MONTANA Off-farm corn stocks in Montana on December 1,
2017 were 92,000 bushels, down 21 percent from December 1, 2016, according to
the December 1 Agricultural Survey and December Grain Stocks Report conducted
by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA. All oat stocks in Montana were estimated at 791,000 bushels,
down 15 percent from last year. On-farm oat stocks were 700,000 bushels, down
18 percent from a year ago. Oats stored off-farm were up 11 percent from last
year to 91,000 bushels. Montana barley stocks in all positions on December 1,
2017 were 29.20 million bushels, down 28 percent from a year ago. Barley stored
on farms totaled 18.00 million bushels, down 38 percent from last year.
Off-farm barley storage was down 1 percent from a year ago to 11.20 million
bushels. All wheat stocks in Montana on December 1, 2017 were 109.45 million
bushels, down 32 percent from December 1, 2016.
All wheat stocks
stored on farms amounted to 76.00 million bushels, down 38 percent from a year
ago. All wheat stored off farms amounted to 33.45 million bushels, down 13
percent from a year ago. Durum wheat stocks on December 1, 2017 were 12.78
million bushels, down 38 percent from a year ago. Other Montana grain stocks
were not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual
operations.
All hay harvested in Idaho totaled 1.43 million acres, up
8 percent from 2016. All hay production totaled 5.13 million tons, up slightly
from last year. Yield is estimated at 3.59 tons per acre down 0.26 tons from
2016. In Oregon, all hay harvested totaled 1.10 million acres, down 3 percent
from the previous year. Production totaled 3.42 million tons, down 12 percent
from a year ago. Yield is estimated at 3.11 tons per acre down 0.33 tons from
2016. All hay harvested in Washington totaled 740,000 acres, down 12 percent
from 2016. Production totaled 2.97 million tons, down 11 percent from last
year. Yield is estimated at 4.02 tons per acre, up 0.04 tons per acre from
2016.
Potatoes planted
in Idaho totaled 310,000 acres, down 5 percent from 2016. Harvested area, at
309,000 acres, is down 5 percent from last year. Production totaled 131 million
cwt, down 6 percent from 2016. Yield is estimated at 425 cwt per acre, down 5
cwt from last year. In Oregon, potatoes planted totaled 39,000 acres, unchanged
from 2016. Harvested area, at 38,900 acres is unchanged from last year.
Production totaled 21.4 million cwt, down 7 percent from a year ago. Yield is
estimated at 550 cwt per acre, down 40 cwt from 2016. Potato planted in
Washington totaled 165,000 acres down 3 percent from 2016. Harvested area, at
165,000 acres, down 2 percent from last year. Production totaled 99.0 million cwt,
down 6 percent from a year ago. Yield is estimated at 600 cwt per acre, down 25
cwt from 2016.
Dry beans planted in Idaho totaled 180,000 acres, up 29
percent from 2016. Harvested area, at 178,000 acres, is up 30 percent from last
year. Production totaled 2.87 million cwt, up 9 percent from a year ago. Yield
is estimated at 16.1 cwt per acre, down 3.1 cwt from 2016. In Washington, dry
beans planted totaled 191,000 acres, up 41 percent from the previous year.
Harvested area, at 190,000 acres, is up 43 percent from a year ago. Production
totaled 2.83 million cwt, up 8 percent from 2016. Yield is estimated at 14.9
cwt per acre, down 4.9 cwt from last year.
Wheat Seedings in the Northwest up slightly from last
year United States planted acres down slightly from last year
Idaho growers seeded 730,000 acres of winter wheat for
the 2018 crop, up 1 percent from 2017, but down 5 percent from the 2016 crop.
Oregon farmers planted 710,000 acres, up 1 percent from the 2017 crop and down
1 percent from 2016. Washington winter wheat growers seeded an estimated 1.70
million acres of winter wheat for harvest in 2018. This is unchanged from the
area seeded in 2017 and 2016.
Nationally, planted area for harvest in 2018 is estimated
at 32.6 million acres, down slightly from the 2017 crop and down 10 percent
from 2016. This represents the second lowest United States acreage on record.
Seeding, which began in early September, remained behind the 5-year average
seeding pace through early November when seeding was mostly complete.
Hard Red Winter
(HRW) wheat seeded area is expected to total 23.1 million acres, down 2 percent
from 2017. Planted acreage is down from last year across most of the growing
region. The largest declines in planted acreage are estimated in Colorado, Montana,
Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Record low acreage was seeded in Nebraska and Utah.
Soft Red Winter (SRW) wheat seeded area totals 5.98
million acres, up 4 percent from last year. Acreage increases are expected from
last year in most of the SRW growing States, while decreases are expected in
the Delta Region, most Northeastern States, Kentucky, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and West Virginia. Record low acreage was seeded in Louisiana, New
Jersey, and West Virginia.
White Winter wheat seeded area totals 3.56 million acres,
up 1 percent from 2017. Planting in the Pacific Northwest got off to a normal
start, but progress was behind the 5-year average pace in Washington throughout
the planting season. By November 5, seeding was virtually complete in the
region.