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Wyoming hay production upWyoming Average yields per acre in Wyoming are expected to be higher than last year for alfalfa hay, other hay, barley, dry beans and sugarbeets, according to Kim Faircloth with the Wyoming Field Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's NASS. Total production is expected to be larger for alfalfa hay and other hay but smaller for the other crops due to a decrease in acreage. The survey was done around Aug. 1. Barley production in Wyoming is forecast at 4.14 million bushels. This would be down 12 percent from last year's crop and 26 percent below 2005. If realized, production will be the smallest since 1966. The expected area for harvest, at 45,000 acres, is down 12,000 acres from 2006. The expected yield of 92 bushels per acre is unchanged from the July 1 forecast but up 9 bushels from 2006. Alfalfa hay production is forecast to reach 1.60 million tons in 2007, up 14 percent from last year's crop, and up 2 percent from the 2005 crop. Yields are expected to average 2.9 tons per acre, 0.1 ton above last year and 0.3 ton above 2005. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 550,000 acres, up 50,000 acres from last year. Production of all other hay, at 880,000 tons, is expected to be 23 percent above last year. Acreage expected to be cut is unchanged from last year and up 10,000 acres from 2005. Average yield, at 1.6 tons per acre, is up 0.3 ton per acre from 2006 and up 0.2 ton per acre from 2005. The August 1 forecast for sugarbeet production in Wyoming, at 641,000 tons, is 20 percent below both last year's crop and 2005. If realized, the production will be the smallest since 1983. Harvested acreage is expected to total 30,500 acres, 9,600 less than last year and the smallest since 1955. Yield per acre is forecast at 21.0 tons per acre, up 1.1 tons from 2006 but 1.3 tons lower than in 2005. Dry bean production in 2007 is forecast at 552,000 hundredweight. If realized, this would be down 6 percent from 2006 but down 29 percent from 2005. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 24,000 acres, down 3,500 acres from last year, and 9,000 less than in 2005. Yield is expected to average 2,300 pounds per acre, 150 pounds per acre more than last year's yield. Of the 25,000 acres of dry beans planted, 22,000 acres are pinto beans compared with 25,000 acres in 2006. United States: Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.54 billion bushels. This is down 2 percent from last month but 18 percent above 2006. The U.S. yield is forecast at 41.3 bushels per acre, down 0.3 bushel from last month and down 0.4 bushel from last year. The area expected to be harvested for grain totals 37.2 million acres, down 1 percent from last month but up 20 percent from last year. Barley production for 2007 is forecast at 223 million bushels, 3 percent below last month but 24 percent above 2006. Based on conditions as of August 1, the average yield for the U.S. is forecast at 63.1 bushels per acre, down 2.1 bushels from July but up 2.1 bushels from last year. Expected area to be harvested as grain or seed, at 3.54 million acres, is up 20 percent from 2006. Corn production is forecast at 13.1 billion bushels, up 24 percent from last year and 17 percent above 2005. Based on conditions as of August 1, yields are expected to average 152.8 bushels per acre, up 3.7 bushels from last year. If realized, this will be the second highest yield on record, behind the 160.4 bushel yield in 2004. However, production will be the largest on record as growers intend to harvest the most corn acres for grain since 1933. U.S. dry edible bean production is forecast at 23.7 million cwt in 2007, down 2 percent from last year and 11 percent below two years ago. Planted area is now estimated at 1.50 million acres, 8 percent below both last year and 2005. Harvested area is forecast at 1.44 million acres, down 6 percent from the last two years. The average U.S. yield is forecast at 1,649 pounds per acre, an increase of 72 pounds from last year but 97 pounds less than two years ago. Alfalfa and alfalfa mixture production is forecast at 69.9 million tons, down 2 percent from last year. Yields are expected to average 3.26 tons per acre, a decrease of 0.09 ton from last year. Harvested area is forecast at 21.5 million acres, unchanged from June but slightly above the previous year's acreage. Other hay production is forecast at 75.3 million tons, up 8 percent from 2006. Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 1.87 tons, up 0.09 ton from last year. Harvested area, at 40.3 million acres, is unchanged from June but up 2 percent from the previous year. Sugarbeet production for 2007 is forecast at 29.8 million tons, down 12 percent from last year's record high 34.1 million tons. Growers expect to harvest 1.24 million acres, up 2 percent from June but down 5 percent from last year. The yield is forecast at 24.0 tons per acre, down 2.1 tons from the record high set in 2006. Date: 9/6/07
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