Crop news release, 2011 January 12

United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service
Crop News Release

In Cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture

Georgia Field Office 355 East Hancock Avenue, Suite 320 Athens, GA 30601 (706) 546-2236

www.nass.usda.gov

January 12, 2011

Media Contact: Douglas G. Kleweno

nass-ga@nass.usda.gov

2010 Georgia Crop Production
Corn for Grain Georgia Corn Production down 31% from 2009 Corn for Silage Georgia Corn Silage Production up 41% from 2009 Cotton Georgia Cotton Production up 20% from 2009 Peanuts Georgia Peanuts Production up 10% from 2009 Sorghum for Grain Georgia Sorghum Production down 46% from 2009 Sorghum for Silage Georgia Sorghum Silage Production up 36% from 2009 Soybean Georgia Soybean Production down 57% from 2009 Tobacco Georgia Tobacco Production down 2% from 2009 Hay, Other Georgia Other Hay Production up 1% from 2009

Area Planted, Harvested, Yield and Production - Georgia 2009 - 2010

Crop

Area Planted 2009 2010

Area Harvested 2009 2010

Yield 2009 2010

Production

2009

2010

Corn for Grain1

1,000 Acres

1,000 Acres

(Bu)

420

295 370

245

Corn for Silage

(Tons)

(NA)

(NA)

30

45

Cotton

(Lbs/Bales)

1,000 1330 990 1,320

Peanuts Sorghum for Grain1

(Lbs) (Bu)

510

565 505

555

55

45

40

25

Sorghum for Silage (Tons)

(NA)

(NA)

12

18

Soybean

(Bu)

470

270 440

260

Tobacco

(Lbs)

(NA)

(NA) 13.8

11.4

Hay, Other

(Tons)

(NA)

(NA) 700

650

(NA) Not Available 1 Area Planted for all purposes.

Source: USDA-NASS, Crop Production 2010 Summary, January 12, 2011.

All reports are available, at no cost, on the NASS web site: http://www.nass.usda.gov

140 17
902 3,560
53 11 36 2,030 2.30

145 16
811 3,560
46 10 26 2,400 2.50

1,000

51,800

35,525

510

720

1,860

2,230

1,797,800 1,975,800

2,120

1,150

132

180

15,840

6,760

28,014

27,360

1,610

1,625

Area Planted, Harvested, Yield and Production United States 2009 - 2010

Crop

Area Planted

2009

2010

Area Harvested

2009

2010

Yield 2009 2010

Production

2009

2010

Corn for Grain1

1,000 Acres

1,000 Acres

(Bu) 86,382 88,192 79,490 81,446

Corn for Silage (Tons)

(NA)

(NA)

5,605

5,567

Cotton

(Lbs/Bales) 9,149.5 10,973.2 7,528.7 10.706.7

Peanuts

(Lbs)

Sorghum for Grain1 (Bu)

1,116 6,633

1,288 5,404

1,079 5,520

1,255 4,808

Sorghum for Silage (Tons)

(NA)

(NA)

254

273

Soybean

(Bu) 77,451 77,404 76,372 76,616

Tobacco

(Lbs)

(NA)

(NA)

354

337

Hay, Other

(Tons)

(NA)

(NA) 38,528

39,906

(NA) Not Available

1 Area Planted for all purposes.

Source: USDA-NASS, Crop Production 2010 Summary, January 12, 2011.

All reports are available, at no cost, on the NASS web site: http://www.nass.usda.gov

164.7 19.3 777
3,421 69.4 14.5 44.0
2,323 1.99

152.8 19.3 821
3,311 71.8 12.5 43.5
2,133 1.95

1,000

13,091,862 12,446,865

108,209

107,314

12,187.5

18,314.5

3,691,650 4,155,600

382,983

345,395

3,680

3,420

3,359,011 3,329,341

822,581

719,786

76,628

77,653

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