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Record Oklahoma Cotton Crop Got Bigger in Final USDA Crop Production Summary
Fri, 13 Jan 2017 05:50:24 CST
For Oklahoma cotton producers, it has been a remarkable year. With an ideal fall growing season, the 2016 crop got bigger with each crop production update, culminating with the January Crop Production 2016 Annual Summary report. USDA reports that the Oklahoma cotton crop is a record crop- both in yield and in overall production. Cotton farmers in the state have produced 620,000 bales, ten percent more than was predicted in December and a whopping sixty six percent more than was grown in 2015.
The pounds of lint per acre also increased from month to month this past fall as well- topping out at a record 1,026 pounds in the January summary. That's 17% more than the 876 pounds produced in 2015. The huge production total was achieved from a combination of the record yield and substantial increase in the number of acres harvested- 290,000 in 2016 versus 205,000 acres in 2015. Adequate water for irrigation from Lake Altus Lugert was one factor- along with timely rains in the southwestern counties of the state where the majority of the cotton is grown.
Oklahoma corn production was also higher than 2015- with 42.4 million bushels produced on 350,000 harvested acres. The 2016 production was up 17% from the previous year. After a big jump last year- Oklahoma sorghum production took a small step back with fewer acres grown in the state in 2016. Sorghum production totaled 20.4 million bushels, down five percent from a year ago. We actually saw a small increase in bushels per acre, but the crop saw forty thousand fewer acres harvested this year versus last.
The spring planted crop that actually captured the most acres in Oklahoma in 2016 were soybeans, with 470,000 acres being harvested this past fall, versus 375,000 acres a year ago. Yield per acre dropped two bushels in 2016 to 29 bushels per acre- and the overall production edged higher in 2016 to 13.6 million bushels being produced.
Alfalfa hay production also was significantly higher in 2016 versus 2015- jumping thirty four percent up. Oklahoma baled 798,000 tons of Alfalfa in 2016 vesus 594,000 in 2015. All hay production was little changed from year to year at 5.8 million tons produced.
To review all of the 2016 spring planted crop numbers for Oklahoma and Texas, click here for the regional report for the two states. To review the full Crop Production Annual report for 2016 for the US, click or tap here.
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