Prospective Plantings
Analysts admit to being a little surprised.
Colorado growers intend to plant 1.28 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2021. That’s down 140,000 acres, or 10 percent from last year s plantings, according to the Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Nationwide, acreage for all corn is estimated at 91 million acres, up less than 1 percent and 2 million acres less than analysts expected.
Recently we heard an optimistic forecast from the Executive Director of the Colorado Corn Administrative Committee who cited new markets for ethanol in the UK as well as high demand in China, Japan, and Mexico. Although the majority of Colorado-grown corn is purchased by local livestock operators, more demand nationally is good news for the state growers.
COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS:
As of March 1, Colorado growers intend to plant 1.28 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2021, down 140,000 acres, or 10 percent from last year’s plantings, according to the March 1st Agricultural Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
Sorghum planting intentions total 410,000 acres, up 40,000 acres from last year. Growers intend to plant 49,000 acres of barley in 2021, down 4,000 acres from last year’s actual plantings.
Winter wheat seeded last fall for harvest in 2021 is estimated at 2.05 million acres, up 150,000 acres from the 2020 crop.
Hay producers in the state intend to harvest 1.33 million acres this year. This is down 50,000 acres from the acreage cut for hay in 2020.
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COLORADO
All corn stocks in Colorado on December 1, 2020 were 94.06 million bushels, down 3 percent from December 1, 2019, according to the December 1st Agricultural Survey and December 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 55.00 million bushels, down 2 percent from a year ago. All corn stored off farms amounted to 39.06 million bushels, down 4 percent from a year ago. Off-farm oat stocks in Colorado were estimated at 92,000 bushels, up 62,000 bushels from last year. Off-farm sorghum stocks totaled 6.15 million bushels on December 1, 2020, down 9 percent from a year ago.