All cotton production is forecast at 12.8 million 480-pound bales, down 2 percent from the previous forecast and down 11 percent from 2022. Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 767 pounds per harvested acre, down 19 pounds from the previous forecast and down 183 pounds from 2022. All cotton area harvested is forecast at 8.02 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 10 percent from 2022. By October 1, eighteen percent …
U.S. Peanut Production Forecast Up 13 Percent
USDA has released their October crop production estimates, and the report notes the U.S. peanut crop is now expected to be down one percent from the previous forecast, but up 13 percent from 2022. Tyron Spearman runs through the new numbers.
Corn Production Forecast Up, Soybeans Down
The crop production report issued last Friday by USDA shows corn production up 10% from 2022, but soybean production is down 2% from last year. Mark Oppold has a look at how that measures up to some of the private estimates.
USDA Cotton Crop Report
USDA released the latest crop reports today. Becky Sommer, Cotton and Sorghum Statistician with USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has the details. All cotton production (.pdf) is forecast at 14.0 million 480?pound bales, down 3 percent from 2022. Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average 779 pounds per harvested acre, down 171 pounds from the previous year. All cotton area …
Crop Production Forecasts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently updated their projections for 2022 row crop production. Tyron Spearman runs through the new numbers.
U.S. Peanut Production Forecast is Unchanged from Last Month
USDA released their November crop production estimates, and the report notes the U.S. peanut crop forecast is unchanged from last month, which means it is still expected to be down nine percent compared to last year. Tyron Spearman has more details.
The Latest on Cotton, Peanut Harvests
Both cotton and peanut harvests continues across the Southeast. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey first runs through the latest on cotton harvest progress. And Rippey looks at what the USDA report says about the peanut harvest as of this past Sunday. In Alabama, cotton bolls opening is 98 percent, which compares to 88 percent last year with the 5-year average at 93 percent. Cotton harvested …
Tracking the Grain Trade after Monthly Crop Report
Many will be watching the grain markets closely after Wednesday’s USDA crop reports were issued. Mark Oppold has more details.
More Numbers from USDA Crop Report
Tyron Spearman runs through more numbers from Wednesday’s USDA crop reports.
Florida Citrus Season Marked by Production Drop
(TALLAHASSEE/NSF) — Florida citrus growers recorded a very slight bump in orange production in the final count of the growing season, but the industry still experienced one of its most-devastating seasons in eight decades. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, in a final report for the 2021-2022 season, said growers produced 40.95 million boxes of oranges, the lowest amount …