ACREAGE – JUNE 2018
UTAH HIGHLIGHTS
Utah principal crop planted acreage, which includes acres planted to all major crops and those expected to be cut for all hay, is down less than 1 percent from 2017 to 933,000 acres, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
Utah corn producers planted 75,000 acres of corn this year of which they intend to harvest 20,000 acres for grain, unchanged from the acres harvested in 2017. This is a 6 percent decrease in planted acreage for all purposes. Barley planted area, at 28,000 acres, is 12 percent more than last year's acreage. Expected harvested acres, at 19,000 acres are 6 percent above 2017.
Winter wheat producers planted 120,000 acres in the fall of 2017 for harvest in 2018, unchanged from the previous year’s crop. Acreage expected to be harvested for grain decreased 1,000 acres from last year to 107,000 acres. Spring wheat seedings, at 10,000 acres, are down 4,000 acres compared with a year ago. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 7,000 acres, down from 12,000 acres last year.
The area to be harvested for hay is expected to be unchanged from a year ago at 700,000 acres. Alfalfa hay harvested acreage is expected to be unchanged at 530,000 acres and all other hay harvested acreage is expected to be unchanged at 170,000 acres. Safflower growers planted an estimated 14,000 acres this year, down 1,500 acres from last year. Harvested acres are expected to total 13,500 acres, down from 14,500 acres harvested in 2017.
UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS
The 2018 corn planted area for all purposes is estimated at 89.1 million acres, down 1 percent from last year. Growers expect to harvest 81.8 million acres for grain, down 1 percent from last year. Farmers responding to the survey indicated that 98 percent of the intended corn acreage had been planted at the time of the interview, slightly higher than the 10-year average. Record low planted acreage is estimated in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, while record high planted acreage is estimated in Oregon.
Producers seeded 2.55 million acres of barley for the 2018 crop year, up 3 percent from the previous year. Harvested area, forecast at 2.05 million acres, is up 5 percent from 2017. In Montana, producers seeded 730,000 acres of barley, down 5 percent from the previous year.
All wheat planted area for 2018 is estimated at 47.8 million acres, up 4 percent from 2017. This represents the second lowest all wheat planted area on record since records began in 1919. The 2018 winter wheat planted area, at 32.7 million acres, is up less than 1 percent from last year and up slightly from the previous estimate. Of this total, about 23.2 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 5.89 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.62 million acres are White Winter. Area planted to other spring wheat for 2018 is estimated at 13.2 million acres, up 20 percent from 2017. Of this total, about 12.7 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2018 is estimated at 1.89 million acres, down 18 percent from the previous year.
Producers intend to harvest 55.1 million acres of all hay in 2018, up 2 percent from 2017. If realized, this will represent the highest total hay harvested area since 2014. The increase in acreage is primarily due to a 5 percent increase in alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures acreage compared to 2017; however, all other hay (excluding alfalfa) is also up 1 percent. Producers in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains are optimistic about harvesting more acres than last year to replenish hay stocks.
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Area planted to safflower increased 17 percent from 2017, to 190,000 acres in 2018. This is the highest planted area for the Nation since 2008. Area for harvest is forecast at 181,000 acres, up 26 percent from last year. Growers in California, the largest State in terms of planted area in 2017, planted 60,000 acres this year, an increase of 7 percent from last year. Compared with last year, the largest increase in planted area occurred in Montana where growers planted a record high 55,000 acres, an increase of 16,000 acres from 2017.
For a full copy of the Acreage report please visit www.nass.usda.gov.
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GRAIN STOCKS – JUNE 1, 2018
ARIZONA
Off-farm corn stocks in Arizona on June 1, 2018 were 2.00 million bushels, up 35 percent from June 1, 2017, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey and June Grain Stocks Report conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Off-farm barley stocks totaled 3,000. Other Arizona grain stocks were not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
COLORADO
All corn stocks in Colorado on June 1, 2018 were 40.45 million bushels, up 36 percent from June 1, 2017, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey and June Grain Stocks Report conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. All corn stocks stored on farms amounted to 19.00 million bushels, up 26 percent from a year ago. All corn stored off farms amounted to 21.45 million bushels, up 45 percent from a year ago. Off-farm sorghum stocks were 2.32 million bushels. Off-farm oat stocks in Colorado were estimated at 18,000 bushels, down 44 percent from last year. Off-farm barley stocks totaled 7.44 million bushels, up 8 percent from last year.
All wheat stocks in Colorado on June 1, 2018 were 28.59 million bushels, down 18 percent from June 1, 2017. All wheat stocks stored on farms amounted to 3.30 million bushels, down 43 percent from a year ago. All wheat stored off farms amounted to 25.29 million bushels, down 13 percent from a year ago. Other Colorado grain stocks were not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
MONTANA
Off-farm corn stocks in Montana on June 1, 2018 were 44,000 bushels, down 30 percent from June 1, 2017, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey and June 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 329,000 bushels, down 19 percent from last year. Oats stored on-farm were down 21 percent from last year to 300,000 bushels. Off-farm oat stocks were 29,000 bushels, up 21 percent from a year ago. Montana barley stocks in all positions on June 1, 2018 were 15.43 million bushels, down 17 percent from a year ago. Barley stored on farms totaled 5.70 million bushels, down 20 percent from last year. Off-farm barley stocks were down 15 percent from a year ago to 9.73 million bushels.
All wheat stocks in Montana on June 1, 2018 were 46.94 million bushels, down 23 percent from June 1, 2017. All wheat stocks stored on farms amounted to 28.00 million bushels, down 26 percent from a year ago. All wheat stored off farms amounted to 18.94 million bushels, down 18 percent from a year ago. All Durum wheat stocks on June 1, 2018 were 6.17 million bushels, down 23 percent from last year. Other Montana grain stocks were not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
NEW MEXICO
Off-farm sorghum stocks in New Mexico on June 1, 2018 were 473,000 bushels, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey and June Grain Stocks Report conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Other New Mexico grain stocks were not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
UTAH
Off-farm corn stocks in Utah on June 1, 2018 were 254,000 bushels, up 20 percent from June 1, 2017, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey and June Grain Stocks Report conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Off-farm oats stocks in Utah on June 1, 2018 were 15,000 bushels, down 6 percent from June 1, 2017. Offfarm all wheat stocks in Utah on June 1, 2018 were 3.35 million bushels, down 13 percent from last year. Other Utah grain stocks were not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
WYOMING
Off-farm corn stocks in Wyoming on June 1, 2018 were 414,000 bushels, according to the June 1 Agricultural Survey and June Grain Stocks Report conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. Off-farm barley stocks in Wyoming on June 1, 2018 were 4.31 million bushels, up 11 percent from last year. Off-farm all wheat stocks in Wyoming on June 1, 2018 were 411,000 bushels, up 23 percent from last year. Other Wyoming grain stocks were not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
UNITED STATES
Corn stocks in all positions on June 1, 2018 totaled 5.31 billion bushels, up 1 percent from June 1, 2017. Of the total stocks, 2.75 billion bushels are stored on farms, down 3 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 2.56 billion bushels, are up 7 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2018 indicated disappearance is 3.59 billion bushels, compared with 3.39 billion bushels during the same period last year.
Grain sorghum stored in all positions on June 1, 2018 totaled 65.3 million bushels, down 23 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 5.22 million bushels, are down 39 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 60.1 million bushels, are down 21 percent from June 1, 2017. The March - May 2018 indicated disappearance from all positions is 74.9 million bushels, down 22 percent from the same period last year.
Old crop oats stored in all positions on June 1, 2018 totaled 41.0 million bushels, 18 percent below the stocks on June 1, 2017. Of the total stocks on hand, 11.4 million bushels are stored on farms, 16 percent below a year ago. Off-farm stocks totaled 29.6 million bushels, 20 percent below the previous year. Indicated disappearance during March - May 2018 totaled 13.9 million bushels, 8 percent above the same period a year ago.
Old crop barley stocks in all positions on June 1, 2018 totaled 94.7 million bushels, down 11 percent from June 1, 2017. On-farm stocks are estimated at 26.4 million bushels, 2 percent below a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 68.3 million bushels, are 14 percent below June 1, 2017. The March - May 2018 indicated disappearance is 35.3 million bushels, 8 percent below the same period a year earlier.
Old crop all wheat stored in all positions on June 1, 2018 totaled 1.10 billion bushels, down 7 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 130 million bushels, down 32 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 970 million bushels, are down 2 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2018 indicated disappearance is 395 million bushels, down 17 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Old crop Durum wheat stocks in all positions on June 1, 2018 totaled 35.9 million bushels, down 1 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 15.0 million bushels, are down 19 percent from June 1, 2017. Off-farm stocks totaled 20.9 million bushels, up 17 percent from a year ago. The March - May 2018 indicated disappearance of 13.6 million bushels is down 18 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Soybeans stored in all positions on June 1, 2018 totaled 1.22 billion bushels, up 26 percent from June 1, 2017. On-farm stocks totaled 377 million bushels, up 13 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 845 million bushels, are up 33 percent from a year ago. Indicated disappearance for the March - May 2018 quarter totaled 888 million bushels, up 15 percent from the same period a year earlier.
Pulse crops stored in all positions on June 1, 2018 and the change from June 1, 2017 are: dry edible peas, 4.40 million cwt, up 1 percent; lentils, 1.76 million cwt, up 45 percent; all chickpeas, 880 thousand cwt, up 108 percent; small chickpeas, 268 thousand cwt, up 102 percent; and large chickpeas, 612 thousand cwt, up 111 percent. Small chickpeas are defined as peas that will pass through a 20/64 inch round hole screen. Large chickpeas are defined as larger than 20/64 inches.
For a full copy of the Grain Stocks report please visit www.nass.usda.gov. For state specific questions please contact:
Arizona – Dave DeWalt 1-800-645-7286 New Mexico – Longino Bustillos 1-800-530-8810 Colorado – William R. Meyer 1-800-392-3202 Utah – John Hilton 1-800-747-8522 Montana – Eric Sommer 1-800-835-2612 Wyoming – Rhonda Brandt 1-800-892-1660
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Five Allstate agency owners earn $5,000 grant for Ogden School Foundation
The Allstate Foundation grant to support nonprofit’s work to empower students and teachers to be life-long learners
OGDEN, Utah, June 29, 2018 – Five Allstate agency owners recently came together to secure a $5,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands® Grant to benefit the Ogden School Foundation. The grant will support the nonprofit’s mission to empowers students and teachers to be life-long learners with hands-on experiences to enhance the educational experience.
The agency owners earned $1,000 each by accompanying a group of 10 students on a tour of Weber State University’s campus.
The participants are among thousands of agency owners, personal financial representatives and licensed sales professionals around the country working to improve communities by volunteering for the causes they care about most.
“Our Allstate volunteers see firsthand the opportunities and challenges facing the communities they serve,” said Charlie Lala, field vice president of the Southwest Region. “Giving back is core to who we are, which is why we’re proud to volunteer and raise funds to improve the lives of students across Ogden.”
Ogden School Foundation is one of thousands of organizations this year to receive Allstate Foundation Helping Hands Grants secured by agency owners, personal financial representatives, and licensed sales professionals on behalf of the nonprofits where they volunteer. The grants support organizations addressing domestic violence, youth empowerment, disaster preparedness, hunger and other causes.
The Helping Hands Grants are one example of The Allstate Foundation’s legacy of service and giving:
Participating Allstate agency owners include (in alphabetical order):
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