NOVEMBER CROP PRODUCTION

Executive Summary

NOVEMBER 9, 2012 8:30 AM

United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service
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Contents

Field Crops

Corn Sugarbeets

Soybeans Sugarcane

Cotton Dry Edible Peas

Sorghum Lentils

Rice Austrian Winter Peas

Peanuts Fall Potatoes
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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 ~ 10,500 Corn = 1,920

Soybeans = 1,835

Cotton = 1,217

Collection Period Oct 27 – Nov 6 Oct 25 – Nov 1
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Crop Unit

November

2012

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Corn

 Harvested Mil Ac 87.7 NC + 4.5

 Yield Bu/Ac 122.3 + 0.2 - 16.9

 Production Bil Bu 10.7 + 0.2 - 13.2

November 2012 Crop Production
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8.97

10.1

11.8

11.1

10.5

13.0

12.1

13.1

12.4 12.4

10.7

8.0

9.0

10.0

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Billion bushels

U.S. Corn Production
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122.3

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

Bushels/acre

U.S. Corn Yield
04

05 06 07 08

09

10

11

Aug 12

Oct 12 Sept 12

Nov 12

0.240

0.260

0.280

0.300

0.320

0.340

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---

2008 < 0.5 94

2009 3 91

2010 < 0.5 96

2011 < 0.5 94

2012 < 0.5 95
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C o r n f o r G r a in Y ie ld s , N o v e m b e r 1 , 2 0 1 2

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

1 0 5

5

1 7 7 # N C

1 9 0 N C

1 3 8 N C

1 2 0

5

1 9 0 # N C

1 0 1

3

1 0 0 N C

1 3 9

- 1

9 1 N C 6 8 N C

1 7 0 # N C

1 1 5 N C

1 2 0

2

1 6 8 N C

1 5 6 # N C

7 5 N C

1 3 9

- 3

1 3 3

1

1 3 5

5

1 2 0 N C

1 2 0

5

1 2 5

2

1 1 5 N C

1 3 0

3

1 2 2 # N C

U .S . 1 2 2 .3

0 .3

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

9 4 N C

8 9 N C

1 4 0

- 5

9 5 N C

2 1 5

5

1 2 5

- 2
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2012 Corn Percent Harvested

Current Year and Difference from 5-Year Average

Week Ending November 4, 2012

90

18

98

21

89

15

98

29

99

14 98

4

75

20

100

29

100

18

97

33

97

-2

98

45

74

14

72

10

100

39

99

1

99

6

18 States 95

24

87

31
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Crop Unit

November

2012

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Soybeans

 Harvested Mil Ac 75.7 NC + 2.6

 Yield Bu/Ac 39.3 + 4.0 - 6.2

 Production Bil Bu 2.97 + 3.9 - 4.0

November 2012 Crop Production
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2.76

2.45

3.12

3.07

3.20

2.68

2.97

3.36 3.33

3.09

2.97

2.4

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.6

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Billion bushels

U.S. Soybean Production
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39.3

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Bushels/acre

U.S. Soybean Yield
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04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

Sep 12

Oct 12

Nov 12

0.26

0.27

0.28

0.29

0.30

0.31

Grams/pod

Pods per 18 square feet

Soybean Objective Yield Region

Derived Pod Weight vs Pod Count
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Soybean Objective Yield - November 

Percent of Samples Processed in the Lab

Year Mature

---Percent---

2008 91

2009 87

2010 94

2011 95

2012 94
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S o y b e a n Y ie ld s , N o v e m b e r 1 , 2 0 1 2

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

4 4 #

5

4 1 #

2

4 1

3

3 5

2

4 3

4

4 4

3

4 4

1

2 3

1 3 8

1

4 4 # N C

4 5 #

3

4 2

3

4 3 N C

4 2 #

1

3 1

1

4 1 N C

4 0

2

4 5 N C

3 6 #

1

3 4 N C

4 7

4

1 6

- 4

4 7 #

2

3 2 #

2 U .S . 3 9 .3

1 .5

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

2 8 N C

3 6

1

2 7

- 2

4 0 #

1

3 9 N C
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2012 Soybeans Percent Harvested

Current Year and Difference from 5-Year Average

Week Ending November 4, 2012

93

15

96

9

89

NC

99

8

86

5 83

5

99

3

94

6

100

8

99

7

18 States 93

7

79

4

100

7

26

-3

100

13

86

-2

100

10

80

5

100

17
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Crop Unit

November

2012

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

All Cotton

 Harvested Mil Ac 10.4 NC + 10.4

 Yield Lbs/Ac 802 + 0.9 + 1.5

 Production Mil Bales 17.4 + 0.9 + 12.0

November 2012 Crop Production
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17.2

18.3

23.3

23.9

21.6

19.2

12.8

12.2

18.1

15.6

17.4

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

20.0

22.0

24.0

26.0

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Million bales

U.S. All Cotton Production
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802

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

Pounds/acre

U.S. All Cotton Yield
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U p la n d C o t to n Y ie ld , N o v e m b e r 1 , 2 0 1 2

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 M o n th

8 4 0 #

7 6

1 6 2 4 # N C 1 0 5 1

1 7

1 6 1 7 N C

9 6 0 # N C

1 0 0 9 #

7 5

4 1 5 N C

1 0 0 4

4 4

1 0 1 2 N C

9 7 5

3 0

9 7 0 N C

9 1 0 N C 4 1 1

-5 5 8 7 6

8 U .S . 7 9 0

8

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

8 9 6

6 4

5 7 8

-2 0

9 8 8

2 8
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Crop Unit

November

2012

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Sorghum Mil Bu 256 + 1.7 + 19.5

Rice Mil Cwt 199 - 0.2 + 7.3

Peanuts Bil Lbs 6.47 + 5.9 + 76.8

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Crop Unit

November

2012

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Sugarbeets Mil Tons 34.9 - 1.8 + 21.2

Sugarcane Mil Tons 32.1 + 2.7 + 9.3

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Crop Unit

November

2012

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Forecast

% Change 

from 

Previous 

Season

Dry Edible Peas Mil Cwt 11.5 --- + 103.6

Lentils Mil Cwt 5.25 --- + 11.0

Austrian Winter Peas Thou Cwt 147 --- - 18.3

Fall Potatoes Mil Cwt 422 --- + 7.9

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