Crop Production

Executive Summary

Lance Honig, Chief

Crops Branch

December 10, 2020
Data Sources

December 10, 2020

Objective Yield

Cotton

Objective Measurement

Florida Citrus

Operator Reported

Survey

Cotton Ginnings 559 Gins December 1-4

1,928 Groves November 9-24

Sample Size = 1,155 Prior to Harvest

Field Surveys
United States Cotton Progress

Percent Harvested

December 10, 2020

Percent

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/1 11/8 11/15 11/22 11/29 12/6

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
December 2020 Cotton

Acreage, Yield, and Production

December 10, 2020

United States

% Change from

Previous Estimate

% Change from

Previous Season

(1,000 Acres) (1,000 Acres) (Pounds/Acre) (1,000 Bales)

Texas 6,836 ↓ 3.2 3,880 ↓ 26.2 649 ↑ 12.3 5,247 ↓ 17.2

Georgia 1,200 ↓ 14.3 1,190 ↓ 13.8 928 ↓ 2.6 2,300 ↓ 16.1

Arkansas 525 ↓ 15.3 520 ↓ 14.8 1,200 ↑ 1.3 1,300 ↓ 13.7

Mississippi 530 ↓ 25.4 525 ↓ 25.0 1,152 ↑ 3.6 1,260 ↓ 22.3

Alabama 450 ↓ 16.7 445 ↓ 16.4 852 ↓ 8.2 790 ↓ 23.2

Top 5 States - By Production

Planted Harvested Yield Production

% ∆ PY % ∆ PY % ∆ PY % ∆ PY

↓ 22.5 ↑ 3.3 ↓ 19.9

N C N C ↓ 6.7

(1,000 Acres) (1,000 Acres) (Pounds/Acre) (1,000 Bales)

12,116 9,005 850 15,949

↓ 6.7

↓ 11.8

Planted Harvested Yield Production
652

700

606

708

537

705

673

625

607

632

705

665

730

855

831

814

879

813

776

812

790

892

822

838

766

867

905

882

823

850

480

530

580

630

680

730

780

830

880

930

980

1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

December 2020 Cotton Yield

United States

December 10, 2020

Pounds per Acre
December 2020 Cotton Yield

Pounds and Percent Change from Previous Month

December 10, 2020
December 2020 Cotton Production

United States

December 10, 2020

Million Bales

15.6

17.3

12.9

16.3

12.9

17.2

20.9

18.4

19.9

15.9

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
December 10, 2020

December 2020 Field Crops

Acreage, Yield, and Production

Unit Unit

Sugarcane Ton Ton

% Change from Previous Estimate N/A ↑ 0.2 ↑ 3.3 ↑ 3.4

% Change from Previous Season N/A ↑ 2.3 ↑ 6.9 ↑ 9.4

N/A

Yield

(Units per Acre)

Harvested

(1,000 Acres)

Planted

(1,000 Acres)

Production

(1,000 Units)

934 37.4 34,944

29.2

32.2

30.8

30.4

32.1 32.1

33.2

34.5

31.9

34.9

26.0

27.0

28.0

29.0

30.0

31.0

32.0

33.0

34.0

35.0

36.0

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Million Tons

Sugarcane Production

United States
December 10, 2020

December 2020 Fruit and Nuts

Production

Unit

Pecans Lb

% Change from Previous Estimate ↑ 5.0

% Change from Previous Season ↑ 19.9

Production

(1,000 Units)

306,500

270

302

266 264

254

269

305

241

256

307

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Million Pounds

Pecan Production

United States
December 10, 2020

December 2020 Citrus

Utilized Production

All Oranges

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 1.0

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 11.8

Non-Valencia Oranges

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 1.6

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 13.6

Valencia Oranges

% Change from Previous Estimate NC

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 8.9

Grapefruit

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 0.7

% Change from Previous Season NC

Lemons

% Change from Previous Estimate NC

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 15.3

Tangerines

% Change from Previous Estimate NC

% Change from Previous Season ↑ 4.7

Production

(1,000 Tons)

972

4,604

2,725

1,879

535

932

11.63

11.07

9.37 9.03 8.73

7.70

6.08

8.14 7.78

7.04

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Million Tons

All Citrus Production

United States

8.98

8.27

6.77

6.35 6.09

5.09

3.88

5.43 5.22

4.60

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Million Tons

All Orange Production

United States
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December 22 Cotton Ginnings

December 23 Hogs and Pigs

December 30 Agricultural Prices

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Fats and Oils

Grain Crushings

Cotton Ginnings

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