MARYLAND AND DELAWARE AGRI-FACTS
Published Monthly by the Maryland/Delaware Agricultural Statistics Service
AF-10-07 October 25, 2007
CONTENT
CROP PRODUCTION Crop Production Hogs
Grain Stocks November Highlights
Planted Harvested Average Yield Production
Commodity Unit
2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007
Maryland 1,000 Acres 1,000
Corn1 ACR 490 540 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Corn Grain BU ---- ---- 425 470 142 85 60,350 39,950
Corn Silage TON ---- ---- 60 ---- 17 ---- 1,020 ----
Soybeans BU 470 400 465 390 34 25 15,810 9,750
Winter Wheat BU 210 220 125 170 68 68 8,500 11,560
Barley BU 50 45 32 34 87 84 2,784 2,856
All Hay TON ---- ---- 205 210 2.78 ---- 569 ----
Alfalfa Hay TON ---- ---- 40 40 3.90 ---- 156 ----
Other Hay TON ---- ---- 165 170 2.50 ---- 413 ----
Apples LBS ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 34,000 33,000
Peaches TON ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 3.7 3.4
Potatoes, Summer CWT 4.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 320 300 928 900
Delaware
Corn1 ACR 170 195 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Corn Grain BU ---- ---- 161 175 145 85 23,345 14,875
Corn Silage TON ---- ---- 8 ---- 20 ---- 160 ----
Soybeans BU 180 150 177 145 31 22 5,487 3,190
Winter Wheat BU 48 57 45 55 67 68 3,015 3,740
Barley BU 27 21 24 19 80 78 1,920 1,482
All Hay TON ---- ---- 14 15 2.86 ---- 40 ----
Alfalfa Hay TON ---- ---- 5 5 3.90 ---- 20 ----
Other Hay TON ---- ---- 9 10 2.20 ---- 20 ----
Potatoes, Summer CWT 3.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 240 260 504 520
United States 1,000,000
1
Corn ACR 78,327 93,616 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Corn Grain BU ---- ---- 70,648 86,071 149 155 10,535 13,318
Corn Silage TON ---- ---- 6,477 ---- 16 ---- 105 ----
Soybeans BU 75,522 63,669 74,602 62,818 43 41 3,188 2,598
Wheat, Winter BU 40,575 44,987 31,117 35,952 42 42 1,298 1,516
Barley BU 3,452 4,020 2,951 3,508 61 60 180 212
All Hay TON ---- ---- 60,807 61,789 2.33 2.39 142 148
Alfalfa Hay TON ---- ---- 21,384 21,451 3.35 3.37 72 72
Other Hay TON ---- ---- 39,423 40,338 1.78 1.87 70 76
Apples LBS ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 9,932 9,255
Peaches TON ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.01 1.03
Potatoes, Summer CWT 58.0 53.8 53.9 50.3 337 328 18.2 16.5
1 Acres planted is for all purposes.
GRAIN STOCKS
Grain Stocks, September 1, 2006 and 2007 Maryland, Delaware and United States
September 1, 2006 September 1, 2007 2007/2006
TOTAL ALL TOTAL ALL ALL
STATE OFF FARMS1 OFF FARMS1
POSITIONS POSITIONS POSITIONS
- - - - - - - -1,000 BUSHELS - - - - - - - - PERCENT
CORN
MD 2,366 * 2,441 * *
DE 2,815 * 1,339 * *
US 1,217,661 1,967,161 843,660 1,303,760 93
ALL WHEAT
MD 7,156 * 7,329 * *
DE 1,447 * 1,719 * *
US 1,178,524 1,750,544 1,221,731 1,716,731 91
SOYBEANS
MD * * * * *
DE * * * * *
US 273,026 449,326 429,778 572,778 127
BARLEY
MD 1,432 * 823 * *
DE 478 * 679 * *
US 99,939 212,789 83,090 188,690 87
OATS
MD 13 13 24 24 93
DE * * * * *
US 39,284 100,084 34,672 88,322 88
*Not published to avoid disclosure of individual operations.
1
Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals and processors.
HOGS
U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, 2007 was 64.6 million head. This was up 3 percent from both September
1, 2006, and June 1, 2007. Breeding inventory, at 6.14 million head, was up 1 percent from last year and up slightly from the
previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 58.5 million head, was up 3 percent from last year and up 2 percent from last
quarter. The June-August 2007 U.S. pig crop, at 27.5 million head, was up 4 percent from each of the last two years. Sows
farrowing during this period totaled 2.99 million head, up 3% percent from 2006 and up 2 percent from 2005. The sows
farrowed during this quarter represented 49 percent of the breeding herd. The average pigs saved per litter was 9.19 for the
June - August 2007 period, compared to 9.11 last year. Pigs saved per litter by size of operation ranged from 7.50 for
operations with 1-99 hogs and pigs to 9.30 for operations with more than 5,000 hogs and pigs.
NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
Broiler Hatchery ................................................................................................................................................... November 7, 14, 21, 28
Agricultural Prices ................................................................................................................................................................November 30
Crop Production ....................................................................................................................................................................November 9
Weather Crop Summary ............................................................................................................................... ……November 6, 14, 20, 27
Dairy Product Prices …………………………………………………………………………………..….. ……November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Chicken and Eggs ……………………………………………………………………………………………………............November 20
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT BARBARA RATER, MARYLAND DIRECTOR AT
(410) 841-5740 OR CHRIS CADWALLADER, DELAWARE DIRECTOR AT (302) 698-4537
E – Mail: nass-md@nass.usda.gov