No. 506 August  1,  1967
INDIANA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
STATISTICAL REPORTING SERVICE
Cooperating with
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA 47907
INDIANA
Rainfall during July averaged a little below normal. While topsoil moisture became progressively
more deficient in central and parts of northwestern Indiana, moisture levels in other areas were
generally adequate. Local moisture deficiencies were a factor in lower corn and potato yields August
1 compared with a month earlier. Conditions for wheat harvest were generally good but yields fell
a disappointing 6 bushels below July 1 expectations.
The development of the corn crop has generally been lagging behind most previous years due
mainly to the late start in getting the crop planted this year. The yield forecast of 86.0 bushel*
compares with 78.0 bushels last year and 81.8 bushels for average. This will be the third highest
yield of record. Production at 462,852,000 bushels, is 17 percent above last year and 31 percent
above average.
Wheat harvest, after a slow start, was completed several daya ahead of average this year.
The estimated yield of 37.0 bushels per acre fell below the record 44.0 bushels last year, but
was still above the 34.9 bushel average. Production, at 45,362,000 bushels, was 8 percent above the
1966 crop and 3 percent above average.
Oats harvest was 60 percent complete on August 1, well behind the 75 percent for usual.
The August 1 yield at 50.0 bushels compares with 51.0 bushels last year and an average of 51.4
bushels per acre. Total production of 12,800,000 bushels is 30 percent below last year and 48
percent below average.
The first forecast of the Indiana soybean crop places production at 73.9 million bushels, up 1
percent from the 1966 crop, but about the same as average. Over 35 percent of the soybeans had
set pods by August 1, but 55 percent is usual.
Hay production  is expected to total  2,035,000  tons,   15  percent below  last year and   18  percent
less than average. Alfalfa  hay  accounts  for   1,340,000   tons,  clover-timothy   676,000 tons,   lespedeza
23,000  tons  and  other  hay   96,000   tons.   Compared  with   1966,   production   is   down 17   percent  for
alfalfa, 13 percent for clover-timothy, and 4 percent for lespedeza hay.
The yield of tobacco at 2,400 pounds is unchanged from a month ago and 120 pounds below
the 1966 yield. Production of 14,160,000 pounds is 5 percent below last year and 10 percent
below average.
July milk production is estimated at 230 million pounds, down 3 percent from the June production, and 6 percent below July a year ago. Egg production for July totaled 207 million eggs,
6 percent more than July 1966. The rate of lay, at 1,860 eggs per 100 layers was 81 egg* left*
than in July a year ago.
Apple production, at 81.6 million pounds, was up 28.4 million pounds from the 1966 production.
Peach production was up 13 percent from the 1966 crop.
UNITED STATES
Production of most small grains dropped below earier expectations because of adverse harvesting
conditions in some areas and dry weather in the Northern Plains and the Pacific Northwest.
However, prospects for many late maturing crops improved due to adequate soil moisture supplies
most areas.
The all crops production index of 117 on August 1 is a record high—5 points (4 percent)
above last year and 2 points (2 percent) above 1965. A record high feed grain tonnage is in prospect
while food grains and oilseeds are well above last year. The composite index of yield per acre
covering 28 leading crops is 122 for August 1, the same as last year's index but 2 point* below
the 1965 index of 124.