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Volume 32 Number 1
Issued January 12, 2012
2011 Annual Row Crop Summary
OKLAHOMA:
Production of corn for grain is set at 17.1 million bushels, down 61 percent from 2010. Yield averaged 90 bushels per acre from 190,000 harvested acres, the lowest yield since 1981. Production of corn for silage is set at 358,000 tons, up 12 percent from last year. Silage was cut on 55,000 acres, the second highest acreage after 1952.
Production of grain sorghum is set at 1.7 million bushels, down 87 percent from a year earlier. Yield averaged 21 bushels per acre from 80,000 harvested acres. Sorghum production, at 1.7 million bushels, is the lowest production on record. Production of sorghum for silage is set at 60,000 tons, down 29 percent from last year.
Cotton production is forecast at 63,000 bales, down 85 percent from last year. Yield averaged 432 pounds per acre from 70,000 harvested acres. This is the lowest production and harvested acreage since records began in 1894.
Soybean production is set at 3.4 million bushels, down 71 percent from 2010. Yield averaged 13 bushels per acre from 265,000 harvested acres, the lowest yield since 1980.
Peanut production is set at 59.4 million pounds, down 16 percent from last year. Yield averaged 2,700 pounds from 22,000 harvested acres.
Canola production for 2011 is set at 85.0 million pounds, down 5 percent from the previous year. Yield averaged 1,000 pounds per acre from 85,000 harvested acres.
All sunflower production is set at 5.3 million pounds, down 69 percent from 2010. Yield averaged 1,227 pounds per acre from 4,300 harvested acres.
Production of all hay is set at 2.3 million tons, down 61 percent from 2010. Yield averaged 0.93 tons per acre from 2.50 million harvested acres, the lowest yield since 1956. The yield for alfalfa hay is set at 1.30 tons per acre, tied as the second lowest yield on record. This resulted in the lowest production on record, at 260,000 tons. Production of all other hay is set at 2.1 million tons.
Hay stocks on farms totaled 2.80 million tons on December 1, 2011, down 38 percent from last year’s 4.55 million tons.
UNITED STATES:
Production of all wheat is placed at 2.00 billion bushels, down 9 percent from 2010. Yield averaged 43.7 bushels per acre.
Corn production is estimated at 12.4 billion bushels, down 1 percent from last year. Yield averaged 147.2 bushels per acre, down 5.6 bushels from last year.
Production of grain sorghum is estimated at 214.4 million bushels, down 38 percent from 2010. Yield averaged 54.6 bushels per acre from 3.93 million harvested acres.
All cotton production is estimated at 15.7 million bales, down 13 percent from last year. Yield averaged 772 pounds per harvested acre, down 40 pounds from 2010.
Peanut production is estimated at 3.64 billion pounds, down 13 percent from last year’s crop. Yield averaged 3,313 pounds per acre from 1.10 million harvested acres
Soybean production is estimated at 3.06 billion bushels, down 8 percent from 2010. Yield averaged 41.5 bushels per acre from 73.6 million harvested acres.
Canola production for 2011 is estimated at 1.54 billion pounds down 37 percent from 2010. Yield averaged 1,475 pounds per acre.
All sunflower production is estimated at 2.04 billion pounds down 25 percent from 2010 with an average yield of 1,398 per acre.
Production of all hay is estimated at 131 million tons, down 10 percent from 2010. Alfalfa production is estimated at 65.3 million tons, down 4 percent from last year and average yield is 3.40 tons per acre. Production of other hay is estimated at 65.8 million tons, down 15 percent from last year and average yield is 1.81 tons per acre.
Hay stocks on farms totaled 90.7 million tons on December 1, 2011, down 11 percent from a year ago
“TO OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS: This report contains results collected from the December Quarterly Ag Survey and County Agricultural Production – Row Crops Survey, one of which you participated in. Your operation, large or small, represents Oklahoma agriculture. We appreciate your assistance in providing timely and accurate data. Thank you for your cooperation.”
~~Wilbert Hundl, Jr., Director, USDA-NASS Oklahoma Field OfficeUSDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Crop Acreage, Yield, and Production, Oklahoma and United States, Final 2010 and 20111
Crop
Planted
Harvested
Yield Per
Harvested Acre
Unit
Production
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2011
2010
2011
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
Number
Number
1,000
1,000
Oklahoma
Winter Wheat
5,300
5,100
3,900
3,200
31.0
22.0
Bushels
120,900
70,400
Oats
45
35
9
5
33.0
40.0
Bushels
297
200
Rye
250
260
60
55
25.0
15.0
Bushels
1,500
825
All Corn
370
380
-
-
-
-
-
-
Corn, Grain
-
-
340
190
130.0
90.0
Bushels
44,200
17,100
Corn, Silage
-
-
20
55
16.0
6.5
Tons
320
358
All Sorghum
280
300
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sorghum, Grain
-
-
250
80
52.0
21.0
Bushels
13,000
1,680
Sorghum, Silage
-
-
12
12
7.0
5.0
Tons
84
60
All Cotton
285.0
415.0
270.0
70.0
750
432
(2)
422.0
63.0
Cottonseed
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tons
146.0
22.0
All Hay
-
-
3,210
2,500
1.85
0.93
Tons
5,953
2,330
Alfalfa
-
-
310
200
3.30
1.30
Tons
1,023
260
All Other
-
-
2,900
2,300
1.70
0.90
Tons
4,930
2,070
Soybeans
500
440
475
265
25.0
13.0
Bushels
11,875
3,445
Peanuts
22
24
21
22
3,350
2,700
Pounds
70,350
59,400
Canola
60
100
56
85
1,600
1,000
Pounds
89,600
85,000
All Sunflowers
12.5
5.0
11.8
4.3
1,456
1,227
Pounds
17,180
5,275
Sunflower, Oil
11.0
4.5
10.5
3.9
1,500
1,250
Pounds
15,750
4,875
Sunflower, Non-oil
1.5
0.5
1.3
0.4
1,100
1,000
Pounds
1,430
400
Pecans3
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pounds
20,000
9,000
United States
All Wheat
53,593
54,409
47,619
45,705
46.3
43.7
Bushels
2,206,916
1,999,347
Winter
37,335
40,646
31,741
32,314
46.8
46.2
Bushels
1,484,861
1,493,677
Durum
2,560
1,369
2,519
1,312
42.1
38.5
Bushels
106,080
50,482
Other Spring
13,698
12,394
13,359
12,079
46.1
37.7
Bushels
615,975
455,188
Oats
3,138
2,496
1,263
939
64.3
57.1
Bushels
81,190
53,649
Rye
1,211
1,266
265
242
28.0
26.1
Bushels
7,431
6,326
All Corn
88,192
91,921
-
-
-
-
-
-
Corn, Grain
-
-
81,446
83,981
152.8
147.2
Bushels
12,446,865
12,358,412
Corn, Silage
-
-
5,567
5,928
19.3
18.4
Tons
107,314
108,926
All Sorghum
5,404
5,481
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sorghum, Grain
-
-
4,813
3,929
71.8
54.6
Bushels
345,625
214,443
Sorghum, Silage
-
-
268
224
12.6
10.3
Tons
3,370
2,298
All Cotton
10,974.2
14,732.4
10,698.7
9,747.9
812
772
(2)
18,104.1
15,673.7
Cottonseed
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tons
6,098.1
5,267
All Hay
-
-
59,872
55,633
2.43
2.36
Tons
145,624
131,144
Alfalfa
-
-
19,966
19,213
3.40
3.40
Tons
67,971
65,332
All Other
-
-
39,906
36,420
1.95
1.81
Tons
77,653
65,812
Soybeans
77,404
74,976
76,610
73,636
43.5
41.5
Bushels
3,329,181
3,056,032
Peanuts
1,288
1,141
1,255
1,098
3,312
3,313
Pounds
4,156,840
3,636,320
Canola
1,449
1,072
1,431
1,043
1,713
1,475
Pounds
2,450,428
1,538,010
All Sunflowers
1,951.5
1,543.0
1,873.8
1,457.8
1,460
1,398.0
Pounds
2,735,570
2,038,275
Sunflower, Oil
1,463.0
1,289.5
1,422.5
1,233.4
1,458
1,397
Pounds
2,074,500
1,722,675
Sunflower, Non-oil
488.5
253.5
451.3
224.4
1,465
1,406
Pounds
661,070
315,600
Pecans3
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pounds
293,740
251,700
1 Cotton finalized in the May Crop Production release and pecans in the July Noncitrus Fruit and Nut release.
2 Cotton yield in pounds and production in 480 pound net weight bales.
3 Estimate carried forward.Oklahoma Wheat Stocks Down 21 Percent From Last Year
OKLAHOMA:
Wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2011, totaled 100.6 million bushels, down 21 percent from last year. Wheat stored in off-farm locations comprised 98 percent of the total stocks.
Off-farm corn stocks totaled 11.4 million bushels, down 44 percent from a year ago.
On-farm stocks were collected by the December Agricultural Survey of farm operations. Off-farm stocks data are from the quarterly survey of commercial firms.
The annual report of grain storage capacity showed no net change over the past year. Oklahoma commercial facilities were tallied at 230 million bushel capacity. On-farm capacity as of December 1, 2011, was 75 million bushels.
UNITED STATES:
Wheat stored in all positions on December 1, 2011, totaled 1.66 billion bushels, down 14 percent from a year ago. Wheat stored in off-farm locations comprised 76 percent of the total stocks.
Corn stocks stored in all positions on December 1, 2011, totaled 9.64 billion bushels, down 4 percent from December 1, 2010.
Sorghum stored in all positions on December 1, 2011, totaled 150 million bushels, down 37 percent from a year ago.
Soybean stocks in all positions on December 1, 2011, totaled 2.37 billion bushels, up 4 percent from December 1, 2010.
Oat and barley stocks in all positions on December 1, 2011, totaled 79 and 134 million bushels, respectively.
Total U.S. grain storage capacity was reported at 22.9 billion bushels, up 3 percent for the year. Commercial firms accounted for 44 percent of the total.
Stocks of Grain, Oklahoma and United States, December 1, 2011 and Comparable Quarters
Item
Off-Farm Total1
All Positions Total2
Dec 1, 2010
Sep 1, 20113
Dec 1, 2011
Dec 1, 2010
Sep 1, 20113
Dec 1, 2011
1,000 Bushels
1,000 Bushels
1,000 Bushels
1,000 Bushels
1,000 Bushels
1,000 Bushels
Oklahoma
Barley
11
16
12
11
16
12
Oats
102
103
126
*
*
*
Corn
20,360
3,882
11,418
*
*
*
Soybeans
*
*
*
*
*
*
Sorghum
9,959
1,381
1,852
*
*
*
Wheat
124,415
114,120
98,101
127,415
122,020
100,601
Capacity
230,000
-
230,000
305,000
-
305,000
United States
Barley
88,720
82,007
78,284
180,380
175,057
133,604
Oats
66,911
47,391
54,233
101,011
78,391
78,633
Corn
3,754,769
812,695
3,466,903
10,056,769
1,127,645
9,641,903
Soybeans
1,187,084
166,513
1,227,284
2,278,084
215,013
2,365,784
Sorghum
207,168
25,420
121,983
237,668
27,450
149,833
Wheat
1,382,946
1,513,669
1,251,423
1,932,946
2,146,669
1,656,423
Capacity
9,740,655
-
10,113,087
22,275,655
-
22,888,087
1 Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, and processors.
2 Off-farm plus on-farm stocks.
3 Revised.
* Not published for Oklahoma but stocks are included in United States totals.
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Oklahoma 2012 Wheat Seedings at 5.5 Million Acres
OKLAHOMA:
Seedings for the 2012 wheat crop are forecast at 5.5 million acres, up 8 percent from last year, according the USDA-NASS Oklahoma Field Office. Results were based upon reports from the December 1 Agriculture Survey and the County Estimates Survey.
District planted wheat acres for 2008-2010 and preliminary 2011-2012 are shown in the table below.
UNITED STATES:
Winter wheat seeded area for 2012 is expected to total 41.9 million acres, up 3 percent from 2011. Approximate class acreage breakdowns are: Hard Red Winter, 30.1 million; Soft Red Winter, 8.37 million; and White Winter, 3.49 million acres.
Winter Wheat Seedings: Selected States, 2010-2012
State
Crop Year
Percent of
Previous Year
2010
2011
2012
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
Percent
Colorado
2,450
2,300
2,400
104
Kansas
8,400
8,800
9,500
108
Nebraska
1,600
1,520
1,400
92
Oklahoma
5,300
5,100
5,500
108
Texas
5,700
5,300
5,900
111
United States
37,335
40,646
41,947
103
Oklahoma Winter Wheat Seeded Acres, by District, 2008-2012
Year
Panhandle
West
Central
Southwest
North Central
Central
South Central
Other Districts
State
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
1,000 Acres
2008
690
930
1,310
1,620
690
180
180
5,600
2009
755
925
1,335
1,625
700
195
165
5,700
2010
710
930
1,225
1,545
630
160
100
5,300
20111
640
900
1,150
1,450
630
170
160
5,100
20122
750
950
1,180
1,340
890
170
220
5,500
1 Preliminary district estimates; final estimates available February 9, 2012.
2 Preliminary district estimates.
2011 Crop County Estimates
Crop
Anticipated Release Date
Crop
Anticipated Release Date
Winter Wheat
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Sorghum
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Corn for Grain and Silage
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Cotton
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Soybeans
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Peanuts
Thursday, May 10, 2012
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