Crop Production

Executive Summary

Lance Honig, Chief

Crops Branch

December 9, 2022
Data Sources

December 9, 2022

Objective Yield

Cotton

Objective Measurement

Florida Citrus

Operator Reported

Survey

Field Surveys

Cotton Ginnings 531 Gins Noveber 30 - December 5

1,856 Groves November 4-23

Sample Size = 840 Prior to Harvest
Special Note

December 9, 2022

Due to the restoration of external funding received through a cooperative 

agreement, this report contains forecasted pecan production estimates. Also, NASS 

will publish the Pecan Production report on January 19, 2023 which will contain 

preliminary acreage, yield, production, price, and value estimates.
United States Cotton Progress

Percent Harvested

December 9, 2022

Percent

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

9/11 9/18 9/25 10/2 10/9 10/16 10/23 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 11/27 12/4 12/11

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
December 2022 Cotton

Acreage, Yield, and Production

December 9, 2022

United States

% Change from

Previous Estimate

% Change from

Previous Season

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

Texas 7,933 ↑ 24.6 2,530 ↓ 54.5 635.0 ↓ 4.7 3,345 ↓ 56.7

Georgia 1,290 ↑ 10.3 1,280 ↑ 10.3 938.0 ↑ 2.6 2,500 ↑ 13.1

Arkansas 640 ↑ 33.3 630 ↑ 32.6 1,181.0 ↓ 5.4 1,550 ↑ 25.5

Mississippi 530 ↑ 19.1 525 ↑ 22.1 1,033.0 ↑ 3.6 1,130 ↑ 26.5

North Carolina 470 ↑ 25.3 455 ↑ 24.7 1,002.0 ↓ 1.5 950 ↑ 22.9

Planted Harvested Yield Production

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

13,791 7,876 868 14,242

23.3 ↑ 6.0 ↓ 18.7

N C N C ↑ 1.5

↓

↑ 1.5

↑ 23.0

Planted Harvested Yield Production

% ∆ PY % ∆ PY % ∆ PY % ∆ PY

Top 5 States - By Production
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

831

853

819

868

480

530

580

630

680

730

780

830

880

930

980

1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021

December 2022 Cotton Yield

United States

December 9, 2022

Pounds per Acre
December 2022 Cotton Yield

Pounds and Percent Change from Previous Month

December 9, 2022
December 2022 Cotton Yield

Pounds and Percent Change from Previous Year

December 9, 2022
December 2022 Cotton Production

United States

December 9, 2022

Million Bales

12.9

16.3

12.9

17.2

20.9

18.4

19.9

14.6

17.5

14.2

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
2022 U.S. Cotton Production

Industry Expectations vs NASS

December 9, 2022

12.0

12.5

13.0

13.5

14.0

14.5

15.0

15.5

August September October November December Final

Million Bales

Individual Industry Expectation NASS Estimate
December 9, 2022

December 2022 Field Crops

Acreage, Yield, and Production

Unit Unit

Sugarcane Ton Ton

% Change from Previous Estimate N/A ↑ 0.2 ↓ 0.8 ↓ 0.7

% Change from Previous Season N/A ↓ 1.1 ↑ 4.8 ↑ 3.7

Production

(1,000 Units)

N/A 925 36.8 34,052

Yield

(Units per Acre)

Harvested

(1,000 Acres)

Planted

(1,000 Acres) 30.8 30.4

32.1 32.1 33.2

34.5

31.9

36.1

32.8

34.1

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Million Tons

Sugarcane Production

United States
December 9, 2022

December 2022 Fruit and Nuts

Production

Unit

Pecans Lb

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 3.6

% Change from Previous Season ↑ 9.7

Production

(1,000 Units)

280,000

266 264

254

269

305

241

256

304

255

280

0.0

50.0

100.0

150.0

200.0

250.0

300.0

350.0

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Million Pounds

Pecan Production

United States
December 9, 2022

December 2022 Citrus

Utilized Production

All Oranges

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 11.3

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 18.4

Non-Valencia Oranges

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 8.8

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 10.8

Valencia Oranges

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 15.8

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 30.0

Grapefruit

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 2.4

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 14.2

Lemons

% Change from Previous Estimate NC

% Change from Previous Season ↓ 6.6

Tangerines

% Change from Previous Estimate ↓ 0.5

% Change from Previous Season ↑ 13.3

829

2,833

1,873

960

321

966

Production

(1,000 Tons)

9.37 9.03 8.73

7.70

6.08

8.14 7.85

6.91

5.61

4.95

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Million Tons

All Citrus Production

United States

6.77

6.35

6.09

5.09

3.88

5.43 5.25

4.39

3.47

2.83

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Million Tons

All Orange Production

United States
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Organics

Small Grain County Estimates

December 22 Cotton Ginnings

Cattle on Feed

Hogs and Pigs

December 30 Agricultural Prices

Cotton System

Fats & Oils

Grain Crushings

January 11 Cost of Pollination

Cotton Ginnings

Crop Production

Crop Production Annual Summary

Grain Stocks

Rice Stocks

Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings

December 15

December 23

January 3

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