August Crop Production: Sorghum for Grain Harvested, Yield, Production

August 10, 2012

Sorghum for Grain Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2011 and Forecasted August 1, 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                     :    Area harvested     :    Yield per acre     :      Production                State       :-----------------------------------------------------------------------                     :   2011    :   2012    :   2011    :   2012    :   2011    :   2012     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                     :   -- 1,000 acres --      ----- bushels ----      -- 1,000 bushels --                       :                                                                        Arkansas ...........:      90         110        72.0        80.0        6,480       8,800   Colorado ...........:     140         160        35.0        27.0        4,900       4,320   Illinois ...........:      20          25        91.0        60.0        1,820       1,500   Kansas .............:   2,000       2,200        55.0        40.0      110,000      88,000   Louisiana ..........:     124         105        87.0       100.0       10,788      10,500   Mississippi ........:      50          63        74.0        79.0        3,700       4,977   Missouri ...........:      33          60        72.0        55.0        2,376       3,300   Nebraska ...........:      70          80        94.0        60.0        6,580       4,800   New Mexico .........:      21          30        64.0        65.0        1,344       1,950   Oklahoma ...........:      80         180        21.0        28.0        1,680       5,040   South Dakota .......:     110         130        60.0        38.0        6,600       4,940   Texas ..............:   1,150       1,900        49.0        56.0       56,350     106,400                       :                                                                        Other States 1/ ....:      41          55        44.5        56.4        1,825       3,100                       :                                                                        United States ......:   3,929       5,098        54.6        48.6      214,443     247,627   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States include Arizona and Georgia. Individual State level estimates will be            published in the "Crop Production 2012 Summary."                                        
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