North Carolina August crop report: Crop production down in 2015
Story Date: 8/13/2015

 

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Corn for grain
• Yield is forecast at 115 bushels per acre, down 17 bushels from last year’s yield of 132 bushels per acre. 
• Production is forecast to total 88.6 million bushels, down 14% from last year. 
• Harvested acres are forecast at 770,000 acres, down from 780,000 acres from 2014. 


Cotton
• Yield is forecast at 1,012 pounds per acre, down 26 pounds from the 2014 record yield of 1,038 pounds per acre. 
• Production is forecast at 780,000 bales, down 22% from last year’s production of 995,000 bales. 
• Harvested acres are expected to total 370,000 acres compared with 460,000 acres harvested in 2014. 


Peanuts
• Yield per acre is forecast at 4,200 pounds, down 100 pounds per acre from the 2014 record. 
• Production is forecast at 340 million pounds, down 15% from last year’s production. 
• Harvested acres are projected at 81,000 acres, down 12,000 acres from 2014. 


Soybeans
• Yield is forecast to average 36 bushels per acre, down 4 bushels from last year’s record yield of 40 bushels. 
• Production is forecast to total 65.9 million bushels, down 5% from last year’s production of 69.2 million bushels. 
• Harvested acres are projected at 1.83 million acres, up 6% from last year. 

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