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Corn and Soybeans: Survey respondents who reported corn acreage as not yet
harvested in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and survey
respondents who reported soybean acreage as not yet harvested in Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia during the surveys conducted in
preparation for the Crop Production 2009 Summary were re-contacted in early
February to determine how many of the acres were actually harvested or still
intended for harvest and to record the actual production from those acres.
Based on this updated information, several changes were made to the estimates
published in the Crop Production 2009 Summary. Because unharvested
production is a component of on-farm stocks, changes were made to the
December 1 on-farm stocks levels comparable with the production adjustments
as well. Respondents with unharvested corn in North Dakota and South Dakota
will be interviewed at a later date.
Corn harvested area declined 10,000 acres in Michigan, but was unchanged in
Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin from the Crop Production 2009 Summary.
Yields in both Illinois and Minnesota decreased 1.0 bushel per acre, while
yields in Michigan and Wisconsin were unchanged. As a result of these
changes, corn production in the U.S. is estimated at 13.1 billion bushels,
down fractionally from the previous estimate.
Soybean harvested area was reduced 10,000 acres in Georgia, 20,000 acres in
North Carolina, and 5,000 acres in South Carolina, but was unchanged in
Virginia from the Crop Production 2009 Summary. Yields decreased 0.5 bushel
per acre in South Carolina and 1.0 bushel per acre in Virginia, but were
unchanged in Georgia and North Carolina. As a result of these changes, total
U.S. production is estimated at 3.36 billion bushels, down slightly from the
Crop Production 2009 Summary.
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march crop report
