date:Aug 11, 2012
hels an acre in July and up 2.8 bushels from 43.7 bushels an acre in 2011. Harvested area was forecast at 48,826,000 acres, unchanged from July but up 7 percent from 45,705,000 acres in 2011.
In its first survey-based rice crop forecast of the season, the USDA estimated 2012 U.S. rice production at 189,972,000 cwts, up 3 percent from 185,009,000 cwts in 2011.
Sorghum production in 2012 was forecast at 247,627,000 bushels, up 15 percent from 214,443,000 bushels in 2011.
The USDA forecast 2012