Kentucky Farms Lower Crop Expectations 2007
Posted on October 11, 2007
The Kentucky Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has adjusted their estimations for crop expectations in Kentucky.
Their forecast for soybeans is down 21% from the August 1 forecast (and is 43% down from the 2006 crop). Estimated yields are expected to be 30 bushels per acre. This is down 8 bushels per acre from the August 1 forecast.
Burley Tobacco crops are down 5% from the August 1 forecast. Estimated yields are expected to be 1,900 pounds per acre.
This is primarily due to the hot and dry weather during this summer - with an extreme lack of moisture and rain. This killed/stressed many crops in the Louisville Kentucky metropolitan area and across the state.
There is however some bright spots in the crop forecasts. Corn production is overall up 6% - but most of this can be attributed to a large increase in the amount of acres planted. Yields on a per acre basis are expected to be 120 bushels per acre - which is approximately 26 bushels per acre less than 2006.
Hopefully, we can have a relatively mild winter (though many farmers I’ve spoken to around here in Shelbyville have said that the last time that weather was like this was the summer of 1977 - and everyone remembers the winter that year, and the snow of 1978). We’re even considering purchasing a home generator so that if power goes out this winter, that we can at least keep the pipes from freezing and bursting in our home. Hopefully, it won’t come to that - but its better to be prepared than it is to wish to have been prepared. 
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