No. 507 September 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 was light and temperatures were low during the month of August. Rainfall,
however, was near or above normal in the southcentral and southwestern parts of the
State throughout most of the month. Indicated production on September 1 was the
same as a month ago for corn, oats, soybeans, all hay, apples and peaches, below last
month for potatoes, and above last month for grain sorghum and tobacco.
Development of the corn crop continues at a slow pace. Only about 5 percent of the
crop was considered mature and safe from frost by September 1. This compares with
about 10 percent of the crop safe last year and 20 percent in 1965. The yield forecast of 86.0 bushels compares with 78.0 bushels last year and 81.8 bushels for average.
Production at 462,852,000 bushels is 17 percent above last year and 31 percent above
average.
Combining of oats was completed during mid-August. The September 1 yield at 50.0
bushels compares with a 51.0 bushel yield 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.
Soybeans are shedding leaves on about 10 percent of the acreage, considerably
behind the 20 percent on September 1, 1966 and the 25 percent for average. Soybean
production at 73.9 million bushels is 1 percent above last year but about the same as
average. The yield at 26.0 bushels per acre is the same as last year and compares with
an average of 27.2 bushels.
Sorghum grain production is estimated at 780,000 bushels, up 42 percent from last
year and 29 percent above average. The yield of sorghum grain is forecast at 65
bushels per acre, 10 bushels more than last year's yield but 0.8 bushel per acre below
average. All hay production is expected to total 2,035,000 tons, down 15 percent from
1966 and down 18 percent from average. Alfalfa accounts for 1,340,000 tons; clover-
timothy, 576,000 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 2,500 pounds is 100 pounds higher than last month but 20
pounds below the 1966 yield. Production of 14,750,000 pounds is 1 percent below last
year and 6 percent below average.
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.
August milk production estimated at 217 million pounds is off seasonally from July
and down 4 percent from the August 1966 production. Production per cow was at
record levels, but the number of cows milked continued to decrease. Egg production
at 207 million eggs was up 9 percent from a year ago. The number of layers was up 7
percent. The rate of lay last month at 1,829 eggs per hundred layers compares with
1,792 eggs a year earlier.
UNITED STATES
Total crop prospects improved during August, although dry spots reduced output in
?ome areas. Cool weather across the eastern two-thirds of the country further delayed
crop progress already behind normal in most northern areas. The northwestern portions of the Corn Belt and the Southern Great Plains were generally dry. The all crops
Production index rose one point during August to a record 118. This is 6 points (5
Percent) above last year and 3 points (3 percent) above 1965. Total feed grain
Prospects continue at record levels.