JULY CROP PRODUCTION

Executive Summary

JULY 11, 2014 12:00 PM

United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service
Field Crops Fruit and Nuts Specialty Crops

Winter Wheat Citrus Tobacco

Other Spring Wheat Apricots

Durum Wheat Almonds

Barley

Oats

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Contents
Ag Yield Objective Yield

Survey Type Farmer Reported Field Measurement

Crops Included Winter, Spring & Durum 

Wheat, Oats, Barley, 

Tobacco

Winter Wheat

States 35 10

Sample Size ~8,100 1,410

Collection Period June 26 – July 7 June 24 – July 1

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Survey Overview
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Crop Unit

July

2014

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Winter Wheat

 Harvested Mil Ac 32.4 * NC + <0.1

 Yield Bu/Ac 42.2 -0.5 -11.0

 Production Bil Bu 1.37 -1.0 -10.9

* No change from June Acreage

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Crop Unit

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2014

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Winter Wheat Production by Class

 Hard Red Mil Bu 703 -2.4 -5.5

 Soft Red Mil Bu 458 +0.9 -18.9

 White Mil Bu 206 + <0.1 -8.4

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42.2

30

32

34

36

38

40

42

44

46

48

50

Bushels/acre

U.S. Winter Wheat Yield
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W in t e r W h e a t Y ie ld - J u ly 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

5 5

- 3

7 0

- 3

5 5

- 3

5 1

- 2 U .S . 4 2 .2

- 0 .2

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

6 8

- 2

6 6

- 2

6 7

- 2

2 8

- 1

5 9

- 1 1 7

- 1 62# N C

8 5 N C

6 8 N C 6 5 N C

6 3 N C

5 5 N C

4 2 N C

4 0 N C

6 6 N C

2 5 N C

3 6

1

67#

1

7 0

1

4 7

1

6 8

1

4 6

1

6 3

3

6 5

3

85#

5
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Winter Wheat Objective Yield - July

Percent of Samples Processed in the Lab

Year Mature

---Percent---

2010 58

2011 60

2012 77

2013 55

2014 58
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96 97

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05 06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

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0.50

0.52

0.54

0.56

0.58

0.60

0.62

0.64

0.66

0.68

35 37 39 41 43 45 47

Grams/head

Heads Per Square Foot

10-State Winter Wheat Region

Derived Head Weight vs Heads Per Square Foot
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2014

% Change 

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Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

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Previous 

Season

Other Spring Wheat

 Harvested Mil Ac 12.4 NC +9.4

 Yield Bu/Ac 45.5 --- -3.4

 Production Mil Bu 565 --- +5.8

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J u ly 1 , 2 0 1 4 O th e r S p r in g W h e a t Y ie ld

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

7 5

- 2 U .S . 4 5 .5

-1 .6 N C = N o C h a n g e

5 2

- 5

3 5

- 2 4 6

-0 .5

6 3 N C

4 3

- 1

5 5

- 5

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Crop Unit

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2014

% Change 

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Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

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Season

Durum Wheat

 Harvested Mil Ac 1.42 NC -0.2

 Yield Bu/Ac 42.1 --- -3.4

 Production Mil Bu 59.6 --- -3.7

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% Change 

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All Wheat

 Harvested Mil Ac 46.2 NC +2.4

 Yield Bu/Ac 43.1 --- -8.7

 Production Bil Bu 1.99 --- -6.5

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Previous 

Season

Oats

 Harvested Mil Ac 1.15 NC +11.9

 Yield Bu/Ac 65.5 --- +2.3

 Production Mil Bu 75.5 --- +14.6

Barley

 Harvested Mil Ac 2.63 NC -12.2

 Yield Bu/Ac 71.2 --- -0.7

 Production Mil Bu 187 --- -12.9

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Season

Oranges Mil Tons 6.94 -0.1 -16.1

Grapefruit Mil Tons 1.05 -1.2 - 2.5

Lemons Thou Tons 871 NC -4.5

Tangerines and

 Mandarins Thou Tons 668 -1.2 -2.3

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Season

Tobacco

 Flue-Cured Mil Lbs 536 --- +18.1

Almonds Bil Lbs 2.10 +7.7 +4.5

Apricots Thou Tons 61.5 --- ---

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