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Oklahoma Row Crop Production Up In Almost All Categories, USDA Says

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:31:28 CST

Oklahoma Row Crop Production Up In Almost All Categories, USDA Says
The 2012 Annual Row Crop Summary was issued by UDSA-NASS. Crop data was collected from the December 1 Agricultural Survey of farm operations.


Production of corn for grain is set at 32.5 million bushels, up 90 percent from 2011. Yield averaged 110 bushels per acre from 295,000 harvested acres. Production of corn for silage is set at 398,000 tons, up 11 percent from last year.


Production of grain sorghum is set at 4.1 million bushels, up 141 percent from a year earlier. Yield averaged 27.0 bushels per acre from 150,000 harvested acres. Production of sorghum for silage is set at 96,000 tons, up 60 percent from last year.


Cotton production is forecast at 140,000 bales, up 61 percent from last year. Yield averaged 480 pounds per acre from 140,000 harvested acres.


Soybean production is set at 3.9 million bushels, up 13 percent from 2011. Yield averaged 15.0 bushels per acre from 260,000 harvested acres.


Peanut production is set at 83.6 million pounds, up 53 percent from last year. Yield averaged 3,800 pounds from 22,000 harvested acres.


Canola production for 2012 is set at 161.0 million pounds, up 89 percent from the previous year. Yield averaged 1,400 pounds per acre from 115,000 harvested acres.


All sunflower production is set at 4.8 million pounds, down 9 percent from 2011. Yield averaged 1,086 pounds per acre from 4,400 harvested acres.


Production of all hay is set at 4.4 million tons, up 88 percent from 2011. Yield averaged 1.37 tons per acre from 3.19 million harvested acres. The yield for alfalfa hay is set at 2.50 million. Production of all other hay is set at 3.9 million tons. Hay stocks on farms totaled 2.90 million tons on December 1, 2012, up 480 percent from last year's 0.50 million tons.



   

 

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