January 23, 2009
Nebraska's winter wheat seeding for the 2009 cropis expected to total 1.70 million acres. This acreage level is down 3% or 50,000 acres from last year.
January 23, 2009
Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.37 million cattle on feed on January 1. This inventory was down 6% from last year and 7% below January 1, 2007. Placements during December totaled 345,000 head, down 3% from last year and 12% below December 2007.
January 23, 2009
Corn for grain production in Nebraska, based on year-end surveys, is estimated at 1.39 billion bushels, down 5% from the record high set in 2007. Yield of 163 bushels per acre is 3 bushels above last year and second highest of record. Last fallfarmers harvested 8.55 million acres of corn for grain, down 7% from 2007.
