  : 1996  :   1995   :   1996   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      : ----- Acres -----   --- Pounds --  --- 1,000 Pounds --- 
                      :                                                         
Class 3, Air-cured    :                                                         
Class 3B, Dark        :                                                         
 Air-cured            :                                                         
 Type 35, One Sucker  :                                                         
  Belt                :                                                         
    KY                :   2,300     2,100   2,060   2,500      4,738      5,250 
    TN                :     510       460   2,000   2,100      1,020        966 
    US                :   2,810     2,560   2,049   2,428      5,758      6,216 
 Type 36, Green River :                                                         
  Belt                :                                                         
    KY                :   1,300     1,200   2,100   2,700      2,730      3,240 
 Type 37, VA Sun-cured:                                                         
  Belt                :                                                         
    VA                :      70        70   1,125   1,700         79        119 
 Total 35-37          :   4,180     3,830   2,050   2,500      8,567      9,575 
Class 4, Cigar Filler :                                                         
 Type 41, PA Seedleaf :                                                         
    PA                :   4,500     4,300   2,050   2,040      9,225      8,772 
Class 5, Cigar Binder :                                                         
 Class 5A, CT Valley  :                                                         
  Binder              :                                                         
  Type 51, CT Valley  :                                                         
   Broadleaf          :                                                         
    CT                :   1,000     1,080   1,980   1,860      1,980      2,009 
    MA                :     240       320   1,920   1,800        461        576 
    US                :   1,240     1,400   1,969   1,846      2,441      2,585 
 Class 5B, WI Binder  :                                                         
  Type 54, Southern WI:                                                         
    WI                :   1,900     1,800   2,370   1,900      4,503      3,420 
  Type 55, Northern WI:                                                         
    WI                :     860       750   1,975   1,600      1,699      1,200 
  Total 54-55         :   2,760     2,550   2,247   1,812      6,202      4,620 
  Total 51-55         :   4,000     3,950   2,161   1,824      8,643      7,205 
Class 6, Cigar Wrapper:                                                         
 Type 61, CT Valley   :                                                         
  Shade-grown         :                                                         
   CT                 :     990     1,020   1,560   1,460      1,544      1,489 
   MA                 :     260       390   1,655   1,425        431        556 
   US                 :   1,250     1,410   1,580   1,450      1,975      2,045 
All Cigar Types       :                                                         
 Total 41-61          :   9,750     9,660   2,035   1,866     19,843     18,022 
                      :                                                         
All Tobacco           : 663,110   738,680   1,913   2,109  1,268,494  1,557,751 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.        
           Sugarbeets:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State          
          and United States, 1994-95 and Forecasted November 1, 1996 1/         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         :  Area Harvested   :      Yield      :           Production           
  State  :----------------------------------------------------------------------
         :  1995   :  1996   :  1995  :  1996  :   1994   :   1995   :   1996   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         : -- 1,000 Acres --    ---- Tons ---     -------- 1,000 Tons --------  
         :                                                                      
CA       :   115.0      84.0    28.0     28.0      3,948      3,220      2,352  
CO       :    41.1      51.7    17.4     19.7        946        715      1,018  
ID       :   197.0     184.0    24.0     25.0      5,608      4,728      4,600  
MI       :   188.0     130.0    15.8     15.5      3,029      2,970      2,015  
MN       :   416.0     440.0    17.7     18.4      8,467      7,363      8,096  
MT       :    55.5      57.3    21.5     22.5      1,307      1,193      1,289  
NE       :    72.3      51.0    16.4     18.1      1,504      1,186        923  
NM       :                .9             26.7                               24  
ND       :   204.2     222.0    19.2     18.3      4,272      3,929      4,071  
OH       :    15.3       4.2    15.0     18.0        264        230         76  
OR       :    17.8      16.3    22.9     26.0        456        408        424  
TX       :    19.3      13.1    18.2     22.0        497        351        288  
WA       :              13.0             37.2                              483  
WY       :    61.5      56.5    20.3     19.5      1,103      1,249      1,102  
         :                                                                      
Oth      :                                                                      
 Sts 2/  :    14.1              34.3                 452        484             
         :                                                                      
US       : 1,417.1   1,324.0    19.8     20.2     31,853     28,026     26,761  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Relates to year of intended harvest except for overwintered spring planted  
    beets in CA.                                                                
2/  Includes NM and WA prior to 1996.                                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
      Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production      
       by State and United States, 1994-95 and Forecasted November 1, 1996      
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      :   Area Harvested    :     Yield 1/      :         Production 1/         
 State:-------------------------------------------------------------------------
      :   1995   :   1996   :  1995   :  1996   :  1994   :   1995   :   1996   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      :     1,000 Acres        ---- Tons ----     -------- 1,000 Tons --------  
      :                                                                         
FL    :  437.0      440.0      34.6      34.0     14,937     15,122     14,960  
HI    :   53.0       43.0      76.8      78.0      5,364      4,070      3,354  
LA    :  400.0      360.0      25.6      24.0      9,272     10,240      8,640  
TX    :   42.3       39.0      32.2      26.0      1,356      1,364      1,014  
      :                                                                         
US    :  932.3      882.0      33.0      31.7     30,929     30,796     27,968  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Net tons.                                                                   
                                                                                
           Hazelnuts:  Utilized Production by State and United States,          
                     1994-95 and Forecasted November 1, 1996                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                    Utilized Production                    
        State       :-----------------------------------------------------------
                    :       1994        :       1995        :       1996        
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    :                   Tons (In-shell Basis)                   
                    :                                                           
OR                  :      21,000              38,800              19,900       
WA 1/               :         100                 200                 100       
                    :                                                           
US                  :      21,100              39,000              20,000       
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Estimates for current year carried forward from an earlier forecast.        
                                                                                
                                                                                
          Papayas:  Area and Fresh Production, by Month, Hawaii, 1995-96        
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
           :                   Area                 :     Fresh Production      
           :------------------------------------------------------------------  
   Month   :    Total in Crop    :     Harvested    :            :              
           :----------------------------------------:    1995    :    1996      
           :   1995   :   1996   :   1995  :  1996  :            :              
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
           :   --------------- Acres --------------      -- 1,000 Pounds --     
           :                                                                    
 Sep       :   3,750      3,960      2,330    3,165      2,670        2,740     
 Oct       :   3,740      4,015      2,375    3,130      3,125        3,140     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                                                                                
                         Corn:   Objective Yield Data                           
                                                                                
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is conducting corn objective yield 
surveys in 7 States during 1996.  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 are    
intended to show trends in corn production practices.                           
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   Corn for Grain:   Plant population per acre,                 
                       Selected States, 1992-96 1/ 2/                           
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    State      :            :            :            :            :            
     and       :    1992    :    1993    :    1994    :    1995    :    1996    
    Month      :            :            :            :            :            
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               :                       Number of Plants                         
               :                                                                
IL      Sep    :     23,200       23,400       23,300       24,000       24,350 
        Nov    :     23,000       23,300       23,200       23,650       24,200 
               :                                                                
IN      Sep    :     23,400       23,300       22,800       23,900       23,550 
        Nov    :     23,200       23,200       22,850       24,000       23,500 
               :                                                                
IA      Sep    :     23,300       23,700       24,000       24,800       25,000 
        Nov    :     23,300       23,500       23,950       24,650       24,950 
               :                                                                
MN      Sep    :     24,700       25,000       26,100       26,400       26,500 
        Nov    :     24,600       25,100       26,000       26,350       26,600 
               :                                                                
NE      Sep    :     22,000       22,600       21,900       22,600       22,750 
        Nov    :     21,900       22,200       21,700       22,500       22,700 
               :                                                                
OH      Sep    :     23,500       23,200       22,800       23,400       23,100 
        Nov    :     23,300       23,300       22,900       23,300       22,750 
               :                                                                
WI      Sep    :     23,200       23,500       24,100       24,600       24,800 
        Nov    :     22,800       23,600       23,600       24,000       24,900 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Based on stalk counts in plots selected for objective yield samples.        
2/  MI, MO, and SD no longer included in the objective yield program beginning  
    with 1996.                                                                  
                   Corn for Grain:  Number of Ears per Acre                     
                       Selected States, 1992-96 1/ 2/                           
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    State      :            :            :            :            :            
     and       :    1992    :    1993    :    1994    :    1995    :    1996    
    Month      :            :            :            :            :            
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               :                           Number of Ears                       
               :                                                                
IL    Oct      :     23,000       22,600       22,650       22,900       23,700 
      Nov      :     23,000       22,600       22,600       22,850       23,600 
               :                                                                
IN    Oct      :     22,900       22,400       22,150       23,000       22,750 
      Nov      :     22,700       22,200       22,150       22,950       22,700 
               :                                                                
IA    Oct      :     24,000       22,700       24,050       24,050       24,350 
      Nov      :     24,000       22,500       24,000       24,000       24,250 
               :                                                                
MN    Oct      :     27,100       23,700       26,950       25,750       26,400 
      Nov      :     27,000       24,900       26,950       25,700       26,450 
               :                                                                
NE    Oct      :     22,200       21,300       21,200       21,800       22,600 
      Nov      :     22,100       21,100       21,300       21,700       22,550 
               :                                                                
OH    Oct      :     23,400       21,700       22,400       22,650       22,300 
      Nov      :     23,200       21,700       22,500       22,500       22,000 
               :                                                                
WI    Oct      :     23,800       22,600       24,600       23,600       24,250 
      Nov      :     23,300       23,100       24,650       23,250       24,650 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Based on ear counts in plots selected for objective yield samples.          
2/  MI, MO, and SD no longer included in the objective yield program beginning  
    with 1996.                                                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
               Corn for Grain:  Frequency of Farmer Reported Row Width,         
                            Selected States, 1995-96 1/                         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               :                       Row Width (inches)                       
    State      : ---------------------------------------------------------------
     and       :  Less than :            :            :            :  More than 
    Year       :     30     :     30     :     36     :     38     :     38     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               :                             Number                             
               :                                                                
IL    1995     :      1           203          39           24                  
      1996     :                  198          29           25            1     
               :                                                                
IN    1995     :      3           148          28            8                  
      1996     :                  119          23            4                  
               :                                                                
IA    1995     :                  178          30           79            2     
      1996     :      2           183          24           69                  
               :                                                                
MN    1995     :      9           114          16           22                  
      1996     :      3           121          22           18            1     
               :                                                                
NE    1995     :      1            98          79           16            2     
      1996     :                  116          91           20            1     
               :                                                                
OH    1995     :                  121           7            7                  
      1996     :      1            84           9            5            2     
               :                                                                
WI    1995     :      1            59          13           44            2     
      1996     :      1            45          17           19            2     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  MI, MO, and SD no longer included in the objective yield program beginning  
    with 1996.                                                                  
 Corn for Grain:  Percentage Distributions by Row Width and Average             
             Row Width for Selected States, 1992-96  1/                         
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :       :                     Row Width (Inches) 2/          :         
  State  :Number :----------------------------------------------------:Average  
   and   :  of   :  20.5  : 20.6-  :  30.6- :  34.6- :  36.6- :38.6 & :  Row    
  Year   :Samples:or less : 30.5 3/:  34.5  :  36.5  :  38.5  :Greater: Width   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
         :Number                         Percent                       Inches   
         :                                                                      
IL  1992 :  233              57.9     13.3     14.2     13.7     0.9    32.0    
    1993 :  244              50.8     17.2     13.1     15.2     3.7    32.4    
    1994 :  241              52.3     21.6      9.1     11.6     5.4    32.1    
    1995 :  268              56.7     19.4     10.5     12.3     1.1    31.9    
    1996 :  257              63.4     14.4     10.9      9.3     2.0    31.7    
         :                                                                      
IN  1992 :  163              67.5     15.9      8.6      4.3     3.7    31.2    
    1993 :  166              63.3     22.3      6.0      8.4     0.0    31.2    
    1994 :  158              69.7     13.9      8.2      6.3     1.9    31.2    
    1995 :  175              59.4     21.8     11.4      6.3     1.1    31.4    
    1996 :  146              60.3     21.2      8.9      7.5     2.1    31.5    
         :                                                                      
IA  1992 :  242              43.0     18.6     10.7     18.2     9.5    33.1    
    1993 :  259              47.4     15.5      6.6     22.0     8.5    33.1    
    1994 :  276              44.5     20.7      6.2     21.0     7.6    32.9    
    1995 :  288              45.2     14.6      7.6     21.9    10.7    33.3    
    1996 :  281              47.3     19.2      7.5     19.6     6.4    32.7    
         :                                                                      
MN  1992 :  188              59.5     12.8      9.0     14.4     4.3    31.9    
    1993 :  158              62.0     13.9      5.1     12.7     6.3    32.0    
    1994 :  168              61.3     15.5      7.7      9.5     6.0    31.7    
    1995 :  163              64.4     12.2      6.8     14.1     2.5    31.3    
    1996 :  165              60.6     13.9     13.9      7.9     3.7    31.8    
         :                                                                      
NE  1992 :  216              28.7     19.9     27.8     17.1     6.5    33.7    
    1993 :  206              34.5     18.9     22.3     18.9     5.4    33.4    
    1994 :  211              31.7     19.5     27.0     16.6     5.2    33.5    
    1995 :  205              36.1     15.6     28.3     16.1     3.9    33.6    
    1996 :  234              38.0     11.6     35.0     12.8     2.6    33.4    
         :                                                                      
OH  1992 :  142              62.7     15.5      6.3      8.5     7.0    31.9    
    1993 :  133              66.1     19.5      2.3      6.0     6.1    31.6    
    1994 :  127              55.9     26.8      5.5      9.4     2.4    31.5    
    1995 :  132              56.1     30.3      2.3      8.3     3.0    31.5    
    1996 :  101              64.4     17.8      5.9      9.9     2.0    31.4    
         :                                                                      
WI  1992 :  123              26.0     19.6     10.6     26.8    17.0    34.4    
    1993 :  112              25.9     23.3     16.0     22.3    12.5    34.0    
    1994 :  115              30.4     20.9     10.4     26.1    12.2    34.1    
    1995 :  110              36.4     15.4      8.2     23.6    16.4    34.0    
    1996 :   84      1.2     33.3     23.8      6.0     23.8    11.9    33.5    
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  MI, MO, and SD no longer included in the objective yield program beginning  
    with 1996.                                                                  
2/  Spacings based on row measurements in sample plots selected for objective   
    yield survey.                                                               
3/  For 1992 - 1995 this column of data contains information for 30.5 or less.  
                      Soybeans:  Pods with Beans and Row Width                  
                                                                                
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is conducting soybean objective    
yield surveys in 8 States during 1996.  Plots are randomly selected from a      
scientifically drawn sample of soybean fields, which are visited monthly from   
August through harvest, to obtain specific counts and measurements.  Sample data
and the derived percentages from the surveys presented in the following table   
are not Agricultural Statistics Board official estimates but are intended to    
show trends in soybean production practices.                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
          Soybeans:   Pods with Beans per 18 Square Feet                        
                Selected States, 1992 - 1996 1/ 2/                              
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        State     :            :           :           :           :            
         and      :    1992    :    1993   :    1994   :    1995   :   1996 4/  
        Month     :            :           :           :           :            
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  :                        Number of Pods                       
                  :                                                             
AR  Sept  3/      :     NA           NA          NA          NA          NA     
    Nov           :   1,713        1,399       1,782       1,755       1,521    
    Final         :   1,705        1,327       1,673       1,609                
                  :                                                             
IL  Sept          :   1,698        1,937       1,745       1,816       1,505    
    Nov           :   1,503        1,712       1,639       1,764       1,573    
    Final         :   1,502        1,701       1,636       1,764                
                  :                                                             
IN  Sept          :   1,623        1,938       1,850       1,755       1,416    
    Nov           :   1,543        1,703       1,574       1,677       1,470    
    Final         :   1,543        1,703       1,570       1,677                
                  :                                                             
IA  Sept          :   1,501        1,336       1,887       1,739       1,654    
    Nov           :   1,464        1,340       1,820       1,611       1,463    
    Final         :   1,473        1,340       1,820       1,616                
                  :                                                             
MN  Sept          :   1,431        1,037       1,678       1,613       1,543    
    Nov           :   1,367        1,106       1,496       1,501       1,487    
    Final         :   1,367        1,105       1,496       1,501                
                  :                                                             
MO  Sept          :   1,682        1,493       1,470         895       1,491    
    Nov           :   1,607        1,727       1,643       1,462       1,688    
    Final         :   1,602        1,699       1,659       1,469                
                  :                                                             
NE  Sept          :   1,517        1,469       1,676       1,404       1,715    
    Nov           :   1,504        1,414       1,826       1,420       1,514    
    Final         :   1,509        1,445       1,826       1,420                
                  :                                                             
OH  Sept          :   1,462        1,617       1,950       1,790       1,452    
    Nov           :   1,394        1,361       1,643       1,647       1,378    
    Final         :   1,404        1,361       1,643       1,650                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Based on stalk counts in plots selected for objective yield samples.        
2/  Final pod counts will be published in January.                              
3/  Not available due to plant immaturity.                                      
4/  Pod counts for September were revised.                                      
                                                                                
Measured Row Spacing Of Soybeans:  Percentage Distribution And                  
          Average Width For Selected States, 1992-96 1/                         
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           :       :            Row Width Groups (Inches)            :          
    State  :Number :-------------------------------------------------:Average   
     and   :  of   : 10.0 &  :  10.1-  :  18.6-  :  28.6-  : 34.6 &  :  Row     
    Year   :Samples: Less 2/ :  18.5   :  28.5   :  34.5   : Greater :Width 2/  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           : Number                  Percent of Plots                   Inches  
           :                                                                    
AR   1992  :  134     19.1       7.5      25.5      28.0      19.9      27.3    
     1993  :  125     24.2      12.5      23.8      25.8      13.7      23.8    
     1994  :  127     30.7      10.8      16.7      14.7      27.1      23.9    
     1995  :  119     36.2      10.5      29.0      15.5       8.8      19.7    
     1996  :  124     35.4       6.5      19.0      26.2      12.9      21.6    
           :                                                                    
IL   1992  :  176     33.5       7.4       6.3      41.1      11.7      22.0    
     1993  :  179     38.0       6.7       3.9      40.8      10.6      21.2    
     1994  :  185     45.6      11.4       3.0      34.6       5.4      18.4    
     1995  :  208     57.1      10.1       2.9      26.0       3.9      16.0    
     1996  :  202     53.2      15.2       2.2      25.5       3.9      16.0    
           :                                                                    
IN   1992  :  151     35.7      15.3       3.0      38.7       7.3      20.4    
     1993  :  149     56.0      13.4       4.0      23.2       3.4      15.6    
     1994  :  149     58.0      13.1       1.7      23.8       3.4      15.5    
     1995  :  148     68.0      10.2       3.4      17.0       1.4      13.3    
     1996  :  147     69.4      11.2       2.1      14.6       2.7      13.0    
           :                                                                    
IA   1992  :  208     18.1       3.9       5.8      52.7      19.5      28.0    
     1993  :  208     23.2       6.3       5.3      50.0      15.2      26.3    
     1994  :  207     28.3       9.9       6.0      44.2      11.6      24.2    
     1995  :  206     28.2      10.5       5.6      40.4      15.3      24.6    
     1996  :  216     28.3      12.3       5.1      42.2      12.1      24.4    
           :                                                                    
MN   1992  :  103     24.4      15.6       5.4      42.4      12.2      22.5    
     1993  :  103     29.6      14.6       1.9      49.0       4.9      21.3    
     1994  :  101     36.2      12.4       6.9      35.6       8.9      20.0    
     1995  :   98     25.0      14.3       9.7      46.4       4.6      21.6    
     1996  :  101     30.8      11.9      10.5      38.8       8.0      21.0    
           :                                                                    
MO   1992  :  140     38.0      14.5       3.2      38.6       5.7      19.9    
     1993  :  114     41.9       7.9       4.8      23.8      21.6      22.1    
     1994  :  150     46.4      15.0       6.0      23.3       9.3      18.0    
     1995  :  132     53.1      14.0       5.7      22.3       4.9      16.4    
     1996  :  125     48.4      19.2       4.4      20.4       7.6      16.7    
           :                                                                    
NE   1992  :   81     13.7       2.5       3.1      49.6      31.1      29.4    
     1993  :   71     18.3       6.3        .7      44.4      30.3      28.5    
     1994  :   74     21.6       6.8       2.7      35.8      33.1      27.8    
     1995  :   87     23.6       8.6       5.2      37.9      24.7      25.2    
     1996  :   74     21.0      11.5       4.7      40.5      22.3      25.3    
           :                                                                    
OH   1992  :  123     54.6      18.4       4.9      21.3        .8      14.6    
     1993  :  127     63.8      16.9       1.6      16.1       1.6      13.3    
     1994  :  124     66.5      14.6       3.2      11.7       4.0      12.9    
     1995  :  124     68.0      21.5       1.6       6.9       2.0      11.4    
     1996  :  121     69.5      23.5       1.2       5.8        .0      10.6    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Based on row measurements in sample plots selected  for  objective  yield    
   samples.                                                                     
2/ Broadcast soybeans included as 10.0 inches and less but  excluded in com-    
   putation of average width.                                                   
                 Cotton:  Cumulative Boll Counts                                
                                                                                
The National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts cotton objective yield    
surveys in 5 States which account for about 65 percent of the U.S. Upland cotton
production.  Plots are randomly selected from a scientific sample of cotton     
fields.  Two sample plots per field are visited monthly from about August 1     
through harvest to obtain specific counts and measurements.  The boll counts    
shown below represent actual data collected from sampled fields and are not     
official estimates of the Agricultural Statistics Board.                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Cotton:  Cumulative Boll Counts, September and November 1992-1996,              
                     and Final, 1992-1995  1/                                   
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :            Arkansas              :              California             
       :------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Year  :   Sep.  :    Nov.   :   Final    :   Sep.   :    Nov.   :     Final    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :                               Number                                   
       :                                                                        
 1992  :  1,076       822         817         839         841           819     
 1993  :    859       769         753         930         839           839     
 1994  :  1,019       813         812         828         805           806     
 1995  :    850       689         689         751         682           680     
 1996  :    857       752                     707         772                   
       :------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :             Louisiana              :            Mississippi            
       :------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :                                                                        
 1992  :    882       858         875         896         713           708     
 1993  :    746       662         661         697         619           608     
 1994  :    808       747         748         864         761           760     
 1995  :    679       615         615         682         607           607     
 1996  :    659       655                     816         770                   
       :------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :                               Texas                                    
       :------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :          Sep.         :         Nov.        :          Final           
       :------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :                                                                        
 1992  :          432                    484                     489            
 1993  :          505                    480                     489            
 1994  :          515                    484                     486            
 1995  :          423                    409                     414            
 1996  :          387                    504                                    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/  Includes small bolls (less than one inch in diameter), large unopened bolls 
    (at least one inch in diameter), open bolls, partially opened bolls, and    
    burrs, per 40 feet of row.  In November, excludes small bolls.              
       Fall Potatoes:  Percent of Major Varieties Planted,                      
                  Selected States, 1996 Crop 1/                                 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     State     : Pct of  ::     State     : Pct of  ::     State     : Pct of   
      and      : Planted ::      and      : Planted ::      and      : Planted  
   Varieties   :  Acres  ::   Varieties   :  Acres  ::   Varieties   :  Acres   
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
ID             :         :: ND            :         :: WI            :          
  R Burbank    :    79.7 ::   R Burbank   :    35.9 ::   R Norkotah  :    23.1  
  Shepody      :    10.0 ::   Shepody     :    11.7 ::   R Burbank   :    21.0  
  R Norkotah   :     3.7 ::   Norland     :    11.5 ::   Snowden     :    14.4  
  Ranger R     :     2.7 ::   Norchip     :     9.7 ::   Norland     :    13.0  
               :         ::   Frito-Lay   :     9.2 ::   Goldrush    :    11.7  
ME             :         ::   Nor Valley  :     3.6 ::   Atlantic    :     7.5  
  R Burbank    :    20.3 ::   Goldrush    :     3.3 ::   Superior    :     4.0  
  Superior     :    14.2 ::   Snowden     :     2.4 ::   Frito-Lay   :     1.6  
  Shepody      :    11.5 ::   Itaska      :     1.2 ::   Ranger R    :     0.7  
  Frito-Lay    :    10.1 ::   La Soda     :     1.0 ::   Shepody     :     0.5  
  Ontario      :     8.9 ::   R Norkotah  :     0.9 ::               :          
  R Norkotah   :     7.7 ::   Red Ruby    :     0.7 :: US (7 States) :          
  Atlantic     :     4.8 ::   La Rouge    :     0.5 ::   R Burbank   :    53.2  
  Snowden      :     4.7 ::   Kennebec    :     0.5 ::   Shepody     :    11.3  
  Katahdin     :     3.6 ::   Sangre      :     0.4 ::   R Norkotah  :     8.9  
  Norwis       :     3.2 ::               :         ::   Norland     :     4.3  
  Goldrush     :     2.7 :: OR            :         ::   Ranger R    :     2.8  
  Chieftain    :     2.0 ::   R Burbank   :    35.4 ::   Frito-Lay   :     2.1  
                         ::   Shepody     :    25.8 ::   Snowden     :     2.0  
MN             :         ::   R Norkotah  :    22.5 ::   Goldrush    :     1.6  
  R Burbank    :    33.4 ::   Atlantic    :     5.6 ::   Superior    :     1.4  
  Norland      :    18.7 ::   Ranger R    :     3.6 ::   Atlantic    :     1.3  
  Shepody      :    16.3 ::   Frontier R  :     1.7 ::   Norchip     :     1.3  
  R Norkotah   :     5.8 ::               :         ::   All Oth Rus :     0.8  
  ND-2225-1R   :     3.9 :: WA            :         ::   Ontario     :     0.7  
  Cascade      :     3.8 ::   R Burbank   :    50.3 ::   La Soda     :     0.5  
  Pontiac      :     3.5 ::   R Norkotah  :    17.8 ::   Nor Valley  :     0.5  
  La Soda      :     1.7 ::   Shepody     :    11.3 ::   Cascade     :     0.3  
  Nordona      :     1.5 ::   Ranger R    :     8.7 ::   ND-2225-1R  :     0.3  
  Chieftain    :     1.3 ::   All Oth Rus :     5.0 ::   Pontiac     :     0.3  
  Snowden      :     1.2 ::   La Soda     :     1.3 ::   Katahdin    :     0.3  
  Red Ruby     :     1.1 ::   Norland     :     1.0 ::   Chieftain   :     0.3  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
1/  NASS conducts potato objective yield surveys in 7 States, accounting for    
    82 percent of U.S. production.  All producing areas of each State are       
    sampled in proportion to planted acreage.  Variety data shown above are     
    intended to provide information but are not designated as official estimates
    of the Agricultural Statistics Board.  Objective yield surveys were         
    discontinued in 1996 in CO, MI, NY, and PA.                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                          Crop Moisture                                         
                                                                                
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).                                       
                                                                                
October Weather Summary:  A mid-month pattern change chilled the West and warmed
                          the East--reversing a 2-week trend--and promoted an   
active storm track from the West to the Great Lakes region.  Until mid-October, 
significant precipitation, including that produced by Tropical Storm Josephine, 
was confined to southern Texas and the East Coast States.  Josephine made       
landfall southeast of Tallahassee, FL on the night of October 7 and scooted     
along the Eastern Seaboard during the next 36 hours.  Farther west, frequent,   
dynamic storms dumped heavy mountain snowfall.  One late-month storm dipped     
southward through California, delivering the season's first significant         
precipitation and dousing a rash of wildfires.                                  
                                                                                
Despite late-October's barrage of storms, drier-than-normal weather prevailed on
the central and southern Plains.  In addition, often windy weather dried        
topsoils, limiting moisture for winter wheat establishment.  Farther north,     
frequent heavy precipitation soaked the primary storm track from Wyoming to the 
northern Corn Belt.  The month's strongest storm swept across the Plains and    
Midwest on October 29-30, spurring 50 to 70 mph wind gusts.  Meanwhile, the     
storms' cold fronts sparked surplus rainfall in the Delta and Arklatex regions. 
In southern Florida, a 3-week spate of heavy rains culminated in a brush with   
Hurricane Lili on October 18.  Farther north, a slow-moving disturbance caused  
extensive flooding in New England on October 19-22.                             
                                                                                
During New England's stormy spell, 24-hour rainfall rates topped 10 inches and  
3-day totals reached 19 inches in southern Maine.  The storm contributed heavily
to October-record rainfall in locations such as Boston, MA (10.66 inches) and   
Portland, ME (14.76 inches).  Monthly rainfall also surpassed 10 inches in parts
of Peninsular Florida, including Daytona Beach (11.15 inches; 270 percent of    
normal) and Ft. Lauderdale (11.76 inches; 185 percent of normal).  October-     
record precipitation was observed in and around the Black Hills, where Rapid    
City, SD received 4.49 inches. On October 25-26, a State-record 38.9 inches of  
snow blanketed nearby Lead, SD in 24 hours. Elsewhere, monthly snowfall reached 
17.9 inches in Casper, WY, 8.7 inches in Colorado Springs, CO, 6.2 inches in    
Flagstaff, AZ, 5.1 inches in Salt Lake City, UT, and 5.0 inches in Bismarck, ND.
On October 21-23, a storm traveled from the Southwest to the Great Lakes States,
inducing a stripe of record snowfall.  Storm-total snowfalls of 6.5 inches in   
Kansas City, MO and 8.0 inches in Topeka, KS demolished former monthly records. 
                                                                                
Farther west, more than twice the normal monthly rainfall soaked locations such 
as Portland, OR (5.38 inches) and Spokane, WA (3.27 inches).  From the Arklatex 
to the Delta, much of the month's rain fell on October 21-22 and 24-25.         
Nevertheless, totals reached 9.57 inches (242 percent of normal) in Lake        
Charles, LA and 7.12 inches (237 percent of normal) in Memphis, TN.  In         
contrast, monthly precipitation failed to reach a half-inch at many sites from  
Nebraska to western Texas, including Norfolk, NE (0.26 inches), Concordia, KS   
(0.48 inches), and Midland, TX (0.20 inches).                                   
                                                                                
Between October 4-13, more than 150 daily-record highs were set across the West.
The warmth was replaced by sharply colder air by October 17, fueling more than  
five dozen daily-record lows thereafter.  The reversal balanced monthly         
temperatures, resulting in departures of -4 to +1 degree F.  The opposite       
scenario--cold followed by warmth--transpired in the Midwest and East, where a  
total of about two dozen daily-record lows were set on October 3-5 and 8-12.    
Although the season's first freeze was approximately on schedule for the        
northern Corn Belt, some late-planted corn and soybeans sustained damage.  The  
East's most dramatic warm spell got underway on October 26 (more than two dozen 
daily-record highs), less than a week before a surge of cool, dry air overspread
the Nation.  Overall, monthly temperatures in the East ranged from 2 degrees F  
below normal to 2 degrees F above normal.                                       
                                                                                
The West's warm spell produced several monthly record highs in Utah on October  
8-11, and nearly resulted in an all-time record at Monterey, CA on October 7.   
                                                                                
Monterey's mercury peaked at 102 degrees F, 2 degrees shy of their October 5,   
1987, standard.  In Arizona, Tucson's high of 100 degrees F on October 9        
represented their second-latest triple-digit reading, after October 16, 1991.   
The month's first daily-record lows were observed on October 3 in Minnesota,    
where St. Cloud reported 20 degrees F and Minneapolis noted 26 degrees F.  Two  
days later, Montpelier, VT logged 23 degrees F.  But the Nation's most severe   
early-season chill gripped Alaska.  Both Fairbanks (12 degrees F below normal)  
and Anchorage (9 degrees F below normal) registered a record-cold October, while
the latter location also received record snowfall.  Major snow storms struck    
Anchorage on October 11-14 (18.3 inches) and 29-31 (9.8 inches), accounting for 
their entire monthly total (28.1 inches).  Before milder air overspread Alaska  
at month's end, monthly record minima were set on October 25 in locations such  
as Ft. Yukon (-38 degrees F) and Arctic Village (-42 degrees F).                
                                                                                
The cold air over Alaska, which had been building for about 7 weeks, shifted    
southeastward toward month's end, overspreading much of the Nation and          
temporarily quieting the active weather pattern.  On October 31, lows in        
Minnesota dipped to daily-record levels in Minneapolis (16 degrees F) and       
International Falls (9 degrees F).  A day earlier, highs had reached 80 degrees 
F as far north as the Middle Atlantic region, producing a flurry of daily       
records.                                                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
General Crop Comments:  Low temperatures on October 3 and 4 in parts of the     
                        northern Corn Belt stopped crop growth and accelerated  
dry down of row crops.  The moisture content of corn was higher than normal for 
early October across most of the Midwest.  Row-crop producers with mature fields
welcomed the low temperatures, but some growers quickly harvested immature corn 
for silage.  Cool, wet weather in the Southeast slowed harvest activity and     
fieldwork.  Winter wheat started the month more than one-quarter emerged,       
slightly behind normal. Wheat growers in the central Great Plains were concerned
that delays to seeding would leave plants with insufficient growth before       
entering winter dormancy.  Rains associated with Tropical Storm Josephine slowed
harvest activity in the Southeastern and Gulf Coast States.  Cotton condition   
continued to decline in the Southeast due to the high winds and heavy rain.     
Cool weather slowed defoliation of late-planted cotton fields in the southern   
Great Plains.  The soybean harvest started the month behind schedule across the 
Ohio and middle Mississippi Valleys.                                            
                                                                                
By mid-month, wet weather in the mid-Atlantic saturated fields and delayed      
small-grain seeding and harvest activity.  The high moisture content slowed corn
harvest activity in the Corn Belt, where frost caused little damage to mature   
row crops and aided the dry-down of row crops.  Wet weather delayed some small- 
grain seeding in the Dakotas, where some fields remained unplanted due to the   
lateness of the season.  Strong winds and heavy rains associated with Hurricane 
Lili delayed fieldwork in Florida's vegetable region and scarred some fruit.    
Rains over the western Corn Belt interrupted harvest activity, but provided     
much-needed moisture for small-grain seeding.  In the Central States, row-crops 
matured faster than producers could harvest them.                               
                                                                                
Later in the month, Midwestern farmers who completed their soybean harvest were 
delayed from harvesting the corn crop by the high moisture content.  Harvest    
activity was over 1 week behind normal in the central Corn Belt, where many     
producers waited for a hard freeze to lower the moisture content of the grain.  
Widespread rains over the western Corn Belt slowed the row-crop harvest.  Late- 
October brought a snowstorm to the central Great Plains and Mountain States that
left fields too wet for harvest activity.  Drier weather in the Southeast       
allowed harvest activity to advance.  Thunderstorms in the Delta and Gulf Coast 
region delayed harvest activity and threatened cotton fields where bolls were   
open.  A late-month frost in the Texas High Plains reduced the need for cotton  
                                                                                
                                                                                
defoliation.  Frost in the Tennessee Valley ended the growing season for        
soybeans and helped the plants shed leaves.                                     
                                                                                
Powerful winds and rain on October 29-30 delayed harvest activity and damaged   
some row crops in the western Corn Belt.  A wide-spread freeze at the end of    
October in the Central States aided the dry down of high-moisture grain.  Wet   
weather over the upper Delta slowed harvest activity but brought much-needed    
moisture to recently planted small grain fields.  Winter wheat planting finished
the month slightly ahead of the average.  At month's end  high average corn     
moisture levels slowed the harvest in the Midwest, where high winds toppled some
stalks that were damaged by corn borers.                                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
Corn for Grain:  Acreage to be harvested for grain is forecast at 73.3 million  
                 acres, unchanged from last month, but up 13 percent from 1995. 
The November 1 Corn Objective Yield data indicate a record level ear count per  
acre for the seven objective yield States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota,  
Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin).  The previous record final ears per acre was set
in 1992.  As of November 3, 64 percent of the acreage in the 17 major States was
harvested.  This compares with 84 percent for 1995 and 72 percent for the five- 
year average.  In the Midwest, corn harvest was slowed by high grain moisture   
levels.  Strong winds the last few days of October caused some damage in the    
western Corn Belt.                                                              
                                                                                
In Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska, the forecasted ear population is at a record   
high level.  In Iowa, 62 percent of the corn was harvested as of November 3,    
compared to 85 percent in 1995 and the average of 71 percent.  Sixty-nine       
percent of the corn was harvested in Illinois, lagging behind last year's       
93 percent and the five-year average of 83 percent.  In Nebraska, 71 percent was
harvested slightly behind the 73 percent for 1995 but ahead of the average of   
70 percent.                                                                     
                                                                                
Minnesota and Wisconsin ear populations are above 1995 and the five-year        
average.  Seventy-eight percent of the corn was harvested in Minnesota, lagging 
behind last year's 82 percent, but ahead of the average of 66 percent.  In      
Wisconsin, 36 percent of the corn was harvested compared to 77 percent in 1995  
and the average of 54 percent.                                                  
                                                                                
Forecasted ear counts in Indiana are below 1995 but above the five-year average.
Forty-seven percent of the crop was harvested compared to 92 percent in 1995 and
72 percent for the five-year average.                                           
                                                                                
In Ohio, ear counts are below 1995 and the five-year average.  As of November 3,
35 percent of the corn was harvested, compared to 77 percent a year ago and the 
five-year average of 63 percent.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Sorghum for Grain:  The final monthly production forecast for the 1996 crop is  
                    820 million  bushels, 3 percent higher than the October     
forecast and 78 percent above 1995.  The U.S. yield is forecast at 68.4 bushels 
per acre, up 2.0 bushels from last month and 12.8 bushels above 1995.  This is  
the fourth highest yield on record.  Yield increases in Arkansas, Colorado,     
Kansas, and Nebraska, more than offset yield declines in Mississippi and        
Louisiana.  Area harvested for grain, at 12.0 million acres, is unchanged from  
October, but 45 percent above last year.                                        
                                                                                
As of November 3, 74 percent of the crop in the 12 major States had been        
harvested, seven points behind the five-year average.  High grain moisture      
levels and wet field conditions have slowed harvest in Illinois and Nebraska    
with progress lagging 32 and 23 points behind normal, respectively.             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Rice:  Production of rice for 1996 is forecast at 174 million cwt, up           
       fractionally from a year ago.  The average yield is forecast at          
5,981 pounds per acre, down 72 pounds from October 1 but 360 pounds above a     
year ago.  Record high yields are forecast for Arkansas, and the Mississippi    
forecast matches the State record yield.                                        
                                                                                
Nearly seventy-five percent of the California crop was harvested during October.
Rice blanking, disease, and weed problems contributed to reduced crop potential.
Louisiana growers reported a good ratoon crop while Texas growers realized      
smaller second crop returns than earlier expected.                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
Fall Potatoes:  Production of fall potatoes for 1996 is forecast at a record    
                high 448 million cwt, 11 percent above last year and 5 percent  
above the previous record high in 1994.  Area harvested, at 1.25 million acres, 
is up 3 percent from last year.  The average yield is projected at a record high
359 cwt per acre, up 25 cwt from last year and 7 cwt above two years ago.       
Planting started late this year, but warm June weather matured early varieties  
for a robust harvest season that ended earlier than normal and with good yields.
Total potato production from all four seasons is 491 million cwt in 1996, up    
11 percent from last year and 5 percent above 1994.                             
                                                                                
Five Eastern States produced 34.7 million cwt of fall potatoes in 1996, up      
15 percent from last year and 12 percent over two years ago.  Area for harvest  
totaled 125,500 acres, down 2 percent from last year.  The average yield of     
276 cwt per acre gained 41 cwt.  Wet weather during harvest caused delays and   
could lead to some storage breakdown.  Production in Maine jumped 26 percent    
from a year ago.  New York production increased 4 percent, and Pennsylvania was 
up 3 percent.  Massachusetts dropped 18 percent, and Rhode Island slipped       
1 percent.                                                                      
                                                                                
Eight Central States production is forecast at 107.4 million cwt this year,     
up 12 percent from the last two years.  Harvested area is estimated at          
368,500 acres, a gain of 3 percent from last year.  The average yield of 291 cwt
per acre is 24 cwt above last year, resulting from record highs in Minnesota and
Wisconsin.  Growing weather throughout the summer was favorable for healthy     
potato development across most of the region.  Heavy rains in late June flooded 
out thousands of acres in Michigan's Saginaw Bay area and reduced potential     
yields.  Lower production was also registered in Ohio.  Larger crops were grown 
this year in the other six Central States:  Wisconsin, North Dakota, Minnesota, 
Nebraska, South Dakota, and Indiana.                                            
                                                                                
Ten Western States produced 306 million cwt in 1996, up 10 percent from last    
year and 3 percent above two years ago.  Acreage for harvest, at 752,200 acres, 
was up 5 percent, while the average yield of 407 cwt per acre gained 21 cwt from
a year ago.  A late planting start gave way to warm June weather leading to     
excellent growing progress.  Harvest started and ended early in most States.    
Idaho's production of 140 million cwt is the largest on record, 6 percent above 
last year.  Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Montana are also at record high   
production levels.  Production in Washington increased 12 percent above last    
year, while Oregon jumped 29 percent and Colorado increased 21 percent.  Nevada 
and New Mexico had production up 12 percent from the previous year.  California,
Utah, and Wyoming were down.                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Soybeans:  Soybean acreage intended for harvest, at 63.4 million, is unchanged  
           from the October forecast.  As of November 3, the soybean harvest was
81 percent complete, 10 points behind last year and 7 points below the five-year
average of 88 percent. Widespread rainfall and gusty winds slowed harvest       
activity in the western Corn Belt as a hard freeze ended the growing season in  
the Corn Belt.                                                                  
                                                                                
In Nebraska, the harvest was completed by November 3, slightly ahead of last    
year and the five-year average.  Minnesota's harvest was virtually complete at  
99 percent, 6 points ahead of last year and 2 points ahead of the five-year     
average. The soybean harvest lagged behind last year and the five-year average  
by more than 20 points in Ohio. Indiana's harvest trailed 1995 by 19 points and 
was 15 points short of the five-year average.  The harvest in Illinois was      
87 percent complete, compared to 99 percent in 1995 and the average of          
97 percent.  Missouri's harvest was behind last year and the five-year average  
by 18 and 12 points, respectively.                                              
                                                                                
The November Objective Yield pod counts per 18 square feet show pods below the  
final 1995 pod count in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Ohio. 
The November pod counts in Missouri are the second highest on record.  The pod  
counts in Indiana and Illinois are the lowest since 1991 and 1993, respectively.
                                                                                
The forecasted yield in the non-objective yield states is up 0.4 bushel from    
last month and 4.1 bushels above 1995.  Record yields are forecast for Alabama, 
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.                        
                                                                                
                                                                                
Peanuts:  Production is forecast at 3.50 billion pounds, up 3 percent from the  
          October 1 forecast and up 1 percent from last year.  Harvested area,  
at 1.41 million acres, is 7 percent below 1995.  Yields are expected to average 
2,483 pounds per acre, up 62 pounds from last month and 201 pounds above 1995.  
                                                                                
Production in the Southeastern States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South     
Carolina) is expected to total 2.10 billion pounds, up 2 percent from October 1,
but 1 percent below the 1995 crop.  The yield for the 4-State area is expected  
to average 2,534 pounds per acre, 60 pounds above last month.  Rains delayed    
harvest the first part of October, but clear skies followed bringing excellent  
harvest conditions the remainder of the month.  Producers reported highly       
variable yields across the region.                                              
                                                                                
Virginia-North Carolina production is forecast at 581 million pounds, up        
7 percent from last month and 5 percent above last year.  Yield per acre, at    
2,875 pounds, is 497 pounds above last year's drought-reduced average.  North   
Carolina's crop benefitted greatly from above-average temperatures and overall  
favorable conditions.  The extended period of dry weather allowed farmers to get
into fields earlier too wet to dig.  Virginia producers also experienced near   
ideal digging and harvesting conditions during October which allowed them to    
finish harvest by month's end.                                                  
                                                                                
The Southwest peanut crop (New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) is expected to total
818 million pounds, down fractionally from last month but up 4 percent from last
year.  Yields are expected to average 2,162 pounds per acre, up 139 pounds from 
last year.  Increased yield expectations from last month in Texas were offset by
a decline in Oklahoma's yield.  Unfavorable weather during the last part of     
October hurt the Oklahoma crop and yields fell short of earlier expectations.   
                                                                                
                                                                                
Cotton:  Upland cotton harvested acreage, at 12.5 million acres, is down        
         200,000 acres from last month, and down 21 percent from last year.  The
reduction was entirely in Texas.  American-Pima harvested acres remained        
unchanged from October, at 261,900 acres, and represents a 24 percent increase  
from 1995.                                                                      
                                                                                
Cotton fields in the Texas Plains were being sprayed in preparation for harvest,
while some producers await a hard freeze.  Cooler temperatures moved into this  
area, allowing the development of late planted cotton.  Harvest was delayed in  
the North Central due to rainfall.  Crop condition in late October showed       
59 percent of Texas' crop in fair to good condition, and 18 percent in excellent
                                                                                
condition.  Harvest progress in early November, at 41 percent, was only 6 points
behind the 5-year average.  Objective yield data indicate Texas' large boll     
counts are the highest since 1986 and boll weights rank second highest.         
                                                                                
The Delta States (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee)    
rated their cotton mostly in fair to good condition in late October.  Fourteen  
percent of Mississippi's crop and 16 percent of Tennessee's acreage was rated in
excellent condition.  In early November, harvest in all States except Missouri, 
exceeded the 5-year average pace.  Louisiana had 97 percent of the crop         
harvested, 6 points ahead of the 5-year average, and  Mississippi producers were
93 percent complete, 9 percent above average.  Compared to the previous         
10 years, large boll counts ranked fourth highest in Arkansas and second highest
in Mississippi,  but ranked ninth in Louisiana.  Boll weights ranked eighth in  
Arkansas, fifth in Louisiana, and seventh in Mississippi, during this same      
period.                                                                         
                                                                                
Thirty-eight percent of Arizona's crop was in good to excellent condition in    
late October, and harvest progress was 18 percent behind normal, at 53 percent, 
in early November.  California had 55 percent of the crop in excellent          
condition, and was 8 percent behind the normal harvest pace of 68 percent.      
Defoliants were applied in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, with some    
fields requiring a second treatment due to regrowth.  The Desert harvest        
approached completion, while rainfall caused concern for staining of unharvested
cotton.  Data from the objective yield survey show California's large boll      
counts as the second lowest and boll weights are the third lowest since 1986.   
                                                                                
In the Southeastern States (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South         
Carolina), the crop was mostly in good condition in late October.  Alabama      
reported 15 percent of the crop in excellent condition at the end of the month  
and Georgia showed 11 percent in excellent condition.  Rain delayed harvest in  
north Alabama the last of October, while Georgia producers experienced these    
delays the first two weeks of the month.  North Carolina experienced a dry      
October which allowed the crop to recover from the effects of hurricanes and the
record September rainfall.  North Carolina showed 68 percent of the acreage     
harvested in early November, 12 points ahead of average.  South Carolina        
producers were 14 percent ahead of the average harvest pace, at 69 percent.     
                                                                                
American-Pima production is forecast at 567,000 bales, unchanged from October,  
but up 54 percent from last year's output.  Yield is indicated at  1,039 pounds 
per harvested acre, up 203 pounds from last year.  Arizona's crop is rapidly    
maturing, and eastern fields are ready for harvest.  In California, harvest     
began in early October in the southern San Joaquin Valley.  Late October rains  
reduced quality in some areas, but didn't significantly affect yield potential. 
In the Texas Wintergarden area, harvest is nearly complete and is active in the 
Trans Pecos area.                                                               
                                                                                
All cotton ginnings totaled 8,875,700 running bales prior to November 1,        
compared with 8,430,350 running bales ginned to the same date last year and     
8,877,850 running bales in 1994.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Tobacco:  U.S. all tobacco production for 1996 is forecast at 1.56 billion      
          pounds, up 23 percent from 1995.  Harvested acres are estimated at    
738,680 acres, 11 percent above last year.  Yields for 1996 are expected to     
average 2,109 pounds per acre, 40 pounds above last month's forecast and        
196 pounds above the average for 1995.                                          
                                                                                
Flue-cured production is expected to total 884 million pounds, up 5 percent from
last month's forecast and 18 percent above a year ago.  Average yield           
expectations increased from a month ago in all flue-cured producing states      
except South Carolina where output remained unchanged.  The projected average   
yield, at 2,130 pounds per acre, increased 90 pounds from October 1 and is      
expected to average 197 pounds above last year's average yield.                 
Burley production is forecast at 584 million pounds, 1 percent below October 1  
projections but 34 percent above 1995.  The change from last year reflects a    
20 percent acreage increase and higher yields.  Average yields, at 2,071 pounds 
per acre, decreased 30 pounds from a month ago but are expected to average      
208 pounds above 1995.                                                          
                                                                                
Kentucky burley was 25 percent stripped, lagging behind both last year and the  
5-year average.  Stripped tobacco was rated in mostly good condition with few   
reports of houseburn.  Some producers reported that blue mold has affected leaf 
quality and weight.                                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Sugarbeets:  Production for the U.S. is expected to total 26.8 million tons, a  
             decrease of 4 percent from 1995.  Area for harvest, at 1.32 million
acres, is down slightly from October and down 7 percent from last year.  The    
decline in harvested acreage is largely attributable to the discovery of        
duplicate acreage reported.  The average yield, at 20.2 ton per acre, is up     
0.4 ton from last year's yield.                                                 
                                                                                
Harvest activity in the Red River Valley started in early September and was     
complete by the end of October, ahead of schedule with better than expected     
yields reported.  Plant development in the Great Lakes started the month behind 
the average for the region, but was aided by a late frost and moderate weather  
during most of October.  The harvest in the Great Lakes region was delayed by   
late-October rains but was virtually completed by the beginning of November.    
Frequent rains and hail in the High Plains late in the growing season lowered   
yield potential.  The sugarbeet harvest neared completion in the Mountain       
States, where hot, dry summer and fall weather caused some producers to wait for
cooler weather to increase sugar content.                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
Sugarcane:  Sugarcane production for U.S. sugar and seed in 1996 is expected to 
            total 28.0 million tons, down 9 percent from 1995, but up 2 percent 
from October.   Area for harvest, at 882,000 acres, was up slightly from        
October, and 1 percent above last year.  The forecasted yield, at 31.8 tons per 
acre, is 1.2 tons below last year's yield.                                      
                                                                                
Over one-quarter of Louisiana's sugarcane acreage was harvested by early        
November, slightly behind normal.   Heavy rains struck Louisiana after the      
harvest began and caused lodging that slowed harvest activity and spoiled some  
cane that was cut and piled in the field.  Favorable harvest weather arrived in 
Florida in late October, but sugarcane mills started the season one week later  
than expected.  In Texas, drought and irrigation water shortages early in the   
growing season left uneven sugarcane development.  Adequate rainfall in late    
summer and in early autumn revived the crop and early harvest results indicate  
mills may avoid harvesting marginal fields to reach sugar production targets.   
Continued dry conditions and irrigation water shortages in Hawaii were beginning
to affect sugarcane fields.                                                     
                                                                                
                                                                                
Florida Citrus:  Most areas of Florida's citrus belt recorded above average     
                 rainfall for October; however, most was recorded during the    
first half of the month.  The last part of the month was generally dry and      
caretakers were using their irrigation equipment to maintain good tree          
condition.  New growth slowed the last of October due to the lack of rain and   
fewer hours of sunlight.  Harvesting of early citrus increased during the month.
Picking crews moved Hamlin, Navel, and Ambersweet oranges; Fallglo and Robinson 
early tangerines; white and colored grapefruit; Satsumas; and K-Early Citrus    
fruit.  By the end of October, approximately 10 to 12 processing plants were    
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
open and running packing house eliminations.  Caretakers generally were not very
busy during October as most grove operations are trying to cut costs.  There was
cover crop cutting prior to harvest and for fire prevention. Also, fresh fruit  
groves were sprayed for insects with oils.  A few growers applied early winter  
fertilizers where needed.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
Texas Citrus:  Harvest was moving ahead in the Rio Grande Valley at a normal    
               pace.  Quality this season on both oranges and grapefruit is very
good.  Sizes continue to run slightly smaller than the previous year.           
                                                                                
                                                                                
Hazelnuts:  Production in Oregon and Washington is forecast at 20,000 tons,     
            unchanged from last month but 49 percent below 1995.  The crop is   
expected to total 19,900 tons in Oregon and 100 tons in Washington.  Harvest in 
western Oregon is nearly complete.  Wet conditions slowed harvest this year, and
much cleaning and drying of nuts remains to be done.  Nut sizes are expected to 
be larger than last year.                                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
Papayas:  Hawaii fresh papaya production is 3.14 million pounds for October,    
          15 percent higher than September and up slightly from a year ago.     
                                                                                
Weather conditions were mixed during October.  The first two weeks were mostly  
dry over major papaya producing areas.  Sporadic showers in the second half of  
October helped restore soil moisture, but additional rainfall would be welcome. 
                                                                                
Area devoted to papaya production totaled 4,015 acres in October, 1 percent     
higher than September and 7 percent higher than a year ago.  Harvested area,    
totaling 3,130 acres, was 1 percent lower than last month but 32 percent more   
than last October.                                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
California Fruits and Nuts:  The raisin grape harvest neared completion by the  
                             end of October. Table and wine grape picking       
continued throughout the month in Fresno County and neared completion by month's
end.  The almond harvest was nearly complete.  Harvest of early season walnut   
varieties continued and harvest of mid-and late-season varieties began in       
various areas of the State.  The pistachio harvest was approximately 90 percent 
complete.  Harvest of Granny Smith, Gala, and Fuji apples progressed in the San 
Joaquin Valley.  Golden Delicious and Red Delicious apples were harvested in the
Sonoma County area.  Olive, fig, and pomegranate harvests continued in the San  
Joaquin Valley.                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
California Citrus:  Grapefruit in the desert area had good appearance with      
                    smooth texture.  Picking of desert lemons was active with   
excellent grades.  Navel orange harvest was slow in the Central Valley due to   
lack of color.  Quality was good for the Navels that were picked.  Harvest of   
the Valencia orange crop was near completion.  Mandarin orange harvest began in 
the San Joaquin Valley at the end of October.                                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
        Reliability of November 1 Crop Production Forecasts                     
                                                                                
Survey Procedures:  Objective yield and farm operator surveys were conducted    
                    between October 24 and November 4 to gather information on  
expected yield as of November 1.  The objective yield surveys for corn,         
soybeans, and cotton were conducted in the major producing States that usually  
account for about 75 percent of the U.S. production.  Randomly selected plots   
were revisited 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 revisited 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 14,000 producers were interviewed
during the survey period and asked questions about probable yield.              
                                                                                
                                                                                
Estimating Procedures:  National 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 analysis to prepare the published    
November 1 forecast.                                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
Revision Policy:  The November 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 November 1   
              production forecasts, the "Root Mean Square Error," a statistical 
measure based on past performance, is computed.  The deviation between the      
November 1 production forecast and the final estimate is expressed as a         
percentage of the final estimate.  The average of squared percentage deviations 
for the 1976-1995 20-year period is computed.  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 November 1 corn for grain     
production forecast is 2.4 percent.  This means that chances are 2 out of 3 that
the current production forecast of 9.3 billion bushels will not be above or     
below the final estimate by more than 2.4 percent or approximately              
222 million bushels.  Chances are 9 out of 10 (90 percent confidence level) that
the difference will not exceed 4.2 percent or approximately 389 million bushels.
                                                                                
Also, shown in the following table is a 10-year record for selected crops of the
differences between the November 1 forecast and the final estimates.  Using corn
again as an example, changes between the November 1 forecast and the final      
estimate during the past 10 years have averaged 78 million bushels, ranging from
0 million to 258 million bushels.  The November 1 forecast has been below the   
final estimate 5 times and above 5 times.  This does not imply that the November
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 November 1 Crop Production Forecasts                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                      :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:Small:Large:Final:Final     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
                      :                  Mil ::----- Mil -----                  
                      :                      ::                                 
Corn for Grain      Bu: 2.4     4.2     389  ::    78   0     258   5     5     
Sorghum for Grain   Bu: 4.6     8.0      66  ::    23   3      86   5     5     
Rice               Cwt: 2.7     4.6       8  ::     3   2      12   7     3     
Soybeans for          :                      ::                                 
 Beans              Bu: 2.8     4.9     118  ::    26   6      66   5     5     
 Cotton       Bales 1/: 3.1     5.4   1,004  ::   416  14     937   6     4     
Fall Potatoes     Cwt : 2.0     3.4      15  ::     6   1      16  10     0     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
1/  Quantity is in thousands of bales.                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                              Index                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                Page            
                                                                                
                                                          Table     Narrative   
                                                                                
Corn Cropping Practices...............................    A-23                  
Corn for Grain........................................    A-11        B- 5      
Corn for Grain Row Width..............................    A-25                  
Cotton................................................    A-17        B- 7      
Cotton Cumulative Boll Counts.........................    A-28                  
Cottonseed............................................    A-16                  
Crop Maps.............................................                B- 1      
Crop Summary..........................................    A- 3                  
Hazelnuts.............................................    A-22        B-10      
Papayas...............................................    A-22        B-10      
Peanuts...............................................    A-16        B- 7      
Potatoes..............................................    A-14        B- 6      
Potatoes, Varieties Grown.............................    A-29                  
Reliability Statement.................................                B-11      
Rice..................................................    A-13        B- 6      
Sorghum for Grain.....................................    A-12        B- 5      
Soybeans for Beans....................................    A-15        B- 6      
Soybeans, Row Spacing.................................    A-26                  
Sugarbeets............................................    A-21        B- 9      
Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed..........................    A-21        B- 9      
Tobacco...............................................    A-18        B- 8      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                          Report Features                                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
The next "Crop Production" report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET on           
December 12, 1996.                                                              
                                                                                
Texas grapefruit production is no longer forecasted on November 1.  The next    
Texas grapefruit forecast will be made for December 1 and released in the       
December 12, 1996 "Crop Production" report along with the other State's         
forecasts of citrus fruit production.  Since the only citrus forecast           
in November in the past was Texas' grapefruit, the Citrus Fruit table will      
not be published this month.                                                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
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
      Kevin Barnes - Soybeans, Minor Oilseeds                     (202) 720-7369
      Dan Kerestes - Corn                                         (202) 720-9526
      Roger Latham - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings                      (202) 720-5944
      Joel Moore - Barley, Hay, Sorghum                           (202) 690-3234
      Greg Preston - Sugar Crops, Weekly Crop Weather, Oats       (202) 720-7621
      Barbara Rater - Peanuts, Rice, Tobacco                      (202) 720-7688
      Vaughn Siegenthaler - Wheat, Rye                            (202) 720-8068
                                                                                
                                                                                
  Fruit, Vegetable & Special Crops Section                                      
    Vince Matthews, Head                                          (202) 720-3843
      Arvin Budge - Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes                      (202) 720-4285
      Howard Hill - Cherries, Berries, Prunes, Plums,                           
                    Cranberries, Grapes, Maple Syrup              (202) 720-7235
      Linda McMillan - Nuts, Floriculture                         (202) 720-4215
      Dave Mueller - Fresh and Processing Vegetables, Onions      (202) 720-2157
      Linda Simpson - Noncitrus Fruits, Mint, Dry Beans & Peas,                 
                      Mushrooms, Hops                             (202) 690-0270
      Blair Smith - Citrus, Tropical Fruits                       (202) 720-5412
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in  
its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age,  
disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status.  Persons with    
disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program         
information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA     
Office of Communications at (202) 720-5881 (voice) or (202) 720-7808 (TDD).     
                                                                                
To file a complaint, write the Secretary of Agriculture, USDA, Washington, D.C.,
20250, or call (202) 720-7327 (voice) or (202) 720-1127 (TDD).  USDA is an equal
employment opportunity employer.                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                         SUBSCRIBE TODAY!!                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
For your convenience, there are several ways to obtain NASS reports, data       
products, and services:                                                         
                                                                                
                                                                                
                          INTERNET ACCESS                                       
                                                                                
All NASS reports are now available free of charge on the worldwide Internet.    
For access, connect to the Internet and select:                                 
                                                                                
   1.  Worldwide Web:  http://www.usda.gov/nass/       OR                       
                                                                                
   2.  For Gopher/Telenet/FTP access:                                           
       HOST=usda.mannlib.cornell.edu        OR                                  
                                                                                
   3.  For a subscription direct to your e-mail address,                        
       send an e-mail message to:  usda-reports@usda.mannlib.cornell.edu        
       and in the body of the message type the word:  list                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
                           AUTOFAX ACCESS                                       
                                                                                
NASSFax service is available for some reports from your fax machine.  Please    
call 202-720-2000, using the handset attached to your fax.  Respond to the voice
prompts.                                                                        
                                                                                
     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -      
                  PRINTED REPORTS OR DATA PRODUCTS                              
 CALL OUR TOLL-FREE ORDER DESK:   1-800-999-6779 (U.S. and Canada)              
       Other areas, please call l-703-834-0125         FAX:  1-703-834-0110     
 (Visa, MasterCard, check, or money order acceptable for payment.)              
     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -      
                                                                                
                             ASSISTANCE                                         
                                                                                
For assistance with general agricultural statistics or further information about
NASS or its products or services, contact the Agricultural Statistics HOTLINE at
1-800-727-9540, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, or e-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV.