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United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service

June Crop Production

Executive Summary

Hubert Hamer, Director

Statistics Division

June 10, 2015
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Field Crops Fruit & Nuts Specialty Crops

Winter Wheat Citrus Maple Syrup

Sugarcane* Prunes

Sugarbeets*

Sweet Potatoes*

Contents

* 2014 Crop Year Revisions
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Ag Yield Objective Yield

Survey Type Farmer Reported Field Measurement

Crops Included Winter and Durum Wheat Winter Wheat

States 30 10

Sample Size 5,009 1,090

Collection Period May 27-June 5 May 25-June 1

Survey Overview
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45

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70

Percent

U.S. Winter Wheat Condition

Percent Rated Good to Excellent

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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U.S. Winter Wheat Progress

Percent Headed

0

10

20

30

40

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60

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80

90

100

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Percent
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June 2015 Crop Production

% Change % Change

From From

June Previous Previous

2015 Forecast Season 

Wheat, Winter

Harvested Mil Ac 33.8 NC +4.7

Yield Bu/Ac 44.5 +2.3 +4.5

Production Bil Bu 1.51 +2.3 +9.3

Prod by Class

Hard Red Mil Bu 887 +4.0 +20.3

Soft Red Mil Bu 414 -0.4 -9.1

White Mil Bu 204 +0.5 +10.6

Crop Unit 
44.5

30.0

32.0

34.0

36.0

38.0

40.0

42.0

44.0

46.0

48.0

50.0

1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Bushels per Acre Winter Wheat Yield

United States

Yield Linear (Yield)

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2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

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0.530

0.540

0.550

0.560

0.570

0.580

0.590

0.600

0.610

0.620

0.630

0.640

39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

Grams/Head

Heads Per Square Foot

Wheat Objective Yield Region

Heads Per Square Foot vs. Implied Head Weight

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Implied Head Weight = (Published Yield * 60) / Heads
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Fruit Maturity Row Count

Survey Type Laboratory Tests Field Observations

Crops Included Valencias Oranges,

Grapefruit, tangelos,

Late tangerines

Sample Size 14 samples 170,524 rows

Collection Period June 1-2 June 1-2

Test Period June 3

Survey Overview

Florida Citrus
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June 2015 Crop Production

% Change % Change

From From

Crop Unit June Previous Previous

2015 Forecast Season 

Production

Oranges Mil Tons 6.43 NC -4.9

Grapefruit Thou Tons 982 +0.2 -6.2

Tangelos Thou Tons 32.0 NC -20.0

Tangerines & 

Mandarins Thou Tons 758 NC +3.3
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June 2015 Crop Production

% Change % Change

From From

June Previous Previous

2015 Forecast Season 

Production

Maple Syrup Mil Gal 3.41 NA +6.3

Prunes, dried (CA) Thou Tons 100 NA -3.8

Acreage

Hops Thou Ac 44.0 NA +15.7

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2014 Revisions – Sugarcane

% Change % Change

From From

June Previous Previous

2015 Estimate Season 

Sugarcane

Harvested Thou Ac 870 -0.4 -4.4

Yield Tons/Ac 35.0 -2.0 +3.6

Production Mil Tons 30.4 -2.4 -1.1

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2014 Revisions – Sugarbeets

% Change % Change

From From

June Previous Previous

2015 Estimate Season 

Sugarbeets

Planted Mil Ac 1.16 +0.2 -2.9

Harvested Mil Ac 1.15 -<0.1 -0.6

Yield Tons/Ac 27.4 NC -3.5

Production Mil Tons 31.4 -0.1 -4.3

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2014 Revisions - Sweet Potatoes

% Change % Change

From From

June Previous Previous

2015 Estimate Season 

Sweet Potatoes

Harvested Thou Ac 135 NC +19.4

Yield Cwt/Ac 219 NC NC

Production Mil Cwt 29.6 NC +19.4

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Release Date Report Title

June 19 Cattle on Feed

June 26 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs

June 29 Agricultural Prices

June 30

Acreage

Grain Stocks

Rice Stocks

July 10 Crop Production

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