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Missouri Rice and Cotton Acres Up Double Digits
Missouri Ag Connection - 08/13/2018

Corn: Planted area is estimated at 3.40 million acres, unchanged from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 3.25 million acres, is also unchanged from 2017. Based on August 1 conditions, the Missouri corn yield is forecast at 131 bushels per acre, down 39 bushels from 2017. Production is forecast at 426 million bushels, 23 percent below last year's production.

Soybeans: Planted area is estimated at 5.80 million acres, down 3 percent from last year. Harvested area, forecast at 5.73 million acres, is down 3 percent from 2017. Based on August 1 conditions, the Missouri soybean yield is forecast at 45 bushels per acre, down 4 bushels from 2017. Production is forecast at 258 million bushels, down 11 percent from 2017.

Winter wheat: Harvested area in 2018 is forecast at 530,000 acres, down 2 percent from the previous year. The winter wheat yield is forecast at 61 bushels per acre, down 7 bushels from 2017. If realized, this would be the third highest yield on record. Production is forecast at 32.3 million bushels, down 12 percent from the previous year.

Cotton: Planted area, estimated at 345,000 acres, is up 13 percent from 2017. Harvested area is forecast at 340,000 acres, up 14 percent from last year. The cotton yield is forecast at 1,200 pounds per acre, down 12 pounds from 2017. Production is forecast at 850,000 bales (480-pound), up 13 percent from the previous year.

Rice: Planted area, estimated at 199,000 acres, is up 18 percent from 2017. Harvested area is forecast at 194,000 acres, up 21 percent from last year. Based on August 1 conditions, the Missouri rice yield is forecast at 7,000 pounds per acre, down 440 pounds per acre from 2017. Production is forecast at 13.6 million cwt, up 14 percent from last year.


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