USDA-NASS RELEASES JULY CROP PRODUCTION REPORT
News Date July 15, 2009
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its Crop Production report on July 10 which provides a good forecast of wheat production, along with certain other commodities such as citrus, non-critrus fruits and tree nuts.
Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.52 billion bushels, up 2 percent from last month but down 18 percent from 2008. The U.S. yield is forecast at 43.8 bushels per acre, down 3.4 bushels from last year. The area expected to be harvested for grain totals 34.8 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2009 but down 12 percent from last year.
The U.S. all orange forecast for the 2008-09 season is 9.36 million tons, up 1 percent from the June forecast but 7 percent lower than the 2007-08 final utilization of 10.1 million tons. The July Crop Production report and All NASS reports are available online at: www.nass.usda.gov. The August 12 Crop Production report will contain the first 2009 estimates of corn and soybean yield and production. (Contact: Charlie Ingram)