AUGUST CROP PRODUCTION

Executive Summary

August 12, 2014 12:00pm

United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service
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Contents

Field Crops Fruit Specialty Crops

Corn Peaches Dry Beans

Soybeans Apples Tobacco

Cotton Pears Sugarbeets

Wheat Grapes Sugarcane

Oats Hops

Barley Coffee

Sorghum Summer Potatoes

Alfalfa & Other Hay

Rice

Peanuts
Survey Overview

Ag Yield Objective Yield

Survey Type Farmer Reported Field Measurement

Crops Included Field Crops Corn, Soybeans, 

Cotton, and Winter 

Wheat

Sample Size 24,779 4,504

Collection Period Jul 30 – Aug 6 Jul 25 – Aug 1

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Crop Unit

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2014

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Corn

 Planted Mil Ac 91.6 NC -3.9

 Harvested Mil Ac 83.8 NC -4.4

 Yield Bu/Ac 167.4 --- +5.4

 Production Bil Bu 14.0 --- +0.8

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10.1

11.8

10.5

13.0

13.0

13.1

12.5 12.4

10.8

13.9 14.0

9.00

10.00

11.00

12.00

13.00

14.00

15.00

Billion Bushels

U.S. Corn Production

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167.4

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

Bushels/Acre

U.S. Corn Yield

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C o r n f o r G r a in Y ie ld s , A u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 4

B u s h e ls a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

149#

1

180

- 7

170

- 2 5

144

1 3

160

- 6

162

- 1 3

188#

1 0

179#

2

185#

2 0

145

1 8 138

- 3 2

180#

7

158# N C

161#

6

168

8

178#

2

160

2 4

173

3

136

- 3

150#

1 2

132

- 1 0

127

1 7

177# N C

145 N C

149#

2

117

- 1 3 U .S . 1 6 7 .4 #

8 .6

# R e c o r d H ig h N C = N o C h a n g e

139

1

150

- 6

144

6

140

- 1 4

210

- 5

156

1 0
04

05 06 07 08

09

10

11

12

13

Aug 14

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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Crop Unit

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2014

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Soybeans

 Planted Mil Ac 84.8 NC +10.9

 Harvested Mil Ac 84.1 NC +10.8

 Yield Bu/Ac 45.4 --- +4.8

 Production Bil Bu 3.82 --- +16.0

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3.12

3.07

3.20

2.68

2.97

3.36

3.33

3.09

3.03

3.29

3.82

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

4.0

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Billion bushels

U.S. Soybean Production
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U.S. Soybean Yield

45.4

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

1984198619881990199219941996199820002002200420062008201020122014

Bushels/Acre
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S o y b e a n Y ie ld s , A u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 4

B u s h e ls a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

4 1

- 2

46#

2 .5

4 2

2

3 7

- 3

54#

5

5 1 N C

5 0

5 .5

3 6 N C 4 0

- 9 .5

50#

2

4 4

5

4 4 N C

4 2

1

48#

3

4 4

8 .5

5 2

- 1

4 0

1

49#

1

3 7

4

3 2

2

49# N C

3 1

1

49# N C

2 9

1 U .S . 4 5 .4 #

2 .1

# R e c o r d H ig h N C = N o C h a n g e

4 0 N C

4 4

- 2

2 7

2

4 0

2

4 3

5
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2014

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Upland Cotton

 Planted Mil Ac 11.2 NC +9.7

 Harvested Mil Ac 10.1 --- +37.0

 Yield Lbs/Ac 808 --- +0.7

 Production Mil Bales 16.9 --- +38.1

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11.4

10.2

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

U.S. All Cotton Acres

Planted Harvested

Million acres

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18.3

23.3

23.9

21.6

19.2

12.8

12.2

18.1

15.6

17.3

12.9

17.5

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 2014

U.S. All Cotton Production

Million bales

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820

400

500

600

700

800

900

Pounds/acre

U.S. All Cotton Yield

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U p la n d C o tto n Y ie ld , A u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 4

P o u n d s a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s Y e a r

894

105

1 6 0 6 #

157 1 1 9 3 #

6 0

1 6 5 0

-8 7

9 2 6 #

265

967

136

686

-7 1

1 1 5 7

-6 6

1 1 3 0

-7 3

1 0 8 7

119

1 0 4 6

117

939

140 8 1 8 #

227 876

185 U .S . 8 0 8

6

# R e c o r d H ig h

862

9

631

-1 5

1 0 7 6

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% Change from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change from 

Previous 

Season

Winter Wheat

 Harvested Mil Ac 32.4 NC + <0.1

 Yield Bu/Ac 43.1 +2.1 -9.1

 Production Bil Bu 1.40 +2.1 -9.0

Other Spring

 Harvested Mil Ac 12.4 NC +9.4

 Yield Bu/Ac 46.1 +1.3 -2.1

 Production Mil Bu 572 +1.4 +7.3

Durum

 Harvested Mil Ac 1.42 NC -0.2

 Yield Bu/Ac 42.7 +1.4 -2.1

 Production Mil Bu 60.5 +1.5 -2.3

All Wheat

 Production Bil Bu 2.03 +1.9 -4.7

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W in t e r W h e a t Y ie ld - A u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 4 B u s h e ls a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s M o n t h

6 2

- 4

6 3

- 3

4 4

- 3

8 3

- 2

6 6

- 1

62# N C

85# N C

5 5 N C

67# N C

2 8 N C 7 0 N C

6 3 N C

5 5 N C

4 2 N C

5 9 N C 1 7 N C 5 1 N C U .S . 4 3 .1

0 .9

# R e c o r d H ig h N C = N o C h a n g e

6 8 N C

5 6

1

2 6

1

6 5

2

7 3

3

6 8

3

5 0

4

73#

5

7 0

5

4 5

5

4 2

6

74#

6
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O th e r S p r in g W h e a t Y ie ld - A u g u s t 1 , 2 0 1 4

B u s h e ls a n d C h a n g e F r o m P r e v io u s M o n th

7 8

3 U .S . 4 6 .1

0 .6 # R e c o r d H ig h N C = N o C h a n g e

5 4

2

3 4

- 1 47#

1

6 3 N C

4 6

3

5 0

- 5
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2014

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Oats Mil Bu 77.3 +2.3 +17.3

Barley Mil Bu 193 +2.8 -10.4

Sorghum Mil Bu 429 --- +10.3

Alfalfa Hay Mil Tons 63.6 --- +10.5

Other Hay Mil Tons 77.2 --- -1.5

Rice Mil Cwt 229 --- +20.5

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% Change 

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Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Peanuts Bil Lbs 5.07 --- +21.6

Dry Beans Mil Cwt 28.7 --- +17.3

All Tobacco Mil Lbs 809 --- +11.8

Sugarbeets Mil Tons 30.1 --- -8.2

Sugarcane Mil Tons 29.4 --- -4.4

Summer Potatoes Mil Cwt 15.6 --- -9.6

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% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Peaches Thou Tons 864 --- - 4.2

Apples Bil Lbs 10.9 --- +8.3

Pears Thou Tons 799 --- - 8.9

Grapes Mil Tons 7.94 --- -8.3

Hops Mil Lbs 72.3 --- +4.2

Coffee (HI) Mil Lbs 7.70 --- +10.0

 

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