NOVEMBER CROP PRODUCTION

Executive Summary

NOVEMBER 8, 2013 12:00 PM

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Contents

Field Crops Fruits/Nuts Specialty Crops

Corn Citrus Dry Beans

Soybeans Dry Peas

Cotton Lentils

Sorghum Austrian Winter Peas

Rice Fall Potatoes

Peanuts

Sunflower

Canola

Sugarbeets

Sugarcane

Wheat

Oats

Barley
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Survey Overview

Ag Yield Objective Yield

Survey Type Farmer Reported Field Measurement

Crops Included Field Crops Corn, Soybeans, 

Cotton

Sample Size ~ 10,000 Corn = 1,920

Soybeans = 1,835

Cotton = 1,217

Collection Period Oct 30 – Nov 5 Oct 25 – Nov 1
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November 2013 Crop Production

Crop Unit

November 

2013

% Change

from 

Previous

Forecast

% Change

from 

Previous

Season

Oranges Mil Tons 7.96 --- -4.7

Grapefruit Mil Tons 1.13 --- -5.0

Lemons Thou Tons 931 --- +2.1

Tangelos Thou Tons 45.0 --- NC

Tangerines and 

Mandarins Thou Tons 726 --- +6.1

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Crop Unit

November

2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Corn Mil Ac 95.3 -2.1 -1.9

Soybeans Mil Ac 76.5 -0.9 -0.9

Sorghum Mil Ac 8.07 +12.1 +29.2

Sunflower Mil Ac 1.58 +0.7 -17.7

Canola Mil Ac 1.37 +4.7 -22.4

Dry Edible Beans Mil Ac 1.34 -6.3 -22.9

November 2013 Crop Production

Planted Area Updates
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Crop Unit

November

2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Corn

Harvested Mil Ac 87.2 -2.1 -0.2

Yield Bu/Ac 160.4 + 3.3 + 30.0

Production Bil Bu 14.0 +1.1 + 29.8

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10.1

11.8

11.1

10.5

13.0

12.1

13.1

12.4 12.4

10.8

14.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

15.0

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Billion bushels

U.S. Corn Production
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04

05 06 07 08

09

10

11

12

Aug 13 Sept 13

Nov13

0.240

0.250

0.260

0.270

0.280

0.290

0.300

0.310

0.320

0.330

0.340

0.350

0.360

Lbs/Ear

Ears Per Acre

Corn Objective Yield Region

Derived Grain Weight vs Ears per Acre 
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Corn Objective Yield - November

Percent of Samples Processed in the Lab

Year Dent Stage Mature

---Percent---

2009 3 91

2010 < 0.5 96

2011 < 0.5 94

2012 < 0.5 95

2013 < 0.5 86
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Corn Grain Yields, November 1, 2013

Bushels and Change From Previous Forecast

150#5

182#7

190 NC 138-5

160 NC

183# NC

180# 15

174#8

169

7

1305 173# 15

180#5

158#3

156# -2

164-2

180# 10

1338

1695

143#5

150# NC

140#8

107-4

174#2

125 10

155#5

134#7

U.S. 160.4

5.1

# Record High

NC = No Change

145 NC

156#4

138 NC

150#5

210-5

1452
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160.4

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

Bushels/Acre

U.S. Corn Yield
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Crop Unit

November

2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Soybeans

Harvested Mil Ac 75.7 -0.9 -0.6

Yield Bu/Ac 43.0 +4.4 +8.0

Production Bil Bu 3.26 +3.4 +7.4

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2.45

3.12

3.07

3.20

2.68

2.97

3.36 3.33

3.09

3.03

3.26

2.4

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.6

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Billion bushels

U.S. Soybean Production
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43.0

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Bushels/acre

U.S. Soybean Yield
Soybean Objective Yield Region

Derived Pod Weight vs Pod Count

Nov 13

08

Sep 13

12

10

11

09

07

06

05

04

0.24

0.25

0.26

0.27

0.28

0.29

0.30

0.31

0.32

1,4001,5001,6001,7001,8001,900

Pods Per 18 Square Feet

Grams/Pod

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Soybean Objective Yield - November 

Percent of Samples Processed in the Lab

Year Mature

---Percent---

2009 87

2010 94

2011 95

2012 94

2013 73
Soybean Yields, November 1, 2013

Bushels and Change From Previous Forecast

433

45#3

40-1

38#3

493

502

452

35-1 49#4

47#2

40-3

441

39 NC

431

35 NC

525

411

47 NC

311

301

49# NC

27 NC

49# -1

26-2

U.S. 43.0

1.8

# Record High

NC = No Change

405

48#5

28 NC

40 NC

40 NC

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Crop Unit

November

2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

All Cotton

Harvested Mil Ac 7.78 NC -17.0

Yield Lbs/Ac 808 +1.5 -8.9

Production Mil Bales 13.1 +1.6 -24.3

November 2013 Crop Production
18.3

23.3

23.9

21.6

19.2

12.8

12.2

18.1

15.6

17.3

13.1

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

20.0

22.0

24.0

26.0

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

U.S. All Cotton Production

Million bales

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808

400

500

600

700

800

900

Pounds/acre

U.S. All Cotton Yield

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Upland Cotton Yield, November 1, 2013

Pounds and Change From Previous Forecast

820 27

1475 -62 1120# 160

1617 NC

878 98

899 NC

628 -92

1306# 308

1090# 81

1046 10

1200# NC

793 94 565 -197 664 -57

U.S. 790

13

# Record High

878 -72

596 NC

997 -25
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Crop Unit

November

2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Sorghum

Harvested Mil Ac 6.68 +9.7 +34.8

Yield Bu/Ac 62.2 -4.5 +24.9

Production Mil Bu 416 +4.9 +68.3

Rice Mil Cwt 189 +2.0 -5.4

Peanuts Bil Lbs 3.90 +5.1 -42.3

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Crop Unit

November

2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Sugarbeets Mil Tons 32.8 +6.2 -6.8

Sugarcane Mil Tons 32.1 +2.6 -0.5

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Crop Unit

November

2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Dry Edible Peas Mil Cwt 15.6 -- +43.5

Lentils Mil Cwt 4.37 -- -17.5

Austrian Winter Peas Thou Cwt 166 -- -0.6

Fall Potatoes Mil Cwt 402 -- -3.9

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Crop Unit 2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Estimate

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Other Spring Wheat

Harvested Mil Ac 11.3 -0.2 -6.0

Yield Bu/Ac 47.1 +0.6 +4.7

Production Mil Bu 534 +0.3 -1.6

Durum Wheat

Harvested Mil Ac 1.42 NC -33.3

Yield Bu/Ac 43.6 +0.7 +12.4

Production Mil Bu 61.9 +0.6 -25.2

All Wheat

Production Bil Bu 2.13 +0.1 -6.0

Stocks Bil Bu 1.86 +0.1 -11.8

Small Grains Annual Summary
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Crop Unit 2013

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Estimate

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Barley

Harvested Mil Ac 3.00 NC -7.5

Yield Bu/Ac 71.7 NC +5.6

Production Mil Bu 215 NC -2.4

Stocks Mil Bu 196 NC -0.2

Oats

Harvested Thou Ac 1.03 -0.1 -1.4

Yield Bu/Ac 64.0 NC +4.4

Production Mil Bu 65.9 -0.2 +2.9

Stocks Mil Bu 63.3 -0.2 -25.5

Small Grains Annual Summary
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