Based on November 1 conditions, South Dakota’s 2019 corn crop is forecast at 592 million bushels, down 24 percent from last year’s production, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Acreage harvested for grain is estimated at 3.92 million acres, down 19 percent from a year ago. Average yield is forecast at 151 bushels per acre, down 9 bushels from last year.
Soybean production is forecast at 153 million bushels, down 39 percent from last year. Area for harvest, at 3.56 million acres, is down 36 percent from 2018. Yield is forecast at 43 bushels per acre, down 2 bushels from last year.
Sorghum for grain production is forecast at a record low 15.5 million bushels, down 3 percent from last year. Area for harvest, at 180,000 acres, is down 10 percent from 2018. Yield is forecast at a record 83 bushels per acre, up 3 bushels from last year.
Other spring wheat production for 2019 is estimated at 26.0 million bushels, down 36 percent from last year. The 2019 area harvested for grain, at 605,000 acres, is down 37 percent from 2018. Yield, at 43 bushels per acre, is up 1 bushel from 2018.
Barley production is estimated at 387,000 bushels, down 46 percent from 2018. Area harvested for grain, at a record low 9,000 acres, is down 31 percent from last year. Average yield is 43 bushels per acre, down 12 bushels from last year.
Oat production is estimated at 6.15 million bushels, down 21 percent from 2018. Area harvested for grain, at 75,000 acres, is down 21 percent from last year. Yield, at 82 bushels per acre, unchanged from last year.
Special Note
Survey respondents who reported barley, oats, Durum wheat, and other spring wheat acreage as not yet harvested during the surveys conducted in preparation of the Small Grains 2019 Summary, released September 30, 2019, were re-contacted in late October to determine how many of these acres were actually harvested and record the actual production from those acres. Based on this updated information, several changes were made to the estimates previously published in the Small Grains 2019 Summary. Unharvested production is a component of on-farm stocks, therefore, changes were made to the September 1 on-farm stocks levels comparable with the production adjustments.