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USDA makes modest changes to cotton, rice
The USDA has trimmed its production outlook for cotton, while slightly increasing the production for rice.
Upland cotton production is expected to be 17.651 million bales, down 858,000 from September, but up 3.59 million from 2020, with an average yield of 865 pounds per acre, 25 less than last month, but 30 more than last year.
Rice is pegged at 190.546 million hundredweight, a 47,000 above a month ago, but 37.037 million below a year ago, with an average yield of 7,625 pounds per acre, modestly higher than both the previous month and the year before.
These numbers will likely change, with harvest ongoing.
The USDA tightened the domestic balance sheets for both cotton and rice.
The USDA’s next set of supply, demand, and production numbers is out Tuesday, November 9th at Noon Eastern/11 Central.
Comparisons for Brownfield states:
Arkansas: Cotton: 1.2 million bales, compared to 1.277 million in 2020; average yield of 1,226 pounds per acre, compared to 1,174 a month ago and 1,179 a year ago; harvested area of 470,000 acres, compared to 520,000 last year; Rice: 89.85 million hundredweight, compared to 108.107 million in 2020; average yield of 7,500 pounds per acre, unchanged from both a month ago and a year ago; harvested area of 1.198 million acres, compared to 1.441 million last year
Kansas: Cotton: 210,000 bales, compared to 300,000 in 2020; average yield of 998 pounds per acre, compared to 1,069 a month ago and 783 a year ago; harvested area of 101,000 acres, compared to 184,000 last year
Missouri: Cotton: 830,000 bales, compared to 684,000 in 2020; average yield of 1,285 bushels per acre, compared to 1,316 a month ago and 1,144 a year ago; harvested area of 310,000 acres, compared to 287,000 last year; Rice: 15.52 million hundredweight, compared to 15.522 million in 2020; record expected average yield of 8,000 pounds per acre, unchanged from a month ago and up from the 7,250 a year ago; harvested area of 194,000 acres, compared to 214,000 last year
Tennessee: Cotton: 600,000 bales, compared to 611,000 in 2020; average yield of 1,067 pounds per acre, compared to 1,049 a month ago and 1,066 a year ago; harvested area of 270,000 acres, compared to 275,000 last year
