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Missouri Cotton Forecast Up from 2018
Missouri Ag Connection - 09/13/2019
Corn: Planted area is estimated at 3.25 million acres, down 7 percent from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 3.06 million acres, is down 8 percent from 2018. Based on Sept. 1 conditions, the Missouri corn yield is forecast at 160 bushels per acre,
unchanged from last month but up 20 bushels from 2018. Production is forecast at 490 million bushels, 5 percent above last year's production.
Soybeans: Planted area is estimated at 5.10 million acres, down 13 percent from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 5.03 million acres, is down 13 percent from 2018. Based on Sept. 1 conditions, the Missouri soybean yield is forecast at 46 bushels per acre,
up 1 bushel from 2018. Production is forecast at 231 million bushels, down 11 percent from 2018.
Cotton: Planted area is estimated at 380,000 acres, up 17 percent from 2018. Harvested area, forecast at 368,000 acres, up 14 percent from last year. The cotton yield is forecast at 1,304 pounds per acre, down 69 pounds from 2018. Production is forecast
at 1,000,000 bales (480-pound), up 9 percent from the previous year.
Rice: Planted area, estimated at 187,000 acres, is down 3 percent from the previous forecast and down 17 percent from 2018. Harvested area is forecast at 173,000 acres, down 8 percent from the previous forecast and down 21 percent from last year. Based
on September 1 conditions, the Missouri rice yield is forecast at 7,500 pounds per acre, up 200 pounds per acre from the previous forecast but down 270 pounds per acre from 2018. Production is forecast at 13.0 million cwt, down 5 from the previous
forecast and down 24 percent from last year.
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