- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Georgia farm report.
- Title:
- Crop news release, 2012 May 10
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Agriculture
- Contributor to Resource:
- United States. Department of Agriculture
United States. National Agricultural Statistics Service
United States. National Agricultural Statistics Service. Georgia Office - Publisher:
- Athens, Ga. : United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Field Office
- Date of Original:
- 2012-05-10
- Subject:
- Agricultural productivity--Georgia--Statistics
Crop yields--Georgia--Statistics - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Began in 1975?; ceased with vol. 10, no. 02 (Feb. 26, 2010).
"Agricultural statistician and Georgia Department of Agriculture."
Numbering began again with Vol. 11, no. 1 (Jan. 14, 2000).
Vols. for Aug. 31, 2005- issued by: USDA-NASS Georgia Field Office.
Description based on: Vol. 94, no, 1 (Jan. 4, 1994); title from caption.
Latest issue consulted: Vol. 10, no. 02 (Feb. 26, 2010). - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA A400.C7 P1 F2 2012/5-10
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-ba400-pc7-bp1-bf2-b2012-s5-h10-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-ba400-pc7-bp1-bf2-b2012-s5-h10-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
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
May 10, 2012
Media Contact: Douglas G. Kleweno
nass-ga@nass.usda.gov
2011 FINAL COTTON PRODUCTION
Cotton Georgia's final 2011 Production in 480-lb Net Weight bales was 2.47 million bales, up 0.22 million bales from 2010.
Hay Stocks May 1, stocks on Georgia farms totaled 169 thousand tons, down from last year's 188 thousand tons.
Winter Wheat Harvested acres in Georgia are expected to total 200 thousand acres in 2012. Yield is expected to average 52 bushels per acre in 2012, down 3 bushels per acre from 2011.
Upland Cotton Area Planted, Harvested, and Yield - Georgia and United States: 2010 and 2011
Area planted
Area harvested
Yield per acre
State
2010
2011
% Change
2010
2011
% Change
2010
2011
% Change
1,000 Acres
Georgia
1,330.0 1,600.0
United States 10,770.0 14,428.0
+/-
1,000 Acres
+ 20 1,315.0 1,495.0
+ 34 10,497.0 9,156.0
+/+ 14 - 13
Pounds 821 791 805 772
+/- 4 - 4
Upland Cotton Production and Bales Ginned - Georgia and United States: 2010 and 2011
State
Georgia United States
Production in 480-lb net weight bales
2010
2011
% Change
1,000 Bales
+/-
2,250.0
2,465.0
+ 10
17,600.0 14,722.0
- 16
Bales ginned in 480-lb net weight bales
2010
2011
% Change
Bales
+/-
2,279,450 2,496,950
+ 10
17,582,600 14,709,050
- 16
Hay Stocks on Farms - Georgia and United States: December 1 and May 1, 2010-2012
State
Georgia United States
December 1
2010
2011
% Change
1,000 Tons
+/-
1,360
800
- 41
102,134
90,726
- 11
May 1
2011
2012
1,000 Tons
188
169
22,217 21,381
% Change +/- 10 - 4
Winter Wheat Area Harvested, Yield and Production - Georgia and United States: 2011 - 2012
Area harvested
Yield per acre
Production
State
2011
2012
% Change
2011
2012
% Change
2011
2012
% Change
1,000 Acres
+/-
Bushels
+/-
1,000 Bushels
+/-
Georgia
200 200
United States 32,314 35,580
0 55.0 52.0 + 10 46.2 47.6
- 5
11,000
10,400
- 5
+ 3 1,493,677 1,693,710 + 13
Source: USDA-NASS, Crop Production, May 10, 2012. All reports are available, at no cost, on the NASS web site: http://www.nass.usda.gov
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