Larger Grain and Oilseed Crops in 2020, Lower Cotton

WASHINGTON, DC – In what was the equivalent of a data dump of crop information on Tuesday, USDA rounded out their reports with an annual crop production summary for 2020.

Corn for grain production in 2020 was estimated at 14.2 billion bushels, up 4 percent from the 2019 estimate. The average yield in the United States was estimated at 172 bushels per acre, 4.5 bushels above the 2019 yield of 167.5 bushels per acre. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 82.5 million acres, up 1 percent from the 2019 estimate.

Sorghum production in 2020 was estimated at 373 million bushels, up 9 percent from the 2019 total. The planted area for 2020 was estimated at 5.88 million acres, up 12 percent from the previous year. Area harvested for grain, at 5.10 million acres, was up 9 percent from 2019. Grain yield was estimated at 73.2 bushels per acre, up 0.2 bushels from 2019.

Soybean production in 2020 totaled 4.14 billion bushels, up 16 percent from 2019. The average yield per acre was estimated at 50.2 bushels, up 2.8 bushels from 2019. Harvested area was up 10 percent from 2019 to 82.3 million acres.

All cotton production is estimated at 15 million bales, down 25 percent from 2019. The United States yield is estimated at 825 pounds per acre, up 2 pounds from last year. Harvested area, at 8.70 million acres, is down 25 percent from last year. All states experienced lower production in 2020 than in 2019, except for Arizona, Kansas, and New Mexico.
(SOURCE: All Ag News)