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RED RIVER COMMODITIES
NEWS LETTER
SUNFLOWER WEEK
IN REVIEW
JANUARY 25, 2002
FARM BILL UPDATE
Despite Congress now back in session and lots of talk about a new farm
bill in farm country, the earliest the Senate may get to the farm bill is
February 6. Uncertainty remains whether Congress will complete a farm bill
before support erodes due to new budget forecasts. The race is also
on to complete a farm bill that USDA can implement in time for the 2002
crop. The logjam between Senate Republicans and Democrats held up
action in the Senate before the holiday recess. Since that time,
Senate staff has been considering ways to break the deadlock.
Possible amendments that are getting attention include payment
limitations, packer/processor ownership of livestock and size limitation
on recipients of EQIP funds. Democrats are reportedly not interested
in lowering loan rates. but may be open to other ways to pay for a
Republican-sponsored farmer IRA provision; a Republican farm bill
priority. After the Senate passes a bill, it must go to a
House-Senate conference committee to iron out differences, before being
signed by the President.
JANUARY 11, 2002
USDA FINAL SUNFLOWER PRODUCTION ESTIMATES
According to the USDA figures, total production of non-oil sunflower
is down 3% from 2001, while oil sunflower is down only 1% from 2000.
In June, USDA estimated oil sunflower planted acres at 2,178,000 and the
final January harvested figure is 2,087,000 or a decrease of 4.0% from the
June report. The non-oil sunflower planted number in June was
572,000 acres and the final harvested number is 493,000 or a decrease of
14%. North Dakota had the largest decrease in terms of acres for
both oil and non-oil types. For detailed breakout of these
statistics go to the NSA website www.sunflowernsa.com
| OIL SUNFLOWER |
|
NON-OIL SUNFLOWER |
| STATE |
HARVESTED |
Yield |
TOTAL MT |
HARVESTED |
Yield |
TOTAL MT |
| |
ACRES |
LB/acr |
PRODUCTION |
ACRES |
LB/acr |
PRODUCTION |
| N Dakota |
860,000 |
1,470 |
573,400 |
215,000 |
1,260 |
122,900 |
| S Dakota |
661,000 |
1,410 |
422,800 |
44,000 |
1,450 |
28,900 |
| Minnesota |
28,000 |
1,400 |
17,800 |
28,000 |
1,250 |
15,900 |
| Kansas |
290,000 |
1,200 |
157,900 |
33,000 |
1,330 |
19,900 |
| Colorado |
120,000 |
1,140 |
62,100 |
62,000 |
1,150 |
32,300 |
| Nebraska |
50,000 |
1,000 |
227,000 |
29,000 |
1,150 |
15,100 |
| Texas |
33,000 |
1,100 |
16,500 |
70,000 |
1,200 |
38,100 |
| Other |
45,000 |
1,329 |
27,100 |
12,000 |
1,011 |
5,500 |
| TOTAL |
2,087,000 |
1,373 |
1,300,100 |
493,000 |
1,246 |
278,700 |
Red River Commodities --
2001 Planted Acres & Production Estimates
USDA Crop Production
Reports
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