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HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) What are the crops going
to yield in 2002? Each crop sea
son is started with blind expecta
tions.
In Pennsylvania, the final yield
for grain com in 2001, was 98
bushels per acre, up 29 bushels
per acre when compared to 2000.
For soybeans, the 2001 yield,
down almost 20 percent less than
2000’s yield, was estimated at 35
bushels per acre. For small
grains, the final estimates for
wheat and barley stood at 52 and
65 bushels per acre, respectively.
The information just mentioned
are a few examples of the statis
tics that are produced from our
monthly agricultural yield sur
vey. The yield surveys allows a
monthly tracking of production
based on conditions at the first of
each month.
The Pennsylvania Agricultural
Statistics Service will once again
be conducting its yearly Agricul-
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tural Yield Survey starting in
May with questions on winter
wheat plantings, yield and hay
stocks and finishing in November
with final corn and soybean
yields. This monthly survey will
begin at the start of each month
for seven months. As with all sur
veys conducted by the National
Agricultural Statistics Service, in
dividual operator information is
kept strictly confidential and is
used only with other reports to
establish county and state level
statistics.
Farmer responses to the ag
yield surveys are used to generate
state and national yield and pro
duction forecasts for major field
crops. Production forecasts give
an important advance warning of
the size of each crop in Pennsyl
vania and across the nation. In
addition, contract harvesters,
transportation companies and
storage facilities have advance
notice to prepare to handle a
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large volume. Or in the case of a
small crop, our ag yield report
warns about the possible need to
plan for alternate livestock feed
sources or farmer assistance pro
grams such as the 1999 Drought
Assistance Program.
Results of this survey will be
released from Washington, D.C.
The survey results will be sent to
anyone requesting the informa
tion in the Keystone Ag Digest.
This is a bimonthly publication
and will be received within a few
weeks of the actual release date.
Reports may be obtained on the
actual release dates via the In
ternet at http://www.usda.gov/
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tle and calves on feed for slaugh
ter market in the U.S. for feedlots
with capacity of 1,000 or more
head totaled 11.58 million head
on April 1,2002.
The inventory was almost one
half percent above April 1, 2001
and 3 percent above April 1,
2000, according to the National
Agricultural Service (NASS).
The inventory included 7.23
million steers and steer calves, up
4 percent from the previous year.
This group accounted for 62 per
cent of the total inventory. Heif
ers and heifer calves accounted
for 4.30 million head, down 4
percent from 2001.
CATTLE ON FEED: Number on Feed, Placements,
Marketings and Other Disappearance -
I,ooo+ Capacity Feedlots,
United States, April 1, 2001-2002
Number 2002 as % of
2001 2002 2000 2001
1,000 Head Percent
On Feed Feb V 11,330 11,695 11,518 102 98
Placed on Feed During Feb 2,031 1,842 1,953 96 106
Cattle Marketed During Feb 2,056 1,916 1,825 89 95
Other Disappearance During Feb 2 103 98 69 67 70
On Feed March I 1 11,202 11,523 11,577 103 100
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fed a ration of grain or other concentrates and expected to produce
a carcass that will grade Select or better.
2 - Includes death losses, movement from feedlots to pastures and
shipments to other feedlots for further feeding.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 4, 2002-A35
Placements in feedlots during
March totaled 1.95 million, 6 per
cent above 2001 but 4 percent
below 2000. Net placements were
1.88 million.
During March, placements of
cattle and calves weighing less
than 600 pounds were 314,000,
600-699 pounds were 372,000,
700-799 pounds were 702,000,
and 800 pounds and greater were
565,000.
Marketings of fed cattle during
March totaled 1.83 million, 5 per
cent below 2001 and 11 percent
below 2000.
Other disappearance totaled
69,000 during March, 30 percent
below 2001 and 33 percent below
2000.
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