Cr Pr 2-5 (6-08) Acreage National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released June 30, 2008, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Acreage" call (202) 720-2127, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Corn Planted Acreage Down 7 Percent from 2007 Soybean Acreage Up 17 Percent All Wheat Acreage Up 5 Percent All Cotton Acreage Down 15 Percent ******************************************************************************* Midwest Flood Extensive rains and flooding during June caused producers in several Midwestern States to change their harvesting intentions for crops already planted, modify planting decisions for the small percentage of acres not yet planted, and consider replanting options. NASS collected most of the data for the annual Acreage report before the majority of the flooding occurred. In an effort to more accurately determine how many acres producers still intend to harvest for grain, NASS re-interviewed approximately 1,200 farmers June 23, 24, and 25 in the flood-affected areas. As a result, it was determined that U.S. farmers intend to harvest 90.4 percent of their planted acres of corn for grain. This is a change from 92.4 percent as measured during the first 2 weeks of June. U.S. farmers intend to harvest 96.8 percent of their planted acres of soybeans. Without this additional survey data, historical averages would have indicated 98.7 percent of soybean acres to be harvested. NASS will conduct a more extensive acreage update survey during July. Findings from this study will be incorporated in the August Crop Production report. ******************************************************************************* Corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 87.3 million acres, down 7 percent from last year. Despite the decrease, corn planted acreage is the second highest since 1946, behind last year's total of 93.6 million acres. Growers expect to harvest 78.9 million acres for grain, down 9 percent from 2007. If realized, this would be the second highest since 1944, behind last year. Farmers increased corn plantings 1.31 million acres from their March intentions. Planting got off to a slow start across the Corn Belt, Ohio Valley, and the northern half of the Great Plains as frequent precipitation and cool temperatures during March and April prevented spring planting preparations. Corn planting was 27 percent complete on May 4, down 32 points from normal. Despite intermittent showers and below normal temperatures, producers were able to make rapid progress during May, particularly across the upper Midwest and northern Great Plains. Farmers reported that 97 percent of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the survey interview compared with the average of 98 percent for the past 10 years. Soybean planted area for 2008 is estimated at 74.5 million acres, up 17 percent from last year but 1 percent below the record high acreage in 2006. Area for harvest, at 72.1 million acres, is up 15 percent from 2007. Compared with last year, planted acreage increases are expected in all States, and the U.S. planted area for soybeans is the third largest on record. The largest increase is expected in Nebraska, up 950,000 acres from 2007, followed by Illinois and South Dakota, both up 900,000 acres. Increases of at least 800,000 acres are also expected in Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota. If realized, the planted acreage in Kansas, New York, and Pennsylvania will be the largest on record. Nationally, farmers reported that 79 percent of the intended soybean acreage had been planted at the time of the survey interview, which is the lowest since 1996. All wheat planted area is estimated at 63.5 million acres, up 5 percent from 2007. The 2008 winter wheat planted area, at 46.6 million acres, is 4 percent above last year but down slightly from the previous estimate. Of this total, about 31.9 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 11.0 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.7 million acres are White Winter. Area planted to other spring wheat for 2008 is estimated at 14.2 million acres, up 7 percent from 2007. Of this total, about 13.4 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. The Durum planted area for 2008 is 2.66 million acres, up 24 percent from the previous year. All Cotton plantings for 2008 are estimated at 9.25 million acres, 15 percent below last year and the lowest since 1983. Upland planted area is estimated at 9.04 million acres, down 14 percent from 2007. Decreased planted acres are estimated for all States except Oklahoma and Virginia. The largest percentage declines are in California and Mississippi where upland producers planted 44 percent fewer acres than last year at 110,000 acres and 370,000 acres, respectively. American-Pima cotton growers planted 202,000 acres, down 31 percent from 2007. This report was approved on June 30, 2008. Secretary of Agriculture Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Statistics Board Chairperson Carol C. House Contents Page Principal Crops...............................................................4 Grains & Hay Barley...................................................................8 Corn.....................................................................5 Biotechnology Varieties..............................................24 Hay.....................................................................13 Oats.....................................................................7 Proso Millet............................................................12 Rice....................................................................12 Rye.....................................................................11 Sorghum..................................................................6 Wheat, All...............................................................9 Durum................................................................11 Other Spring.........................................................11 Winter...............................................................10 Oilseeds Canola..................................................................17 Flaxseed................................................................17 Peanuts.................................................................15 Mustard Seed............................................................17 Rapeseed................................................................17 Safflower...............................................................17 Soybeans................................................................14 Biotechnology Varieties..............................................25 Soybeans Following Another Crop.........................................15 Sunflower...............................................................16 Cotton, Tobacco, & Sugar Crops Cotton..................................................................18 Biotechnology Varieties.............................................25 Sugarbeets..............................................................19 Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed............................................19 Tobacco, by Class and Type..............................................21 Tobacco, by State.......................................................20 Dry Beans, Peas, & Lentils Beans, Dry Edible.......................................................22 Potatoes & Miscellaneous Crops Potatoes, Summer........................................................23 Sweet Potatoes..........................................................22 Alaska.......................................................................23 Crop Comments................................................................31 Crop Summary.................................................................26 Information Contacts.........................................................40 Reliability of Acreage Data..................................................38 Spring Weather Summary.......................................................30 Principal Crops: Area Planted by State and United States, 2006-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 1,982 2,068 2,258 AZ : 674 688 735 AR : 7,769 8,256 8,241 CA : 4,371 4,304 4,424 CO : 5,678 6,156 6,078 CT : 92 90 93 DE : 442 440 467 FL : 998 1,038 1,008 GA : 3,652 3,769 3,851 HI : 22 23 22 ID : 4,293 4,294 4,381 IL : 23,232 23,201 23,329 IN : 12,345 12,305 12,400 IA : 24,485 24,410 24,765 KS : 22,506 22,941 23,148 KY : 5,526 5,804 5,763 LA : 3,185 3,365 3,555 ME : 274 283 291 MD : 1,429 1,423 1,463 MA : 105 104 102 MI : 6,519 6,517 6,523 MN : 19,682 19,543 19,600 MS : 4,327 4,644 4,908 MO : 13,855 13,853 14,170 MT : 8,559 8,864 9,469 NE : 18,689 18,742 18,932 NV : 508 498 484 NH : 65 60 62 NJ : 314 327 327 NM : 1,078 1,151 1,065 NY : 2,917 2,864 3,062 NC : 4,643 4,714 4,862 ND : 21,501 22,099 22,478 OH : 10,082 10,056 10,407 OK : 10,418 10,398 10,250 OR : 2,144 2,115 2,179 PA : 3,912 4,008 3,970 RI : 10 11 10 SC : 1,626 1,643 1,666 SD : 16,222 16,688 17,054 TN : 4,554 4,612 4,916 TX : 22,315 22,619 21,881 UT : 1,007 1,001 979 VT : 335 312 329 VA : 2,652 2,792 2,971 WA : 3,639 3,647 3,747 WV : 660 669 684 WI : 8,193 8,100 8,156 WY : 1,483 1,499 1,627 : US 2/ : 315,960 319,982 324,029 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Crops included in area planted are corn, sorghum, oats, barley, winter wheat, rye, Durum wheat, other spring wheat, rice, soybeans, peanuts, sunflower, cotton, dry edible beans, potatoes, sugarbeets, canola, and proso millet. Harvested acreage is used for all hay, tobacco, and sugarcane in computing total area planted. Includes double cropped acres and unharvested small grains planted as cover crops. Fall potatoes carried forward from the previous year for current year totals. 2/ States do not add to U.S. due to sunflower, canola, and rye acreage not allocated to States. Corn: Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted for All Purposes : Area Harvested for Grain State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 340 250 280 230 AZ : 55 45 23 20 AR : 610 460 590 450 CA : 650 670 200 215 CO : 1,200 1,300 1,060 1,170 CT 2/ : 26 30 DE : 195 160 185 152 FL : 75 75 35 40 GA : 510 370 450 320 ID : 310 330 105 105 IL : 13,200 12,300 13,050 11,500 IN : 6,500 5,700 6,370 5,350 IA : 14,200 13,700 13,850 12,800 KS : 3,900 4,100 3,700 3,900 KY : 1,450 1,230 1,360 1,150 LA : 740 510 730 500 ME 2/ : 28 27 MD : 540 480 455 410 MA 2/ : 18 18 MI : 2,650 2,350 2,350 2,080 MN : 8,400 7,800 7,800 7,250 MS : 960 780 940 760 MO : 3,450 2,900 3,250 2,500 MT : 84 65 38 22 NE : 9,400 9,000 9,200 8,750 NV 2/ : 5 4 NH 2/ : 14 14 NJ : 95 85 82 74 NM : 135 115 55 60 NY : 1,050 1,140 550 640 NC : 1,100 890 1,020 830 ND : 2,550 2,400 2,350 2,150 OH : 3,850 3,350 3,610 3,150 OK : 320 350 270 320 OR : 60 55 35 30 PA : 1,410 1,370 980 950 RI 2/ : 2 2 SC : 400 360 370 330 SD : 5,000 4,650 4,500 4,200 TN : 870 700 785 640 TX : 2,150 2,450 2,000 2,250 UT : 70 65 22 22 VT 2/ : 92 94 VA : 550 480 405 360 WA : 195 170 120 80 WV : 46 43 27 26 WI : 4,050 3,800 3,280 3,100 WY : 95 90 60 54 : US : 93,600 87,327 86,542 78,940 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Area harvested for grain not estimated. Sorghum: Area Planted for All Purposes and Harvested for Grain by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted for All Purposes : Area Harvested for Grain State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 12 12 6 8 AZ : 45 45 21 25 AR : 225 150 215 140 CA : 34 38 11 11 CO : 220 230 150 180 GA : 65 45 45 30 IL : 80 60 77 50 KS : 2,800 2,850 2,650 2,750 KY : 15 12 12 10 LA : 250 100 245 95 MS : 145 65 115 63 MO : 110 100 105 95 NE : 350 350 240 240 NM : 105 100 75 45 NC : 15 15 9 12 OK : 240 280 220 260 PA : 15 16 3 4 SC : 10 8 7 5 SD : 210 170 130 110 TN : 22 25 19 22 TX : 2,750 2,600 2,450 2,250 : US : 7,718 7,271 6,805 6,405 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Oats: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted 1/ : Area Harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 45 45 16 20 CA : 210 300 20 35 CO : 75 45 10 10 GA : 70 70 30 20 ID : 70 70 20 20 IL : 35 45 24 30 IN : 25 10 8 4 IA : 145 170 67 75 KS : 90 50 35 20 ME : 31 31 30 30 MI : 70 80 55 65 MN : 270 230 180 170 MO : 25 15 8 4 MT : 75 65 35 35 NE : 120 120 35 40 NY : 100 80 60 55 NC : 50 65 15 30 ND : 460 360 260 150 OH : 75 85 55 60 OK : 80 50 15 30 OR : 60 50 22 15 PA : 115 110 80 80 SC : 33 33 13 19 SD : 330 220 125 110 TX : 710 690 100 130 UT : 35 35 5 5 VA : 16 18 5 3 WA : 30 25 9 5 WI : 270 270 160 160 WY : 40 30 8 13 : US : 3,760 3,467 1,505 1,443 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 2/ Forecasted. Barley: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted 1/ : Area Harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AZ : 35 42 33 40 CA : 85 120 40 60 CO : 60 80 58 78 DE : 21 25 19 22 ID : 570 540 550 520 KS : 20 17 13 12 KY : 10 8 3 7 ME : 18 23 17 22 MD : 45 50 34 45 MI : 14 13 13 12 MN : 130 130 110 110 MT : 900 910 720 780 NV : 3 4 1 1 NJ : 3 3 2 2 NY : 13 13 11 9 NC : 22 18 14 12 ND : 1,470 1,500 1,390 1,400 OH : 4 6 3 5 OR : 63 55 53 45 PA : 55 65 42 55 SD : 56 70 29 40 UT : 38 42 22 34 VA : 48 61 30 36 WA : 235 205 225 195 WI : 40 40 23 23 WY : 62 90 53 75 : US : 4,020 4,130 3,508 3,640 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 2/ Forecasted. All Wheat: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted 1/ : Area Harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 120 240 80 200 AZ : 86 163 83 161 AR : 820 970 700 880 CA : 585 820 315 505 CO : 2,520 2,190 2,369 2,038 DE : 57 80 55 78 FL : 13 25 9 23 GA : 360 480 230 400 ID : 1,235 1,425 1,175 1,345 IL : 1,000 1,200 890 1,160 IN : 420 550 370 530 IA : 35 45 28 43 KS : 10,400 9,900 8,600 9,400 KY : 440 560 250 450 LA : 235 400 220 385 MD : 220 255 170 215 MI : 560 780 540 770 MN : 1,765 1,870 1,710 1,815 MS : 370 500 330 480 MO : 1,050 1,200 880 1,120 MT : 5,170 5,710 5,065 5,505 NE : 2,050 1,800 1,960 1,700 NV : 23 24 13 5 NJ : 31 35 28 33 NM : 490 460 300 180 NY : 100 130 85 117 NC : 630 800 500 700 ND : 8,595 9,150 8,405 8,850 OH : 820 1,100 730 1,050 OK : 5,900 5,700 3,500 4,500 OR : 875 960 855 940 PA : 170 195 155 185 SC : 160 220 135 195 SD : 3,509 3,560 3,328 3,279 TN : 420 640 260 550 TX : 6,200 5,900 3,800 3,500 UT : 146 150 132 139 VA : 230 300 205 260 WA : 2,170 2,420 2,137 2,385 WV : 8 12 6 9 WI : 299 375 278 354 WY : 146 163 130 152 : US : 60,433 63,457 51,011 56,586 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 2/ Forecasted. Winter Wheat: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted 1/ : Area Harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 120 240 80 200 AZ : 6 13 4 12 AR : 820 970 700 880 CA : 500 650 240 350 CO : 2,500 2,150 2,350 2,000 DE : 57 80 55 78 FL : 13 25 9 23 GA : 360 480 230 400 ID : 750 870 710 810 IL : 1,000 1,200 890 1,160 IN : 420 550 370 530 IA : 35 45 28 43 KS : 10,400 9,900 8,600 9,400 KY : 440 560 250 450 LA : 235 400 220 385 MD : 220 255 170 215 MI : 560 780 540 770 MN : 65 70 60 65 MS : 370 500 330 480 MO : 1,050 1,200 880 1,120 MT : 2,240 2,600 2,190 2,450 NE : 2,050 1,800 1,960 1,700 NV : 17 15 12 2 NJ : 31 35 28 33 NM : 490 460 300 180 NY : 100 130 85 117 NC : 630 800 500 700 ND : 465 650 445 600 OH : 820 1,100 730 1,050 OK : 5,900 5,700 3,500 4,500 OR : 750 780 735 770 PA : 170 195 155 185 SC : 160 220 135 195 SD : 2,100 1,900 1,980 1,720 TN : 420 640 260 550 TX : 6,200 5,900 3,800 3,500 UT : 135 130 125 120 VA : 230 300 205 260 WA : 1,720 1,800 1,690 1,770 WV : 8 12 6 9 WI : 290 350 270 330 WY : 140 150 125 140 : US : 44,987 46,605 35,952 40,252 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 2/ Forecasted. Durum Wheat: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AZ : 80 150 79 149 CA : 85 170 75 155 ID : 15 15 15 15 MT : 480 610 475 605 ND : 1,480 1,700 1,460 1,650 SD : 9 10 8 9 : US : 2,149 2,655 2,112 2,583 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Other Spring Wheat: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : CO : 20 40 19 38 ID : 470 540 450 520 MN : 1,700 1,800 1,650 1,750 MT : 2,450 2,500 2,400 2,450 NV : 6 9 1 3 ND : 6,650 6,800 6,500 6,600 OR : 125 180 120 170 SD : 1,400 1,650 1,340 1,550 UT : 11 20 7 19 WA : 450 620 447 615 WI : 9 25 8 24 WY : 6 13 5 12 : US : 13,297 14,197 12,947 13,751 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Rye: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted 1/ : Area Harvested State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : GA : 230 200 40 30 OK : 300 250 60 55 : Oth : Sts 3/ : 846 740 189 181 : US : 1,376 1,190 289 266 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 2/ Forecasted. 3/ Other States include IL, KS, MI, MN, NE, NY, NC, ND, PA, SC, SD, TX, and WI. Rice: Area Planted and Harvested by Class, State, and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Class : Area Planted : Area Harvested and :--------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Long Grain : AR : 1,185 1,250 1,180 1,245 CA : 9 9 9 9 LA : 357 395 355 390 MS : 190 210 189 209 MO : 179 199 177 198 TX : 143 187 142 186 : US : 2,063 2,250 2,052 2,237 : Medium Grain : AR : 145 100 144 99 CA : 460 460 459 458 LA : 23 15 23 15 MO : 1 1 1 1 TX : 3 3 3 3 : US : 632 579 630 576 : Short Grain 2/ : AR : 1 1 1 1 CA : 65 65 65 65 : US : 66 66 66 66 : All : AR : 1,331 1,351 1,325 1,345 CA : 534 534 533 532 LA : 380 410 378 405 MS : 190 210 189 209 MO : 180 200 178 199 TX : 146 190 145 189 : US : 2,761 2,895 2,748 2,879 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Includes sweet rice. Proso Millet: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : CO : 270 330 260 NE : 145 165 130 SD : 155 110 125 : US : 570 605 515 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates to be released January 2009 in the Annual Crop Production Summary. Hay: Area Harvested by Type, State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : All : Alfalfa and : All : Hay : Alfalfa Mixtures : Other State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2007 : 2008 1/ : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL 2/ : 800 850 800 850 AZ : 290 295 250 260 40 35 AR : 1,580 1,410 20 20 1,560 1,390 CA : 1,610 1,540 990 950 620 590 CO : 1,550 1,580 800 830 750 750 CT : 61 60 8 5 53 55 DE : 15 15 5 5 10 10 FL 2/ : 300 260 300 260 GA 2/ : 670 700 670 700 ID : 1,500 1,460 1,200 1,130 300 330 IL : 680 620 380 350 300 270 IN : 660 640 320 320 340 320 IA : 1,480 1,450 1,140 1,100 340 350 KS : 2,900 2,780 800 780 2,100 2,000 KY : 2,700 2,540 300 240 2,400 2,300 LA 2/ : 400 440 400 440 ME : 149 153 9 8 140 145 MD : 215 205 40 45 175 160 MA : 82 80 7 10 75 70 MI : 1,080 1,030 800 750 280 280 MN : 1,880 1,700 1,150 1,100 730 600 MS 2/ : 850 750 850 750 MO : 4,050 4,150 400 400 3,650 3,750 MT : 2,550 2,650 1,650 1,650 900 1,000 NE : 2,650 2,500 1,150 1,050 1,500 1,450 NV : 460 445 265 260 195 185 NH : 46 48 6 8 40 40 NJ : 115 115 20 20 95 95 NM : 350 330 260 250 90 80 NY : 1,360 1,430 420 430 940 1,000 NC : 699 796 9 6 690 790 ND : 2,780 2,850 1,650 1,550 1,130 1,300 OH : 1,150 1,260 430 550 720 710 OK : 3,180 3,100 380 300 2,800 2,800 OR : 1,000 1,010 400 420 600 590 PA : 1,800 1,750 600 520 1,200 1,230 RI : 8 7 1 1 7 6 SC 2/ : 330 330 330 330 SD : 3,800 3,700 2,250 2,100 1,550 1,600 TN : 1,725 1,820 25 20 1,700 1,800 TX : 5,340 4,750 140 150 5,200 4,600 UT : 710 685 560 540 150 145 VT : 220 235 40 40 180 195 VA : 1,340 1,450 110 100 1,230 1,350 WA : 790 710 440 380 350 330 WV : 600 610 25 30 575 580 WI : 2,020 1,950 1,650 1,500 370 450 WY : 1,100 1,200 570 600 530 600 : US : 61,625 60,439 21,670 20,778 39,955 39,661 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures included in all other hay. Soybeans: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 190 330 180 310 AR : 2,830 3,200 2,790 3,150 DE : 150 185 145 182 FL : 14 22 12 20 GA : 285 420 275 405 IL : 8,200 9,100 8,150 8,600 IN : 4,700 5,500 4,680 5,200 IA : 8,550 9,400 8,520 8,950 KS : 2,600 3,200 2,550 3,100 KY : 1,100 1,330 1,080 1,320 LA : 605 1,000 590 970 MD : 400 470 380 460 MI : 1,750 1,900 1,740 1,890 MN : 6,250 7,100 6,150 6,950 MS : 1,450 2,210 1,420 2,180 MO : 4,600 5,300 4,550 5,000 NE : 3,800 4,750 3,770 4,700 NJ : 81 87 79 85 NY : 205 235 203 231 NC : 1,420 1,600 1,360 1,570 ND : 3,050 3,400 2,990 3,340 OH : 4,150 4,600 4,130 4,580 OK : 185 310 175 285 PA : 425 445 420 440 SC : 450 510 425 490 SD : 3,200 4,100 3,180 4,040 TN : 1,040 1,410 970 1,380 TX : 86 200 82 185 VA : 500 550 480 530 WV : 15 19 14 18 WI : 1,350 1,650 1,330 1,560 : US : 63,631 74,533 62,820 72,121 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Soybeans: Percent of Acreage Planted Following Another Harvested Crop, Selected States and United States, 2004-2008 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ State : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Percent : AL : 11 8 6 10 48 AR : 16 4 6 23 27 DE : 29 41 25 50 47 FL : 41 29 * 71 2 GA : 61 51 69 77 61 IL : 5 3 6 6 9 IN : 3 1 3 4 4 KS : 2 * 11 15 17 KY : 34 29 21 26 36 LA : 10 9 14 22 24 MD : 43 27 32 47 47 MS : 8 1 4 14 13 MO : 10 7 11 13 12 NJ : 13 31 38 27 22 NC : 31 32 30 38 47 OH : 1 1 * 1 * OK : 34 3 20 64 58 PA : 7 4 11 19 8 SC : 38 37 29 36 52 TN : 32 15 20 31 40 TX : 3 4 * * * VA : 37 7 25 44 56 WV : 17 9 * 4 * : US : 6 4 5 8 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Data as obtained from area frame samples. These data do not represent official estimates of the Agricultural Statistics Board but provide raw data as obtained from survey respondents. The purpose of these data is to portray trends in soybean production practices. * Data rounds to less than 0.5 percent. Peanuts: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 160.0 220.0 157.0 216.0 FL : 130.0 120.0 119.0 110.0 GA : 530.0 650.0 520.0 640.0 MS : 19.0 23.0 18.0 22.0 NM : 10.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 NC : 92.0 92.0 90.0 91.0 OK : 18.0 20.0 17.0 19.0 SC : 59.0 65.0 56.0 62.0 TX : 190.0 240.0 187.0 235.0 VA : 22.0 22.0 21.0 22.0 : US : 1,230.0 1,461.0 1,195.0 1,426.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Sunflower: Area Planted and Harvested by Type, State, and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested Varietal Type :--------------------------------------------------------------- and State : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Oil : CO : 105.0 145.0 100.0 135.0 KS : 155.0 170.0 145.0 160.0 MN : 90.0 90.0 88.0 87.0 NE : 35.0 40.0 33.0 38.0 ND : 910.0 900.0 895.0 870.0 SD : 395.0 410.0 389.0 390.0 TX : 16.0 28.0 13.0 25.0 : Oth Sts 2/ : 58.0 67.0 54.0 63.0 : US : 1,764.0 1,850.0 1,717.0 1,768.0 : Non-Oil : CO : 14.0 25.0 13.0 23.0 KS : 17.0 25.0 16.0 23.0 MN : 41.0 37.0 39.0 34.0 NE : 14.0 20.0 13.0 19.0 ND : 165.0 105.0 160.0 100.0 SD : 20.0 50.0 20.0 48.0 TX : 25.0 40.0 24.0 36.0 : Oth Sts 2/ : 8.0 12.0 7.5 11.5 : US : 304.0 314.0 292.5 294.5 : All : CO : 119.0 170.0 113.0 158.0 KS : 172.0 195.0 161.0 183.0 MN : 131.0 127.0 127.0 121.0 NE : 49.0 60.0 46.0 57.0 ND : 1,075.0 1,005.0 1,055.0 970.0 SD : 415.0 460.0 409.0 438.0 TX : 41.0 68.0 37.0 61.0 : Oth Sts 2/ : 66.0 79.0 61.5 74.5 : US : 2,068.0 2,164.0 2,009.5 2,062.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Other States include CA, IL, MI, MO, MT, OK, WI, and WY. Canola: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : MN : 31.0 18.0 30.0 17.0 MT : 8.0 10.0 7.7 9.5 ND : 1,080.0 910.0 1,070.0 890.0 : Oth Sts 2/ : 64.0 70.0 55.3 62.5 : US : 1,183.0 1,008.0 1,163.0 979.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Other States include CO, ID, KS, MI, OK, OR, and WA. Flaxseed: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : MN : 4 5 4 5 MT : 21 10 20 9 ND : 320 315 317 310 SD : 9 10 8 9 : US : 354 340 349 333 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Safflower: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : CA : 50.0 90.0 48.5 88.0 MT : 38.0 32.0 36.5 30.5 : Oth Sts 2/ : 92.0 69.0 87.0 64.5 : US : 180.0 191.0 172.0 183.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Other States include AZ, CO, ID, ND, SD, and UT. Other Oilseeds: Area Planted and Harvested, United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested Crop :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Rapeseed : 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.4 Mustard Seed : 56.0 67.0 52.8 64.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Cotton: Area Planted and Harvested by Type, State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type : Area Planted : Area Harvested and :--------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres Upland : AL : 400.0 310.0 385.0 AZ : 170.0 140.0 168.0 AR : 860.0 700.0 850.0 CA : 195.0 110.0 194.0 FL : 85.0 72.0 81.0 GA : 1,030.0 900.0 995.0 KS : 47.0 45.0 43.0 LA : 335.0 290.0 330.0 MS : 660.0 370.0 655.0 MO : 380.0 300.0 379.0 NM : 43.0 32.0 39.0 NC : 500.0 400.0 490.0 OK : 175.0 190.0 165.0 SC : 180.0 120.0 158.0 TN : 515.0 300.0 510.0 TX : 4,900.0 4,700.0 4,700.0 VA : 60.0 65.0 59.0 : US : 10,535.0 9,044.0 10,201.0 : Amer-Pima : AZ : 2.5 1.0 2.5 CA : 260.0 175.0 257.0 NM : 4.7 6.0 4.6 TX : 25.0 20.0 24.0 : US : 292.2 202.0 288.1 : All : AL : 400.0 310.0 385.0 AZ : 172.5 141.0 170.5 AR : 860.0 700.0 850.0 CA : 455.0 285.0 451.0 FL : 85.0 72.0 81.0 GA : 1,030.0 900.0 995.0 KS : 47.0 45.0 43.0 LA : 335.0 290.0 330.0 MS : 660.0 370.0 655.0 MO : 380.0 300.0 379.0 NM : 47.7 38.0 43.6 NC : 500.0 400.0 490.0 OK : 175.0 190.0 165.0 SC : 180.0 120.0 158.0 TN : 515.0 300.0 510.0 TX : 4,925.0 4,720.0 4,724.0 VA : 60.0 65.0 59.0 : US : 10,827.2 9,246.0 10,489.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates to be released August 12, 2008 in the "Crop Production" report. Sugarbeets: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 2/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : CA : 40.0 31.6 39.1 31.3 CO : 32.0 34.8 29.2 31.5 ID : 169.0 131.0 167.0 117.0 MI : 150.0 137.0 149.0 136.0 MN : 486.0 425.0 481.0 405.0 MT : 47.5 31.6 47.0 31.2 NE : 47.5 46.0 44.3 39.0 ND : 252.0 206.0 247.0 201.0 OR : 12.0 6.7 11.0 5.9 WA : 2.0 1.6 2.0 1.6 WY : 30.8 28.8 30.2 27.8 : US : 1,268.8 1,080.1 1,246.8 1,027.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except CA. In CA, relates to year of intended harvest for fall planted beets in central CA and to year of planting for overwintered beets in central and southern CA. 2/ Forecasted. Sugarcane for Sugar and Seed: Area Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Harvested State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : FL : 393.0 405.0 HI : 22.9 22.0 LA : 420.0 405.0 TX : 43.7 39.5 : US : 879.6 871.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Tobacco: Area Harvested by State and United States, 2006-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Harvested State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Acres : CT : 2,500 2,900 3,000 FL 2/ : 1,100 GA : 17,000 18,500 16,000 KY : 83,000 89,200 82,500 MA : 1,150 1,320 1,290 MO : 1,500 1,600 1,450 NC : 158,900 170,000 171,000 OH : 3,500 3,500 3,100 PA : 7,900 7,900 8,800 SC : 23,000 20,500 20,000 TN : 19,800 19,980 21,400 VA : 19,650 20,600 19,500 : US : 339,000 356,000 348,040 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Estimates discontinued in 2007. Tobacco: Area Harvested by Class, Type, State, and United States, 2006-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Harvested Class and Type :----------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Acres : Class 1, Flue-cured : FL 2/ : 1,100 GA : 17,000 18,500 16,000 NC : 155,000 166,000 168,000 SC : 23,000 20,500 20,000 VA : 17,000 18,000 17,000 US : 213,100 223,000 221,000 Class 2, Fire-cured : KY : 6,200 8,000 9,000 TN : 5,300 6,200 7,200 VA : 350 400 400 US : 11,850 14,600 16,600 Class 3A, Light Air-cured : Burley : KY : 73,000 77,000 69,000 MO : 1,500 1,600 1,450 NC : 3,900 4,000 3,000 OH : 3,500 3,500 3,100 PA : 5,500 5,000 4,800 TN : 14,000 13,000 13,000 VA : 2,300 2,200 2,100 US : 103,700 106,300 96,450 Southern MD Belt : PA : 1,100 1,100 2,000 Total Light Air-cured : 104,800 107,400 98,450 Class 3B, Dark Air-cured : KY : 3,800 4,200 4,500 TN : 500 780 1,200 US : 4,300 4,980 5,700 Class 4, Cigar Filler : PA Seedleaf : PA : 1,300 1,800 2,000 Class 5, Cigar Binder : CT Valley Binder : CT : 1,650 1,900 2,000 MA : 950 1,100 1,100 US : 2,600 3,000 3,100 Class 6, Cigar Wrapper : CT Valley Shade-grown : CT : 850 1,000 1,000 MA : 200 220 190 US : 1,050 1,220 1,190 All Cigar Types : 4,950 6,020 6,290 : All Tobacco : 339,000 356,000 348,040 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Estimates discontinued in 2007. Dry Edible Beans: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : CA : 59.0 46.0 58.0 45.0 CO : 48.0 55.0 46.0 51.0 ID : 90.0 75.0 89.0 73.0 KS : 6.5 6.0 6.0 5.5 MI : 200.0 190.0 195.0 185.0 MN : 150.0 150.0 145.0 140.0 MT : 18.3 16.0 16.6 14.5 NE : 110.0 120.0 107.0 115.0 NM : 7.5 7.0 7.5 7.0 NY : 17.0 15.0 16.5 14.5 ND : 690.0 600.0 665.0 575.0 OR : 8.0 6.0 7.9 5.7 SD : 13.0 14.0 11.7 13.0 TX : 17.0 15.0 16.2 13.5 UT : 1.5 2.0 1.3 1.6 WA : 60.0 50.0 60.0 50.0 WI : 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 WY : 25.0 25.0 24.0 24.0 : US : 1,526.9 1,398.0 1,478.7 1,339.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Sweet Potatoes: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 2.5 2.8 2.4 2.7 CA : 13.5 14.5 13.3 14.5 LA : 16.0 16.0 15.0 15.0 MS : 20.5 20.0 20.0 19.0 NJ : 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 NC : 44.0 47.0 43.0 46.0 SC : 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 TX : 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.6 VA : 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 : US : 100.6 104.1 97.5 100.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Summer Potatoes: Area Planted and Harvested by State and United States, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : AL : 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 CA : 7.0 6.0 7.0 6.0 CO : 3.0 4.4 2.8 4.0 DE : 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 IL : 6.3 4.4 6.1 4.2 KS : 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 MD : 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.7 MO : 6.8 4.0 6.6 3.4 NJ : 2.4 2.0 2.4 2.0 TX : 11.2 10.3 9.8 9.5 VA : 5.6 5.9 5.4 5.7 : US : 53.7 48.0 51.3 45.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. Alaska: Area Planted by Crop, 2006-2008 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted Crop :----------------------------------------------------- : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Acres : All Oats : 2,000 1,900 1,800 All Barley : 4,500 4,100 3,800 All Hay 2/ : 20,000 23,000 23,000 Potatoes : 860 890 870 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Estimates are provided to meet special needs of crop and livestock production statistics users. Estimates are excluded from commodity data tables. 2/ Area harvested. Biotechnology Varieties The National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts the June Agricultural Survey in all States each year. Randomly selected farmers across the United States were asked if they planted corn, soybeans, or upland cotton seed that, through biotechnology, is resistant to herbicides, insects, or both. Conventionally bred herbicide resistant varieties are excluded. Insect resistant varieties include only those containing bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). The Bt varieties include those that contain more than one gene that can resist different types of insects. Stacked gene varieties include only those containing biotech traits for both herbicide and insect resistance. The States published individually in the following tables represent 85 percent of all corn planted acres, 88 percent of all soybean planted acres, and 93 percent of all upland cotton planted acres. Corn: Biotechnology Varieties by State and United States, Percent of All Corn Planted, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Insect Resistant (Bt) : Herbicide Resistant State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : IL : 19 13 15 15 IN : 12 7 17 16 IA : 22 16 19 15 KS : 25 25 36 30 MI : 19 15 22 24 MN : 26 19 32 29 MO : 30 27 19 21 NE : 31 27 23 24 ND : 29 24 37 34 OH : 9 12 12 17 SD : 16 7 34 30 TX : 22 20 37 31 WI : 19 14 23 26 : Oth Sts 1/: 20 20 33 32 : US : 21 17 24 23 :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stacked Gene Varieties : All Biotech Varieties :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : IL : 40 52 74 80 IN : 30 55 59 78 IA : 37 53 78 84 KS : 21 35 82 90 MI : 19 33 60 72 MN : 28 40 86 88 MO : 13 22 62 70 NE : 25 35 79 86 ND : 22 31 88 89 OH : 20 37 41 66 SD : 43 58 93 95 TX : 20 27 79 78 WI : 22 35 64 75 : Oth Sts 1/: 14 22 67 74 : US : 28 40 73 80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States includes all other States in the corn estimating program. Upland Cotton: Biotechnology Varieties by State and United States, Percent of Upland Cotton Planted, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Insect Resistant (Bt) : Herbicide Resistant State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 10 18 25 15 AR : 32 30 16 4 CA : 4 7 51 45 GA : 17 19 10 5 LA : 17 19 11 6 MS : 16 19 19 13 MO : 13 12 63 68 NC : 13 19 16 14 TN : 10 10 17 14 TX : 16 16 36 31 : Oth Sts 1/: 27 22 20 20 : US : 17 18 28 23 :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : Stacked Gene Varieties : All Biotech Varieties :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 60 65 95 98 AR : 47 64 95 98 CA : 6 8 61 60 GA : 68 73 95 97 LA : 68 73 96 98 MS : 62 66 97 98 MO : 23 19 99 99 NC : 64 62 93 95 TN : 71 73 98 97 TX : 28 31 80 78 : Oth Sts 1/: 42 48 89 90 : US : 42 45 87 86 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States includes all other States in the upland cotton estimating program. Soybeans: Biotechnology Varieties by State and United States, Percent of All Soybeans Planted, 2007-2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Herbicide Resistant : All Biotech Varieties State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 92 94 92 94 IL : 88 87 88 87 IN : 94 96 94 96 IA : 94 95 94 95 KS : 92 95 92 95 MI : 87 84 87 84 MN : 92 91 92 91 MS : 96 97 96 97 MO : 91 92 91 92 NE : 96 97 96 97 ND : 92 94 92 94 OH : 87 89 87 89 SD : 97 97 97 97 WI : 88 90 88 90 : Oth Sts 1/: 86 87 86 87 : US : 91 92 91 92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States includes all other States in the soybean estimating program. Crop Summary: Area Planted and Harvested, United States, 2007-2008 (Domestic Units) 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested Crop :----------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Acres : Grains & Hay : Barley : 4,020.0 4,130.0 3,508.0 3,640.0 Corn for Grain 2/ : 93,600.0 87,327.0 86,542.0 78,940.0 Corn for Silage : 6,071.0 Hay, All : 61,625.0 60,439.0 Alfalfa : 21,670.0 20,778.0 All Other : 39,955.0 39,661.0 Oats : 3,760.0 3,467.0 1,505.0 1,443.0 Proso Millet : 570.0 605.0 515.0 Rice : 2,761.0 2,895.0 2,748.0 2,879.0 Rye : 1,376.0 1,190.0 289.0 266.0 Sorghum for Grain 2/ : 7,718.0 7,271.0 6,805.0 6,405.0 Sorghum for Silage : 399.0 Wheat, All : 60,433.0 63,457.0 51,011.0 56,586.0 Winter : 44,987.0 46,605.0 35,952.0 40,252.0 Durum : 2,149.0 2,655.0 2,112.0 2,583.0 Other Spring : 13,297.0 14,197.0 12,947.0 13,751.0 : Oilseeds : Canola : 1,183.0 1,008.0 1,163.0 979.0 Cottonseed : Flaxseed : 354.0 340.0 349.0 333.0 Mustard Seed : 56.0 67.0 52.8 64.0 Peanuts : 1,230.0 1,461.0 1,195.0 1,426.0 Rapeseed : 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.4 Safflower : 180.0 191.0 172.0 183.0 Soybeans for Beans : 63,631.0 74,533.0 62,820.0 72,121.0 Sunflower : 2,068.0 2,164.0 2,009.5 2,062.5 : Cotton, Tobacco & Sugar Crops : Cotton, All : 10,827.2 9,246.0 10,489.1 Upland : 10,535.0 9,044.0 10,201.0 Amer-Pima : 292.2 202.0 288.1 Sugarbeets : 1,268.8 1,080.1 1,246.8 1,027.3 Sugarcane : 879.6 871.5 Tobacco : 356.0 348.0 : Dry Beans, Peas & Lentils : Austrian Winter Peas : 29.0 25.5 11.0 Dry Edible Beans : 1,526.9 1,398.0 1,478.7 1,339.2 Dry Edible Peas : 847.5 820.0 811.3 Lentils : 303.0 277.0 295.0 Wrinkled Seed Peas 3/ : : Potatoes & Misc. : Coffee (HI) : 6.4 Ginger Root (HI) : 0.1 Hops : 30.9 38.1 Peppermint Oil : 73.3 Potatoes, All : 1,148.6 1,129.7 Winter : 11.5 11.0 11.5 11.0 Spring : 72.8 69.2 70.2 67.7 Summer : 53.7 48.0 51.3 45.5 Fall : 1,010.6 996.7 Spearmint Oil : 19.6 Sweet Potatoes : 100.6 104.1 97.5 100.8 Taro (HI) 4/ : 0.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. Current year estimates are for the full 2008 crop year. 2/ Area planted for all purposes. 3/ Acreage is not estimated. 4/ Area is total acres in crop, not harvested acreage. Crop Summary: Yield and Production, United States, 2007-2008 (Domestic Units) 1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Yield : Production Crop : Unit :--------------------------------------- : : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : ------ 1,000 ----- : : Grains & Hay : : Barley : Bu : 60.4 211,825 Corn for Grain : " : 151.1 13,073,893 Corn for Silage : Tons : 17.5 106,328 Hay, All : " : 2.44 150,304 Alfalfa : " : 3.35 72,575 All Other : " : 1.95 77,729 Oats : Bu : 60.9 91,599 Proso Millet : " : 32.3 16,615 Rice 2/ : Cwt : 7,185 197,456 Rye : Bu : 27.4 7,914 Sorghum for Grain : " : 74.2 504,993 Sorghum for Silage : Tons : 15.6 6,206 Wheat, All : Bu : 40.5 2,066,722 Winter : " : 42.2 1,515,989 Durum : " : 33.9 71,686 Other Spring : " : 37.0 479,047 : : Oilseeds : : Canola : Lbs : 1,250 1,453,830 Cottonseed 3/ : Tons : 6,588.7 Flaxseed : Bu : 16.9 5,904 Mustard Seed : Lbs : 603 31,826 Peanuts : " : 3,130 3,740,650 Rapeseed : " : 1,300 1,300 Safflower : " : 1,215 208,995 Soybeans for Beans : Bu : 41.2 2,585,207 Sunflower : Lbs : 1,437 2,888,555 : : Cotton, Tobacco & Sugar Crops : : Cotton, All 2/ : Bales: 879 19,206.9 Upland 2/ : " : 864 18,355.1 Amer-Pima 2/ : " : 1,419 851.8 Sugarbeets : Tons : 25.6 31,912 Sugarcane : " : 34.1 29,969 Tobacco : Lbs : 2,191 779,899 : : Dry Beans, Peas & Lentils : : Austrian Winter Peas 2/ : Cwt : 1,155 127 Dry Edible Beans 2/ : " : 1,716 25,371 Dry Edible Peas 2/ : " : 1,960 15,903 Lentils 2/ : " : 1,155 3,408 Wrinkled Seed Peas 3/ : " : 541 : : Potatoes & Misc. : : Coffee (HI) : Lbs : 1,170 7,500 Ginger Root (HI) : " : 35,000 2,800 Hops : " : 1,949 60,253.1 Peppermint Oil : " : 93 6,794 Potatoes, All : Cwt : 397 448,407 Winter : " : 215 240 2,473 2,640 Spring : " : 282 289 19,820 19,573 Summer : " : 332 17,032 Fall : " : 410 409,082 Spearmint Oil : Lbs : 121 2,379 Sweet Potatoes : Cwt : 185 18,082 Taro (HI) 3/ : Lbs : 4,000 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. Current year estimates are for the full 2008 crop year. 2/ Yield in pounds. 3/ Yield is not estimated. Crop Summary: Area Planted and Harvested, United States, 2007-2008 (Metric Units) 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area Planted : Area Harvested Crop :----------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Hectares : Grains & Hay : Barley : 1,626,850 1,671,370 1,419,650 1,473,070 Corn for Grain 2/ :37,878,980 35,340,360 35,022,680 31,946,230 Corn for Silage : 2,456,870 Hay, All 3/ : 24,939,020 24,459,060 Alfalfa : 8,769,630 8,408,650 All Other : 16,169,390 16,050,410 Oats : 1,521,630 1,403,060 609,060 583,970 Proso Millet : 230,670 244,840 208,420 Rice : 1,117,350 1,171,580 1,112,090 1,165,100 Rye : 556,850 481,580 116,960 107,650 Sorghum for Grain 2/ : 3,123,400 2,942,500 2,753,920 2,592,040 Sorghum for Silage : 161,470 Wheat, All 3/ :24,456,630 25,680,410 20,643,640 22,899,790 Winter :18,205,790 18,860,580 14,549,410 16,289,580 Durum : 869,680 1,074,450 854,710 1,045,310 Other Spring : 5,381,160 5,745,380 5,239,520 5,564,890 : Oilseeds : Canola : 478,750 407,930 470,650 396,190 Cottonseed : Flaxseed : 143,260 137,590 141,240 134,760 Mustard Seed : 22,660 27,110 21,370 25,900 Peanuts : 497,770 591,250 483,600 577,090 Rapeseed : 610 200 400 160 Safflower : 72,840 77,300 69,610 74,060 Soybeans for Beans :25,750,830 30,162,760 25,422,630 29,186,650 Sunflower : 836,900 875,750 813,220 834,670 : Cotton, Tobacco & Sugar Crops : Cotton, All 3/ : 4,381,660 3,741,760 4,244,830 Upland : 4,263,410 3,660,020 4,128,240 Amer-Pima : 118,250 81,750 116,590 Sugarbeets : 513,470 437,110 504,570 415,740 Sugarcane : 355,970 352,690 Tobacco : 144,070 140,850 : Dry Beans, Peas & Lentils : Austrian Winter Peas : 11,740 10,320 4,450 Dry Edible Beans : 617,920 565,760 598,420 541,960 Dry Edible Peas : 342,970 331,850 328,320 Lentils : 122,620 112,100 119,380 Wrinkled Seed Peas 4/ : : Potatoes & Misc. : Coffee (HI) : 2,590 Ginger Root (HI) : 30 Hops : 12,510 15,440 Peppermint Oil : 29,660 Potatoes, All 3/ : 464,830 457,180 Winter : 4,650 4,450 4,650 4,450 Spring : 29,460 28,000 28,410 27,400 Summer : 21,730 19,430 20,760 18,410 Fall : 408,980 403,350 Spearmint Oil : 7,930 Sweet Potatoes : 40,710 42,130 39,460 40,790 Taro (HI) 5/ : 150 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. Current year estimates are for the full 2008 crop year. 2/ Area planted for all purposes. 3/ Total may not add due to rounding. 4/ Acreage is not estimated. 5/ Area is total hectares in crop, not harvested hectares. Crop Summary: Yield and Production, United States, 2007-2008 (Metric Units) 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield : Production Crop :----------------------------------------------- : 2007 : 2008 : 2007 : 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Metric Tons : Grains & Hay : Barley : 3.25 4,611,940 Corn for Grain : 9.48 332,092,180 Corn for Silage : 39.26 96,459,140 Hay, All 2/ : 5.47 136,353,500 Alfalfa : 7.51 65,838,930 All Other : 4.36 70,514,560 Oats : 2.18 1,329,560 Proso Millet : 1.81 376,820 Rice : 8.05 8,956,450 Rye : 1.72 201,020 Sorghum for Grain : 4.66 12,827,410 Sorghum for Silage : 34.87 5,629,990 Wheat, All 2/ : 2.72 56,246,960 Winter : 2.84 41,258,460 Durum : 2.28 1,950,970 Other Spring : 2.49 13,037,520 : Oilseeds : Canola : 1.40 659,450 Cottonseed 3/ : 5,977,170 Flaxseed : 1.06 149,970 Mustard Seed : 0.68 14,440 Peanuts : 3.51 1,696,730 Rapeseed : 1.46 590 Safflower : 1.36 94,800 Soybeans for Beans : 2.77 70,357,800 Sunflower : 1.61 1,310,230 : Cotton, Tobacco & Sugar Crops : Cotton, All 2/ : 0.99 4,181,810 Upland : 0.97 3,996,350 Amer-Pima : 1.59 185,460 Sugarbeets : 57.38 28,950,080 Sugarcane : 76.38 27,187,420 Tobacco : 2.46 353,760 : Dry Beans, Peas & Lentils : Austrian Winter Peas : 1.29 5,760 Dry Edible Beans : 1.92 1,150,810 Dry Edible Peas : 2.20 721,350 Lentils : 1.29 154,580 Wrinkled Seed Peas 3/ : 24,540 : Potatoes & Misc. : Coffee (HI) : 1.31 3,400 Ginger Root (HI) : 39.23 1,270 Hops : 2.18 27,330 Peppermint Oil : 0.10 3,080 Potatoes, All 2/ : 44.49 20,339,400 Winter : 24.10 26.90 112,170 119,750 Spring : 31.65 32.40 899,020 887,820 Summer : 37.21 772,560 Fall : 46.00 18,555,650 Spearmint Oil : 0.14 1,080 Sweet Potatoes : 20.79 820,190 Taro (HI) 3/ : 1,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. Current year estimates are for the full 2008 crop year. 2/ Production may not add due to rounding. 3/ Yield is not estimated. Spring Weather Summary Highlights: Spring rainfall totaled 20 inches or more (at least 150 percent of normal) from eastern Oklahoma into the lower Ohio Valley, disrupting planting and other spring fieldwork, reducing the quality of winter wheat, and causing widespread lowland flooding. Unfavorable wetness also covered much of the Midwest, hampering corn and soybean planting efforts. In addition, unusually cool Midwestern weather slowed summer crop emergence and development. In contrast, drier-than-normal weather affected much of the Deep South, stretching from southern Texas into the Southeast. For much of the spring, enough rain dampened the Southeast to promote the growth of winter grains and spring-sown crops. However, hotter, drier weather in the Southeast toward the end of May boosted irrigation demands and increased stress on pastures and rain-fed summer crops. Farther west, highly variable conditions existed across the nation's mid-section, ranging from drought across the southern half of the High Plains to excessive wetness farther east. On the northern Plains, much of North Dakota remained very dry at the end of May, while Montana experienced late-spring drought relief. Elsewhere, a premature end to the 2007-08 Western snow season left California and the Great Basin with water-supply concerns for the spring and summer runoff period. Runoff prospects remained favorable in most other areas of the West, although the melt season was delayed by a cool spring. Spring temperatures averaged up to 3 degrees F above normal in Texas, but were near to below normal elsewhere. Cool conditions were extremely persistent from the Northwest into the upper Midwest, with March-May readings averaging as much as 5 degrees F below normal. On the Plains, a slow development pace of winter wheat was an advantage during several late-spring freezes. In the Northwest, however, slower-than-normal crop development was not sufficient to protect some fruit and specialty crops from a significant April freeze. March: A furious barrage of storms dumped heavy rain and snow in a band more than 2,000 miles long and a few hundred miles wide from central Texas into the Northeast, delaying spring fieldwork and causing widespread flooding. Lowland flooding was most extensive from the Mid-South into the lower Ohio Valley, especially in the wake of a tremendous storm that dropped more than a foot of rain on parts of the Missouri Bootheel and neighboring areas on March 17-19. In stark contrast, drier-than-normal conditions covered much of the remainder of the nation. Exceptions to the dryness included southern Florida and scattered locations from the Pacific Northwest into the northern and central Rockies. Areas from California into the Southwest were especially dry, although spring fieldwork advanced with few delays. Dry weather was less favorable on the High Plains, where winter wheat continued to suffer from the effects of poor autumn establishment and below-normal precipitation thereafter. By month's end, USDA rated nearly half of the Texas winter wheat in very poor to poor condition, along with nearly one-third of the crop in Colorado and approximately one-fifth of the wheat in Kansas and Oklahoma. In Texas, there was a remarkable contrast between drought (western and southern areas) and wetness (central and northeastern locations). Elsewhere, generally drier-than-normal weather prevailed in the upper Midwest and from the central Gulf coast region to the middle and southern Atlantic Coast. However, late-month snow provided beneficial moisture in parts of the upper Midwest, while Southeastern rainfall was sufficient to promote summer crop emergence and the development of pastures and winter grains. Wintry conditions refused to let go from the upper Midwest into northern New England, where temperatures averaged at least 5 degrees F below normal in many locations and where deep snow still covered the ground by month's end. In Caribou, Maine, for example, March began and ended with a snow depth of 30 inches, with the depth peaking at 36 inches on March 21. Meanwhile, chilly conditions also prevailed across the Northwest and Intermountain West, especially during the mid- to late-month period. In the Northwest, cold, occasionally snowy conditions slowed fieldwork and limited the development of winter grains and fruit crops. Cold air also surged into the Southeast, culminating in generally light freezes on March 25-26. Nevertheless, Southeastern producers monitored the effects of the cold snap on blooming peaches, boot-stage winter wheat, and emerging summer crops, such as corn. In contrast, warmer-than-normal conditions were most prevalent across the High Plains, the Southwest, and the Mid-Atlantic coastal plain. April: Despite a favorable turn toward drier weather in the eastern Corn Belt, national corn planting through May 4 (27 percent) progressed at the slowest pace since 1995 (16 percent). The 2003-07 average corn planting pace by May 4 was 59 percent. During April, wet conditions persisted or intensified in most areas from the eastern Plains to the Mississippi Valley, accompanied by near- to below-normal temperatures. As a result, summer crop planting and emergence significantly lagged the 5-year average pace from the Mid-South into the upper Midwest. In contrast, warm, mostly dry weather prevailed from the lower Great Lakes region into the Northeast. Drier-than- normal conditions also affected parts of the Deep South, particularly across Louisiana. Elsewhere, drier-than-normal weather promoted fieldwork in most areas from the High Plains westward. However, unusually cold weather gripped the Northwest, hampering crop development and threatening fruits and other temperature-sensitive crops. At the height of the cold snap, from April 19-21, frost was noted as far south as central California. Monthly temperatures averaged at least 5 degrees F below normal across much of the interior Northwest, but ranged from 5 to 7 degrees F above normal in parts of New York State and neighboring areas. Near-normal readings prevailed across the Deep South. May: Midwestern downpours continued to delay corn and soybean planting, while persistently cool weather slowed crop emergence and development. Similarly cool conditions existed across the northern half of the Plains, although rainfall eased drought in the High Plains region. Wet weather also affected eastern portions of the central and southern Plains, while drought continued to adversely affect filling winter wheat from eastern Colorado and western Kansas southward. On the southern Plains, late-month heat promoted winter wheat maturation. Across the Southeast, spotty rains maintained generally favorable conditions for pastures and summer crops, despite underlying long-term drought. By month's end, however, drier weather and increasing Southeastern heat boosted irrigation demands and increased stress on rain-fed crops. Elsewhere, rapidly fluctuating conditions affected the West, where unusually heavy precipitation followed a mid-month heat wave. Western water-supply prospects for the spring and summer runoff season remained mostly favorable, except in California and the Great Basin. Monthly temperatures averaged 2 to 6 degrees F below normal across the nation's northern tier from the northern Plains into the Northeast. Readings averaged 2 to 4 degrees F below normal in the Southwest, but were 2 to 4 degrees F above normal in the south-central U.S., including much of Texas. Elsewhere, near-normal temperatures prevailed in the Southeast, while the mid-May heat wave boosted monthly readings slightly above normal in the Pacific Northwest. Crop Comments Corn: The 2008 corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 87.3 million acres, down 7 percent from last year when corn planted area was the highest since 1944. Despite the decrease, planted acreage is the second highest since 1946, behind last year, as high prices continue to provide incentive to plant corn. Growers expect to harvest 78.9 million acres for grain, down 9 percent from last year when harvested area was the highest since 1933. If realized, this would be the second highest since 1944, behind last year. Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 97 percent of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the interview compared with the 10-year average of 98 percent. Planted acreage decreased from last year in most States as favorable prices for other crops, high fertilizer prices, and a return to normal crop rotation patterns influenced some farmers to plant fewer acres to corn. Corn farmers in the 10 major corn-producing States (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) planted 67.3 million acres, down 6 percent from the 72.0 million acres planted last year. The largest decrease occurred in Illinois where farmers planted 12.3 million acres of corn this spring, down from the record high 13.2 million acres planted last year. Indiana and Minnesota decreased 800,000 and 600,000 acres, respectively, from last year's record highs. Iowa continues to lead all States in corn planted area with 13.7 million acres, down 500,000 acres from last year. Frequent precipitation, in the form of rain and snow, fell across much of the central and eastern Corn Belt, Ohio and middle Mississippi Valleys, and lower Great Lakes during March, maintaining soggy spring conditions. Meanwhile, cold temperatures in the western Corn Belt and northern Great Plains delayed the snow melt. In contrast, mostly warm, dry weather on the central and southern Great Plains during March promoted early-season fieldwork. Wet conditions and below-normal temperatures continued to cause corn planting to significantly lag the 5-year average pace during April. Periods of dry weather allowed a limited amount of fieldwork to get underway in the drier areas of the eastern Corn Belt, however, planting preparations remained largely on hold across much of the Midwest due to cool soil temperatures and wet conditions. On April 13, corn planting had yet to begin in any Corn Belt State, except Missouri, which was 2 percent complete, down 30 percentage points from their 5-year average pace. Corn planting was finally underway in all States by April 27, but progress remained behind average in all States, except Colorado and Pennsylvania. Progress was more than 30 points behind normal in the middle Mississippi Valley. Generally dry, but cool conditions during late April and early May across the Corn Belt and central and northern Great Plains promoted a gradual drying of soggy soils and allowed fieldwork to slowly resume. By May 4, corn planting was 27 percent complete, down 18 points from the previous year and 32 points below the average. Planting progress was more than 45 points behind the average in the upper and middle Mississippi Valleys and over 15 points behind normal in the northern and central Great Plains, eastern Corn Belt, and Ohio Valley. Corn planting operations proceeded at a rapid pace during early May in many Midwestern locations as producers rushed to complete as much fieldwork as possible. Heavy rains in the middle of May brought corn planting to a standstill in sections of the middle Mississippi Valley through the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. Planting operations were slow to resume due to below normal temperatures and lingering wetness. However, mostly dry weather during late May favored a rapid period of planting progress in the Corn Belt. By June 1, planting was 95 percent complete, 4 points behind last year and 3 points behind average. Producers in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin planted more than three-fourths of their corn crop between May 4 and June 1. Meanwhile, persistent cool temperatures slowed corn emergence and development across much of the Midwest and Great Plains. The corn crop was 26 percent emerged on May 18, down 30 points from normal. States in the upper and middle Mississippi Valleys were the furthest behind, ranging from 39 points behind the normal in Iowa to 51 points behind in Missouri. Emergence in the northern and central Great Plains, eastern Corn Belt, and Ohio and Tennessee Valleys were at least 17 points behind the average. Local heavy showers persisted across large areas of the Corn Belt, middle Mississippi Valley, and northern half of the Great Plains during early June, disrupting late season corn planting efforts and causing widespread lowland and river flooding. Severe flooding continued during the second week of June as heavy rains continued to fall across the upper and middle Mississippi Valleys and eastern Corn Belt. Rising rivers threatened many Midwestern dams and levees and submerged large areas of farmland. Meanwhile, cool weather continued on the northern and central Great Plains and northern Corn Belt, maintaining a slower-than-normal pace of crop development while warmer conditions across the southern and eastern Corn Belt helped promote corn emergence and development. In contrast, hot, dry weather across the southern Great Plains boosted irrigation demands and increased stress on rain-fed summer crops. Producers planted 80 percent of their acreage with seed varieties developed using biotechnology, up 7 percentage points from 2007. Varieties containing bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) were planted on 17 percent of the acreage, down 4 points from last year. Herbicide resistant varieties developed using biotechnology were planted on 23 percent of the acreage, down 1 point from 2007. Stacked gene varieties, those containing both insect and herbicide resistance, were planted on 40 percent of the acreage, up 12 points from the previous year. Sorghum: Area planted to sorghum in 2008 is estimated at 7.27 million acres, down 6 percent from 2007. Area to be harvested for grain is forecast at 6.41 million acres, also down 6 percent from last year. Producers in Kansas expect to plant 2.85 million acres, up 2 percent from 2007, while Texas growers expect to plant 2.60 million acres, down 5 percent from the previous year. In Kansas, planting began in early May and was nearly 60 percent complete by the middle of June, slightly behind the 5-year average. In contrast, Texas planting progress was slightly ahead of the 5-year average, at 88 percent complete. Crop condition ratings for the 11 major producing States were 36 percent fair and 47 percent good for the week ending June 15. Oats: Area planted is estimated at 3.47 million acres, showing a continued decline from the 3.76 million acres planted in 2007. This 8 percent decrease from the previous year will bring the oat crop to another record low level. Oat acres planted declined or remained unchanged in 23 States and increased in 7 States. Considerable decreases in acreage occurred in both North Dakota and South Dakota, where growers showed a reduction of 100,000 and 110,000 acres, respectively. Other States showing significant decreases in acreage included Kansas, Minnesota and Colorado. The largest increase in acreage occurred in California, where an additional 90,000 acres of oats were sown. Growers expect to harvest 1.44 million acres, compared with 1.51 million in 2007. This 4 percent decrease is largely attributed to North Dakota, where area for harvest is estimated at 150,000 acres, a decrease of 110,000 acres from the previous year. Large reductions are also expected in Kansas and South Dakota. For producers seeding oats in the spring, planting and emergence remained behind 5-year averages due to unusually cool, wet conditions. At the end of May, oats in the northern Corn Belt remained 18 points behind normal for emergence. Crop development was significantly behind the normal pace in many States, however, by June 1 most of the lag was no more than 10 points. As of June 1, oats were 94 percent emerged and 30 percent headed, slightly behind the 5-year averages. The crop was rated 8 percent excellent, 52 percent good, 33 percent fair, 5 percent poor, and 2 percent very poor. Barley: Growers seeded 4.13 million acres for 2008, up 3 percent from the 4.02 million acres seeded last year. Acres for harvest, at 3.64 million, are up 4 percent from 2007. Planted acres increased from the previous year in the top two producing States. North Dakota growers increased planted acres 2 percent, from 1.47 million acres in 2007 to 1.50 million acres this year, and expect to harvest 1.40 million acres. Montana planted acreage is up 1 percent from 2007. In Idaho and Washington, planted acreage decreased by 5 and 13 percent, respectively, while in Minnesota, planted acreage is unchanged from 2007. Early planting progress for barley was ahead of last year and the 5-year average in North Dakota, despite snowfall in eastern areas of the State during April. May provided dry conditions, which allowed planting to proceed similar to last year but ahead of the average. Frequent rain showers in early June improved moisture levels for the State. In Idaho, a cool, wet spring forced barley planting progress behind the 5-year average. In Washington, 21 percent of the crop was headed as of June 15, well behind last year's pace. Winter Wheat: The 2008 winter wheat planted area is estimated at 46.6 million acres, down slightly from the previous estimate but up 4 percent from 2007. Area harvested for grain is forecasted at 40.3 million acres, up slightly from the June forecast and up 12 percent from last year. Planted acreage declined from the previous year in the Hard Red Winter growing region. States with the most notable acreage decreases are Colorado, Kansas, and Texas. The Soft Red Winter growing States all showed an increase in planted acres from 2007. The largest increases were in Ohio, Tennessee, and Illinois. Compared with the previous report, harvested acreage decreases are forecast in several States, with Montana, Nebraska, and Colorado showing the largest declines. The area expected to be harvested for grain increased from the previous forecast in many of the Soft Red growing States. Winter wheat heading progress as of June 1 was behind the 5-year average in all States except Arizona, California, and North Carolina. Durum Wheat: The Durum planted area for 2008 is estimated at 2.66 million acres, up 24 percent from last year's level. Area harvested for grain is expected to total 2.58 million acres, 22 percent above 2007. Planted acreage is up or unchanged in all producing States. Planting progress in Montana was comparable to the 5-year average, however warm weather and limited precipitation has adversely affected the crop conditions. In California, Durum wheat harvest is nearing completion with good yields and quality reported. Other Spring Wheat: Area planted to other spring wheat for 2008 is estimated at 14.2 million acres, up 7 percent from last year. Grain area is expected to total 13.8 million acres, up 6 percent from 2007. Planted acreage is above last year's level in all States, however, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Colorado decreased from the March forecast. The largest increases from last year occurred in South Dakota and Washington, where planted area is up 250,000 and 170,000 acres, respectively. In Montana, spring wheat planting progress was comparable to the 5-year average and the crop condition was rated mostly fair to good. Emergence in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Washington was slightly behind the 5-year average while Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota's emergence was ahead of schedule. Rye: The 2008 planted area for rye is estimated at 1.19 million acres, 14 percent below 2007. Harvested area is expected to total 266,000 acres, down 8 percent from last year. Harvesting in Oklahoma was slightly behind the 5-year average pace due to a cooler than normal spring accompanied by rains during harvest. Rice: Area planted to rice in 2008 is estimated at 2.90 million acres, up 5 percent from 2007. Area for harvest is forecast at 2.88 million acres, also up 5 percent from 2007. All rice-producing States, except for California which was unchanged, planted more acres than in 2007. Arkansas, the largest rice-producing State, planted 1.35 million acres, up 2 percent from last year. Historic high prices, due in part to export restrictions in several rice producing countries, is the main reason for the increase in acreage. Long grain planted acreage, representing 78 percent of the total, is up 9 percent from last year. Medium grain planted acreage, representing 20 percent of the total, decreased 8 percent from 2007. Area planted to short grain varieties is unchanged from last year and represents 2 percent of the total. Wet field conditions in early spring hampered planting in both Arkansas and Missouri, but most growers were able to complete planting by June 1. Growers in Louisiana and Texas planted their acreage well ahead of the normal pace due to ideal weather conditions. California growers started planting during the third week in April and were virtually finished by the end of May. Proso Millet: Planted area for the 2008 proso millet crop is estimated at 605,000 acres, up 6 percent from last year's total of 570,000 acres. Increases in proso millet planted acreage in Colorado and Nebraska more than offset the decrease in South Dakota. Hay: Producers expect to harvest 60.4 million acres of all hay in 2008, down 2 percent from 2007. Harvested area is expected to decrease from last year throughout the Great Plains and the West. Increased acres are expected to be harvested along the East Coast. Expected harvested area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, at 20.8 million acres, is down 4 percent from 2007. Acreage decreased in the Corn Belt, the Southeast, and most of the western United States, while acreage increases are expected in the Rocky Mountain States and portions of the Northeast. Expected area for harvest of all other types of hay totals 39.7 million acres, down 1 percent from the 40.0 million acres harvested in 2007. Lower harvested acreage is expected in the West Coast, Southwest, and Southern Great Plains portions of the U.S., while increased acreage is expected along the Atlantic Coast, northern Rockies, and northern Great Plains. Soybeans: The 2008 soybean planted area is estimated at 74.5 million acres, up 17 percent from 2007. Planted area increased from last year in all States, and is the third largest U.S. planted acreage on record. Area for harvest is forecast at 72.1 million acres, up 15 percent from 2007. Growers in the 11 major soybean-producing States (Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota) planted 59.7 million acres, up 15 percent from 2007. Compared with last year, the largest increase is in Nebraska, up 950,000 acres, followed by Illinois and South Dakota, both up 900,000 acres. Soybean planted area also increased by 800,000 acres or more from 2007 in Indiana, Iowa, and Minnesota. The primary reason for the nationwide increase is high soybean prices, after the 2007 soybean crop was the second smallest crop since 1997. Record high planted acreage is estimated in Kansas, New York, and Pennsylvania. Soybean planting began slowly as wet, cool weather during April across most of the major growing areas delayed progress. The month of May began with all States, except Louisiana and Nebraska, behind last year's pace; and with the exception of Louisiana, all States were at or behind their 5-year average. The trend continued during the first full week of May, as heavy spring rains fell across much of the Great Plains and Corn Belt. During the following week, temperatures averaged more than 5 degrees below normal from the southern Plains into the eastern Corn Belt and the Mid-Atlantic States, continuing to hamper planting progress. As of May 18, only 27 percent of the intended soybean acreage was planted, 25 points behind last year and 20 points behind the 5-year average. Progress was 40 points or more behind last year's pace in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio. Except for Louisiana, the only other States that were ahead of the normal pace were Michigan and North Dakota, fueled by warmer, drier conditions along the northern edge of the Corn Belt and Great Plains. Planting progressed well through the rest of the month as fields began to dry, advancing to 69 percent complete by June 1, but remaining 17 points behind last year and 12 points behind the 5-year average. As of June 1, all States were behind last year's pace except for Michigan and North Dakota, and all States except Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and North Dakota were at or behind normal. In turn, the crop began emerging well behind normal, as only 32 percent of the crop had emerged by June 1, thirty-two points behind last year's pace and 23 points behind the 5-year average. Emergence advanced to 71 percent by June 15, fifteen points behind the normal pace, and at or behind last year in all States except Michigan and North Dakota. Producers planted 92 percent of the 2008 soybean acreage to herbicide resistant seed varieties, up 1 percentage point from 2007. Peanuts: Area planted to peanuts in 2008 is estimated at 1.46 million acres, up 19 percent from 2007 and 18 percent more than was planted in 2006. Area for harvest is forecast at 1.43 million acres compared with 1.20 million harvested last year. Higher prices received in 2007, coupled with attractive contract prices in 2008, are the main reasons for the increase in acreage. Southeast growers (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina) planted 1.08 million acres, compared with 898,000 acres planted in 2007. Georgia, the largest peanut producing State, increased acreage by 23 percent from the previous year. Growers in the Southwest (New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) intend to plant 269,000 acres, up 23 percent from the previous year. Plantings in the Virginia-North Carolina region are expected to total 114,000 acres, unchanged from 2007. Sunflower: Area planted to sunflower in 2008 totals 2.16 million acres, up 5 percent from 2007. Harvested area is expected to increase 53,000 acres from last year to 2.06 million acres. Planted area of oil type varieties, at 1.85 million acres, is up 5 percent from 2007 and the non-oil varieties, estimated at 314,000 acres, are up 3 percent from last year. Acreage increases in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Texas were partially offset by decreases in Minnesota, and North Dakota. Growers in Colorado increased their planted area by over 50,000 acres from last year due to high sunflower prices and new contracts for biodiesel production. In North Dakota, sunflower planting got off to a good start, progressing ahead of the 5-year average during May, but slightly behind last year's pace. By June 15, planting was virtually finished in North Dakota at 95 percent complete. In contrast, planting progress was behind normal and last year's pace in Colorado, Kansas, and South Dakota. Canola: Producers planted 1.01 million acres in 2008, down 15 percent from 2007. Planted area decreased from last year in Minnesota and North Dakota. Producers in North Dakota planted 910,000 acres, down from 1.08 million acres in 2007. Planting began in North Dakota during the third week of April and was behind last year's pace and the 5-year average in early May due to cool temperatures. However, by mid-May, planting progress had moved ahead of average pace and was essentially finished in North Dakota by June 1. The harvested area forecast for the Nation is down 16 percent from last year. Flaxseed: Area planted to flaxseed in 2008 totaled 340,000 acres, down 4 percent from last year's total of 354,000 acres. Area for harvest is forecast at 333,000 acres, down 5 percent from 2007. In North Dakota, the leading flaxseed-producing State, growers planted 315,000 acres in 2008, down 2 percent from 2007. This is the lowest flaxseed planted acreage in North Dakota since 1998. Safflower: Planted area of safflower increased 6 percent from 2007, to 191,000 acres in 2008. Area for harvest is forecast at 183,000 acres, up 6 percent from last year. Growers in California, the largest safflower- producing State, planted 90,000 acres of safflower this year, an increase of 40,000 acres from 2007. The increase is largely due to high prices and low input costs for growing safflower. In contrast, Montana farmers only planted 32,000 acres, down 6,000 acres from last year. Other Oilseeds: Planted area of mustard seed is estimated at 67,000 acres, up 11,000 acres from 2007. Mustard seed area for harvest is forecast at 64,000 acres, up 11,200 acres or 21 percent from the previous year. Acreage of rapeseed continues to decline as growers only planted an estimated 500 acres, down 1,000 acres from 2007. Harvested rapeseed area is forecast to be 400 acres. Cotton: The 2008 all cotton planted area is estimated at 9.25 million acres, down 15 percent from last year. Upland cotton planted area totals 9.04 million acres, down 14 percent from 2007 and the lowest acreage since 1983. Upland growers in the Southeastern States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia) planted 1.87 million acres, down 17 percent from last year. By mid-June, planting was virtually complete throughout the region. The crop is rated in mostly fair to good condition throughout the region. In the Delta States (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee), producers planted 1.96 million acres, down 29 percent from last year. Mississippi growers planted 370,000 acres, down 44 percent from last year and the lowest since records began. In Louisiana, producers planted 290,000 acres, the lowest planted acreage on record. Tennessee producers planted 300,000 acres, the lowest since 1983. The unseasonably cool, wet spring slowed planting progress throughout the Delta. Planting was complete by the middle of June, behind last year and the 5-year average. The later planted crop was developing slightly behind normal throughout the region. Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas combined upland acreage planted totals 4.97 million acres, down 4 percent from last year. Texas planted area totals 4.70 million acres. Planting was complete in southern Texas by early May. In the Texas Plains, hot, dry weather aided planting progress as producers were virtually complete by mid-June, ahead of normal and last year. The crop is rated in mostly fair to poor condition throughout the State. Oklahoma producers planted 190,000 acres, up 9 percent from last year. Upland planted area in Arizona and California is estimated at 250,000 acres, down 32 percent from 2007. In California, producers planted 110,000 acres, down 44 percent from last year and the lowest acreage since upland estimates began in 1941. Arizona producers planted 140,000 acres and surpassed California upland acreage for the first time on record. American-Pima planted acreage is estimated at 202,000 acres, down 31 percent from last year. California accounts for 175,000 acres, down 33 percent from 2007. Arizona producers planted 1,000 acres, the lowest since 1948. Planting in Arizona and California was complete by early May. Texas producers planted 20,000 acres and New Mexico producers planted 6,000 acres. Producers planted 86 percent of their upland acreage with seed varieties developed using biotechnology, down 1 percentage point from last year. Stacked gene varieties, those containing both insect and herbicide resistance, accounted for the most acreage with 45 percent of the planted acreage, up 3 points from the previous year. Herbicide resistant varieties were planted on 23 percent of the acreage, down 5 points from 2007. Varieties containing bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) were planted on 18 percent of the acreage, up 1 point from last year. Sugarbeets: Area planted totals 1.08 million acres, down 15 percent from 2007. The area for harvest is forecast at 1.03 million acres, down 18 percent from 2007. Planted acres decreased from 2007 in all States except Colorado. In Minnesota, the largest sugarbeet growing State, planting was behind the 5-year average pace in the early weeks of May. By May 7, planting was 96 percent complete in the four major producing States, compared with 99 percent last year and 97 percent for the 5-year average. Sugarcane: Area for harvest of sugarcane for sugar and seed during the 2008 crop year is forecast at 871,500 acres, down 1 percent from 2007. Area for harvest in Louisiana is down 15,000 acres from last year, while Florida growers expect to harvest 12,000 more acres than last year. In Louisiana, crop conditions for sugarcane have been improving from mostly fair to good, to good and excellent. For the week ending June 1, Louisiana's sugarcane crop conditions were rated 22 percent excellent, 51 percent good, 22 percent fair, and 5 percent poor. In Florida, sporadic rains during May boosted growth. Tobacco: U.S. all tobacco area for harvest in 2008 is estimated at 348,040 acres, down 2 percent from 2007 and 1 percent below the March intentions. Acreage decreases from 2007 in flue-cured, burley, and shade-grown tobacco more than offset increases in all other types. Flue-cured tobacco, at 221,000 acres, is 1 percent below a year ago but unchanged from the March intentions. Flue-cured acreage accounts for 63 percent of this year's total tobacco acreage. Acreage in North Carolina, the leading flue-cured State, is up 1 percent from last year. Harvested acreage decreased in Georgia, Virginia, and South Carolina, by 14 percent, 6 percent, and 2 percent, respectively, from a year ago. Light air-cured tobacco type acreage, at 98,450, is down 8 percent from last year and 1 percent below the March intentions. Burley tobacco, at 96,450 acres, is down 9 percent from 2007 and 1 percent less than the March intentions. If realized, this will be the lowest burley acreage on record. The previous low of 100,150 acres was in 2005, the first year after the tobacco buyout eliminated tobacco quotas. Acreage in Kentucky, the leading burley tobacco production State, is down 10 percent from 2007 and 3 percent below the March intentions. Acreage decreased from a year ago in all other burley tobacco States except Tennessee where acreage remained unchanged. Pennsylvania's Southern Maryland Belt tobacco acreage is estimated at 2,000 acres, up 82 percent from a year ago but unchanged from the March intentions. Fire-cured tobacco, at 16,600 acres, is up 14 percent from 2007 but 5 percent below the March intentions. Growers in Tennessee and Kentucky increased acreage by 16 percent and 13 percent, respectively, from a year ago. Acreage in Virginia remained unchanged from 2007. Dark air-cured tobacco, at 5,700 acres, is 14 percent above last year's harvested acres but 22 percent below the March intentions. Acreage in Tennessee and Kentucky increased 54 percent and 7 percent, respectively, from 2007. Farmers in Virginia are no longer growing sun-cured tobacco due to the lack of contracts. All cigar type tobacco, at 6,290 acres, is up 4 percent from both last year and the March intentions. Connecticut and Massachusetts broadleaf acreage, at 3,100 acres, is up 3 percent from a year ago but unchanged from March intentions. Acreage of Pennsylvania Seedleaf, at 2,000 acres, is 11 percent above both 2007 and the March intentions. Harvested acres of Connecticut and Massachusetts shade-grown tobacco are estimated at 1,190 acres, down 2 percent from last year but 6 percent above March intentions. Dry Beans: U.S. dry bean growers intend to plant 1.40 million acres in 2008, down slightly from the March 1 forecast and down 8 percent from 2007. Acres to be harvested in 2008 are estimated at 1.34 million acres, down 9 percent from last year. The decrease in planted acres can be attributed in part to strong prices for competing crops. Twelve of the 18 dry bean States decreased planted acreage from last year, two are unchanged, and four increased acres from 2007. North Dakota's planted area of 600,000 acres is down 13 percent from last year. In Michigan, dry bean plantings of 190,000 acres are 5 percent below 2007; Idaho growers reduced planted acres by 17 percent as did Washington's growers; and California's planted acres are down 22 percent from 2007. Growers in Montana planted 13 percent fewer acres. New York and Texas growers both reduced planted acres by 12 percent. Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin have fewer acres planted to dry beans this year, reducing acres by 8, 7, 25, and 2 percent, respectively, from last year. Nebraska's planted area of 120,000 acres increased by 9 percent from 2007. Colorado, South Dakota, and Utah increased planted acres from last year by 15, 8, and 33 percent, respectively. Minnesota and Wyoming dry bean planted acres remained unchanged from 2007. Planting in North Dakota started in early May but progressed behind the 5-year average due to cool conditions during the month. However, by June 8, planting was ahead of normal with 97 percent of the crop planted. Crop condition as of June 15 was rated 72 percent good to excellent. In Michigan, planting progress was delayed due to wet weather and some farmers switched to shorter maturing dry bean varieties. Minnesota experienced cooler than normal temperatures with above normal precipitation, which delayed planting by about 2 weeks. Most of the dry bean area in the Northwest district avoided much of the severe rainfall and planting reached 95 percent complete by June 15. Idaho planted acreage was reduced due to strong prices for other commodities such as corn, barley, and spring wheat. In Colorado, planted acreage increased in part due to strong prices for dry beans keeping pace with price increases for other competitive crops. Dry bean planting is behind schedule in Washington and California's dry bean acreage is a record low. Sweet Potatoes: Planted area of sweet potatoes is estimated at 104,100 acres for the 2008 season, up 3 percent from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 100,800 acres, up 3 percent from 2007. The acreage increase is due mainly to favorable growing conditions in the largest States. Planted acres increased from 2007 in all but three of the sweet potato States. In North Carolina, 82 percent of fields were transplanted as of June 15 and 90 percent of the crop was rated fair to excellent. In Louisiana, transplanting got off to a good start, but was interrupted by wet conditions. By June 1, sweet potatoes were 25 percent transplanted, compared to 38 percent this time last year and a 5-year average of 33 percent. Planting in California was essentially complete and growers were expecting a good year due to the combination of strong demand and expected high yields. In Alabama, top soil moisture was 73 percent adequate, much different from last season's drought conditions. The crop was rated in good condition in New Jersey. Summer Potatoes: Growers in the summer producing States planted an estimated 48,000 acres of potatoes this year, down 11 percent from last year and 17 percent below 2006. Harvested area is forecast at 45,500 acres, 11 percent lower than 2007 and down 16 percent from 2006. Planted acreage in 7 of the 11 estimating States decreased from 2007. The reduction in acres is due in part to unfavorable planting conditions and uncertain water supplies. In Texas, fluctuation in temperatures during the growing season did not impact potato acres, but are expected to have an adverse affect on yields. In California, farmers reduced potato plantings due to strong prices from competing crops. Virginia saw timely rains during the spring and hotter weather during June, which allowed for good growth. Illinois experienced a cold, wet spring, which delayed planting in some areas, but overall, the potato crop looks good. Colorado growers continue to face uncertain irrigation water supplies as wells along the South Platte river remain capped due to water rights issues. Reliability of Acreage Data in this Report Survey Procedures: The estimates of planted and harvested acreages in this report are based primarily on surveys conducted the first 2 weeks of June. These surveys are based on a probability area frame survey with a sample of approximately 11,000 segments or parcels of land (average approximately 1 square mile) and a probability sample of over 87,000 farm operators. Enumerators conducting the area survey contact all farmers having operations within the sampled segments of land and account for their operations. From these data, estimates can be calculated. The list survey sample is contacted by mail, internet, telephone, or personal interviews to obtain information on these operations. Responses from the list sample plus data from the area operations that were not on the list to be sampled are combined to provide another estimate of planted and harvested acreages. Estimating Procedures: National, Regional, State, and grower reported data were reviewed for reasonableness and consistency with historical estimates. Each State Office submits their analysis of the current situation to the Agricultural Statistics Board (ASB). Survey data are compiled to the National level and are reviewed at this level independently of each State's review. Acreage estimates were based on survey data and the historical relationship of official estimates to survey data. Revision Policy: Planted acreage estimates are subject to change August 1 if actual plantings are significantly different from those reported in early June. Also, planted acreage estimates can be revised at the end of the season and again the following year, if new information is available that would justify a change. Harvested acres can be adjusted anytime a change is made in planted acres. In addition, harvested acres are subject to change anytime a production forecast is made. Estimates will also be reviewed after data for the 5-year Census of Agriculture are available. No revisions will be made after that date. Reliability: The survey used to make acreage estimates is subject to sampling and non-sampling type errors that are common to all surveys. Both types of errors for major crops generally are between 1.0 and 6.0 percent. Sampling errors represent the variability between estimates that would result if many different samples were surveyed at the same time. Sampling errors cannot be applied directly to the acreage published in this report to determine confidence intervals since the official estimates represent a composite of information from more than a single source. The relative standard errors from the 2008 area frame survey for U.S. planted acres were: barley 8.3 percent, corn 1.1 percent, upland cotton 3.6 percent, sorghum 5.5 percent, soybeans 1.2 percent, winter wheat 1.8 percent, and other spring wheat 3.9 percent. The biotechnology estimates are also subject to sampling variability because all operations planting biotech varieties are not included in the sample. The variability for the 48 corn States, as measured by the relative standard error at the U.S. level, is approximately 0.5 percent for all biotech varieties, 2.4 percent for insect resistant (Bt) only varieties, 1.9 percent for herbicide resistant only varieties, and 1.3 percent for stacked gene varieties. This means that chances are approximately 95 out of 100 that survey estimates will be within plus or minus 1.0 percent for all biotech varieties, 4.8 percent for insect resistant (Bt) varieties, 3.8 percent for herbicide resistant varieties, and 2.6 percent for stacked gene varieties. Variability for the 31 soybean States is approximately 0.4 percent for herbicide resistant varieties. Variability for the 17 upland cotton States is approximately 1.4 percent for all biotech varieties, 5.3 percent for insect resistant (Bt) varieties, 6.6 percent for herbicide resistant varieties, and 3.1 percent for stacked gene varieties. Non-sampling errors cannot be measured directly. They may occur due to incorrect reporting and/or recording, data omissions or duplications, and errors in processing. To minimize non-sampling errors, vigorous quality controls are used in the data collection process and all data are carefully reviewed for consistency and reasonableness. A method of evaluating the reliability of acreage estimates in this report is the "Root Mean Square Error," a statistical measure based on past performances shown below for selected crops. This is computed by expressing the deviations between the planted acreage estimates and the final estimates as a percent of the final estimates and averaging the squared percentage deviations for the 1988-2007 twenty-year period; the square root of this average becomes statistically the "Root Mean Square Error." Probability statements can be made concerning expected differences in the current estimates relative to the final estimates assuming that factors affecting this year's estimate are not different from those influencing the past 20 years. For example, the "Root Mean Square Error" for the corn planted estimate is 0.7 percent. This means that chances are 2 out of 3 that the current corn acreage will not be above or below the final estimate by more than 0.7 percent. Chances are 9 out of 10 (90 percent confidence level) that the difference will not exceed 1.2 percent. Also, shown in the table is a 20-year record for selected crops of the difference between the mid-year planted acres estimate and the final estimates. Using corn again as an example, changes between the mid-year estimates and the final estimates during the past 20 years have averaged 423,000 acres, ranging from 24,000 acres to 1.13 million acres. The mid-year planted acres have been below the final estimate 5 times and above 15 times. This does not imply that the mid-year planted estimate this year is likely to understate or overstate the final estimate. Reliability of June Planted Acreage Estimates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : 20-Year Record of : : : Differences Between June : : : and Final Estimate : : :------------------------------------ : Root Mean : : Thousand Acres : Number of Crop :Square Error: 90 : Quantity : Years : Percent : Percent :------------------------------------ : :Confidence : : : :Below:Above : : Interval :Average:Smallest:Largest:Final:Final -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----- Thousands ----- Number : Corn : 0.7 1.2 423 24 1,126 5 15 Sorghum : 5.0 8.6 383 1 1,113 11 9 Oats : 1.9 3.3 82 1 213 5 15 Barley : 2.7 4.6 115 15 449 4 16 Winter Wheat : 1.1 1.9 376 25 1,035 2 18 Durum Wheat : 3.9 6.9 107 0 200 11 8 Other Spring Wheat: 1.2 2.1 141 0 333 11 8 Soybeans : 1.1 1.8 595 150 1,490 6 14 Upland Cotton : 2.3 3.9 250 3 555 7 13 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quality Control Re-interview For Midwest Flood Areas NASS collected most of the data for the annual Acreage report before the majority of the flooding occurred in the Midwest. Most of the acres for corn and soybeans had already been planted by that time. But, in an effort to more accurately determine how much of their planted area producers still intend to harvest, NASS conducted a quality control re-interview of farmers who responded earlier in the month. A sample of 1,595 producers in flood- affected areas of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin were selected for re-contact by telephone on June 23, 24 and 25. NASS made contact with 1,203 farmers and completed interviews with 1,150, giving an overall response rate of 72 percent. There was concern that NASS would not be able to contact producers farming in the most heavily flooded areas, and thus respondents and non-respondents would be different. To evaluate this, NASS plotted the physical location of respondents and non-respondents on satellite imagery showing water saturation. This analysis showed no geographic difference between respondents and non-respondents. When a telephone contact was made, the enumerator provided the producer with the planted acres (separately for corn, soybeans, and sorghum) he/she had previously reported on the June Agricultural Survey. The producer was then asked how many of those acres were still intended for harvest. For corn and sorghum, the question was specifically "for harvest as grain." Contacted farmers were overwhelmingly willing and able to provide the requested information. NASS used this new information to calculate updated "harvested-to-planted" ratios for corn and soybeans in the six States. The ratios were calculated first at the Agricultural Statistics District (ASD) level, and then weighted to the State level. For ASDs not sampled for re-interviews (outside the major flood areas), NASS used the ratios calculated directly from the June Agricultural Survey in weighting to the State level. The Agricultural Statistics Board, in its analysis at the State level, multiplied the revised "harvested-to-planted" ratios by the estimates of planted acres to produce indications of soybean acres intended for harvest and of corn acres intended for harvest as grain. The re-interview sample did not provide sufficient responses regarding sorghum to make ratio adjustments. NASS will conduct a more extensive acreage update survey during July, re-interviewing approximately 9,000 farmers. These re-interviews will be conducted in the middle of the month, allowing time for flooded fields to dry and for farmers to move forward with decisions on replanting and harvesting intentions. Additionally, NASS will increase the number of corn and soybean fields selected for objective field measurements and will increase the sample size for the August Agricultural Yield Survey. Findings from all of these activities will be incorporated in the August Crop Production report. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. Jeff Geuder, Chief...................................................(202) 720-2127 Field Crops Section Lance Honig, Head....................................................(202) 720-2127 Todd Ballard - Wheat, Rye............................................(202) 720-8068 Shiela Corley - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings..............................(202) 720-5944 Don Gephart - Hay, Oats, Sorghum.....................................(202) 690-3234 Ty Kalaus - Corn, Proso Millet, Flaxseed.............................(202) 720-9526 Dawn Keen - Crop Weather, Barley, Sugar Crops........................(202) 720-7621 Anthony Prillaman - Peanuts, Rice....................................(202) 720-7688 Travis Thorson - Soybeans, Sunflower, Other Oilseeds..................202) 720-7369 Fruits, Vegetables & Special Crops Section Jorge Garcia-Pratts, Head............................................(202) 720-2127 Leslie Colburn - Berries, Grapes, Maple Syrup, Tobacco...............(202) 720-7235 Debbie Flippin - Fresh and Processing Vegetables, Onions, Strawberries................................(202) 720-2157 Mike Jacobsen - Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Cranberries, Plums, Prunes........................................(202) 720-4288 Doug Marousek - Floriculture, Nursery, Tree Nuts.....................(202) 720-4215 Dan Norris - Austrian Winter Peas, Dry Edible Peas, Lentils, Mint, Mushrooms, Peaches, Pears, Wrinkled Seed Peas......................................(202) 720-3250 Faye Propsom - Citrus, Tropical Fruits...............................(202) 720-5412 Faye Propsom - Dry Beans, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes...................(202) 720-4285 Kim Ritchie - Hops...................................................(360) 902-1940 ACCESS TO REPORTS!! 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