Feed Grain Forecasts Lower For Com , Barley, Oats; Higher For Sorghum (Continued from Page A 32) Sorghum use in 2001-2002 is projected up 20 percent from the expected 480 million bushels used in 2000-2001. Food, seed, and industrial use is expected to be 25 million bushels higher than the 35 million used in 2000-2001, with most of the use accounted for by ethanol plants close to sorghum-producing areas. Some ethanol plants that use sorghum signed up for the Bioe nergy Program and are expected to increase sorghum use. Feed and residual use is also likely to be up because of larger supplies. Exports in 2001-2002 are pro jected to be up 7 percent from the 215 million bushels expected in 2000-2001. Exports to Mexico are likely to be stronger in 2001-2002 than in the current marketing year. Ending stocks are expected to be unchanged from 2000-2001’s 55 million bushels. Prices received by farmers for sorghum in 2001-2002 are ex pected to average SI.SO-$1.90 per bushel, compared with Your Cows Comfortable witli"* * "TUNNEL VENTILATION” Z Comfortable Cows CSJ*.,,.. m S Produce More Milk ElsSTSperts - m The New VORTEX Fan From aePOtecK " Barn Ko Fans ■ All Sizes ■ In Stock Receive Year*Round benefits for your livestock with a Schaefer Barn Kooler $1.75-$1.85 in 2000-2001. These sorghum prices would be 91-93 percent of the expected com prices in 2001-2002, down from 97 percent of 2000-2001 average corn prices. In 1999-2000, sorg hum weighted average prices re ceived by farmers were 86 per cent of com prices. Barley Supply, Use Farmers reported intentions to plant 5.3 million acres of barley in 2001, down 9 percent from 2000. Area harvested is estimat ed by using the relationship be tween planted and harvested acres in 1998-2000. Projected yields are derived from a simple linear trend fit over the 1960-2000 period. In 2001-2002, trend yields are 61.8 bushels per acre, up 1 percent from 2000. The total barley supply in 2001-2002 is projected at 432 million bushels, down 5 percent from 2000-2001. Beginning stocks are expected to be down 8 percent from the 111 million bushels in 2000-2001. Production is projected down 7 percent from 2000-2001’s 318 million bushels. *5 ‘‘ wr' CEDAR CREST EQUIPMENT Parts Stores; East Earl—7l7-354-0584 • Quarryville— 800-646-6601 Imports in 2000-2001 are ex pected to be up 7 million bushels from the current estimate of 28 million bushels in 2000-2001 be cause of reduced U.S. supplies and a larger Canadian crop. In 2001-2002, barley use is projected at 327 million bushels, down 8 percent from 2000-2001. Among the use categories, only exports are expected to be down. FSI and feed and residual use are projected to be unchanged from last year. Average prices received by farmers in 2001-2002 are project ed at SI.9S-$2.35 per bushel, compared with the $2.15 ex pected in 2000-2001. Forecast av erage prices for barley in 2000-2001 are stronger than the weighted average of $2.13 for 1999-2000, because of stronger feed barley prices. Lowest Planted, Harvested Oats Acreage On Record Acres seeded and to be seeded by U.S. fanners for the 2001 oats crop year are expected to total 4.4 million acres, down 52,000 acres from 2000. This would be 339 King Street, Myersl PA the lowest planted acreage since 1866, breaking the previous re cord low of 4.5 million acres planted in 2000. Growers expect to harvest 2.2 million acres for grain, down 124,000 acres from 2000. This would also be the lowest harvest ed acreage on record. Projected yields were derived from a sim ple linear trend fit over the 1960-2000 period and are down 3.6 bushels per acre from the 64.2 bushels per acre realized in 2000. The total oats supply in 2001-2002 is projected down 5 percent from 2000-2001’s 335 million bushels. The decline stems from reduced production and imports because beginning stocks are up 6 percent. Total oats use for 2001-2002 is projected down 8 percent from last year because of reduced sup plies. All of the individual cat egories except feed and residual are also unchanged from a year earlier. Oats prices received by farm ers in 2001-2002 are expected to average $0.90-$1.30 per bushel. In 2000-2001, average oats prices We Salute Our Funning Industry t C.J.&L. Global Furniture i needs brochures or other information on anyone that makes furniture in Lancaster County. i This includes Amish, Mennonites and Englishmen. C.J.&L Global Furniture is setting up a network to make Lancaster County furniture available to the world through advertisement and the internet. 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