Table 8--Hay: Production, harvested acreage, yield, and stocks |
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| Mkt year 1/ | Production, alfalfa hay 2/ (1,000 tons) | Production, other hay 2/ (1,000 tons) | Harvested acreage, all hay 2/ (1,000 acres) | Yield, all hay 2/ (tons per acre) | Stocks, May 1, all hay 2/ (1,000 tons) | Stocks, Dec 1, all hay 2/ (1,000 tons) | Supply per RCAU, (tons) 3/ | Disappearance per RCAU, (tons) 3/ |
| 1919/20 | 19,380 | 66,072 | 73,156 | 1.26 | | | | |
| 1920/21 | 20,458 | 64,122 | 73,033 | 1.26 | | | | |
| 1921/22 | 21,071 | 57,563 | 73,070 | 1.16 | | | | |
| 1922/23 | 21,110 | 67,471 | 75,432 | 1.26 | | | | |
| 1923/24 | 21,630 | 59,551 | 73,545 | 1.22 | | | | |
| 1924/25 | 20,828 | 63,443 | 74,459 | 1.23 | | | | |
| 1925/26 | 21,821 | 51,433 | 70,105 | 1.12 | | | | |
| 1926/27 | 21,529 | 48,429 | 68,795 | 1.11 | | | | |
| 1927/28 | 25,454 | 66,129 | 72,131 | 1.36 | | | | |
| 1928/29 | 23,882 | 53,783 | 67,185 | 1.25 | | | | |
| 1929/30 | 23,787 | 57,819 | 69,531 | 1.26 | | | | |
| 1930/31 | 22,713 | 46,492 | 67,947 | 1.10 | | | | |
| 1931/32 | 21,396 | 47,769 | 68,160 | 1.10 | | | | |
| 1932/33 | 25,924 | 51,159 | 70,412 | 1.19 | | | | |
| 1933/34 | 24,113 | 44,734 | 68,439 | 1.10 | | | | |
| 1934/35 | 19,036 | 35,527 | 65,387 | 0.93 | | | | |
| 1935/36 | 28,564 | 54,381 | 68,550 | 1.32 | | | | |
| 1936/37 | 24,737 | 40,290 | 67,732 | 1.03 | | | | |
| 1937/38 | 26,685 | 49,085 | 66,001 | 1.26 | | | | |
| 1938/39 | 28,503 | 54,962 | 68,175 | 1.34 | | | | |
| 1939/40 | 26,935 | 51,326 | 69,243 | 1.25 | | | | |
| 1940/41 | 30,286 | 56,670 | 73,058 | 1.31 | | | | |
| 1941/42 | 32,917 | 54,074 | 73,136 | 1.31 | | | | |
| 1942/43 | 37,162 | 61,537 | 74,827 | 1.44 | | | | |
| 1943/44 | 33,442 | 60,928 | 77,004 | 1.34 | | | | |
| 1944/45 | 33,323 | 59,878 | 77,639 | 1.33 | | | | |
| 1945/46 | 33,858 | 63,755 | 76,697 | 1.40 | | | | |
| 1946/47 | 31,092 | 59,587 | 73,741 | 1.35 | | | | |
| 1947/48 | 32,489 | 58,785 | 74,666 | 1.35 | | | | |
| 1948/49 | 32,710 | 54,762 | 71,817 | 1.34 | | | | |
| 1949/50 | 39,101 | 50,968 | 72,821 | 1.33 | | | | |
| 1950/51 | 42,673 | 53,524 | 75,150 | 1.38 | 14,599 | 67,676 | | |
| 1951/52 | 46,844 | 55,726 | 75,063 | 1.46 | 15,232 | 70,657 | | |
| 1952/53 | 47,348 | 52,125 | 75,147 | 1.42 | 15,136 | 74,000 | | |
| 1953/54 | 50,673 | 50,136 | 74,997 | 1.44 | 15,013 | 69,470 | | |
| 1954/55 | 56,364 | 51,470 | 73,721 | 1.46 | 15,641 | 71,415 | | |
| 1955/56 | 59,101 | 53,706 | 74,956 | 1.50 | 15,290 | 74,487 | | |
| 1956/57 | 60,940 | 47,038 | 72,292 | 1.49 | 16,536 | 76,031 | | |
| 1957/58 | 68,761 | 51,282 | 71,912 | 1.67 | 17,557 | 73,058 | | |
| 1958/59 | 66,522 | 53,578 | 70,547 | 1.70 | 26,198 | 85,795 | | |
| 1959/60 | 63,312 | 47,664 | 66,266 | 1.67 | 25,541 | 88,540 | | |
| 1960/61 | 67,083 | 51,005 | 67,313 | 1.76 | 17,099 | 77,957 | | |
| 1961/62 | 66,946 | 50,034 | 67,376 | 1.74 | 23,237 | 82,352 | | |
| 1962/63 | 71,731 | 50,028 | 67,563 | 1.80 | 18,021 | 80,599 | | |
| 1963/64 | 70,037 | 47,500 | 66,428 | 1.77 | 23,114 | 85,193 | | |
| 1964/65 | 71,304 | 47,474 | 67,375 | 1.76 | 19,809 | 82,628 | | |
| 1965/66 | 74,854 | 50,756 | 67,496 | 1.86 | 16,568 | 79,077 | | |
| 1966/67 | 73,073 | 47,857 | 64,356 | 1.88 | 22,720 | 88,609 | | |
| 1967/68 | 74,260 | 50,874 | 63,303 | 1.98 | 21,938 | 84,881 | | |
| 1968/69 | 73,632 | 50,612 | 60,922 | 2.04 | 24,929 | 88,460 | | |
| 1969/70 | 75,883 | 50,143 | 59,716 | 2.11 | 23,664 | 89,687 | | |
| 1970/71 | 75,573 | 51,396 | 61,467 | 2.07 | 24,056 | 89,365 | | |
| 1971/72 | 77,285 | 51,847 | 61,355 | 2.10 | 22,200 | 87,651 | | |
| 1972/73 | 78,226 | 50,339 | 59,680 | 2.15 | 25,472 | 89,445 | | |
| 1973/74 | 78,805 | 55,412 | 61,828 | 2.17 | 24,311 | 88,790 | | |
| 1974/75 | 74,368 | 52,016 | 60,195 | 2.10 | 25,353 | 93,159 | | |
| 1975/76 | 78,183 | 54,214 | 61,353 | 2.16 | 18,505 | 84,687 | | |
| 1976/77 | 69,960 | 50,165 | 60,377 | 1.99 | 25,541 | 86,411 | 1.57 | 1.36 |
| 1977/78 | 80,814 | 51,397 | 60,988 | 2.17 | 19,540 | 77,651 | 1.73 | 1.46 |
| 1978/79 | 87,294 | 56,523 | 62,113 | 2.32 | 24,184 | 92,136 | 2.00 | 1.64 |
| 1979/80 | 88,110 | 59,197 | 61,279 | 2.40 | 30,108 | 99,024 | 2.08 | 1.69 |
| 1980/81 | 79,963 | 50,777 | 58,870 | 2.22 | 33,192 | 107,707 | 1.87 | 1.58 |
| 1981/82 | 83,696 | 58,824 | 59,599 | 2.39 | 25,374 | 91,689 | 1.89 | 1.61 |
| 1982/83 | 88,385 | 60,856 | 59,812 | 2.50 | 24,981 | 99,160 | 1.99 | 1.67 |
| 1983/84 | 82,255 | 58,483 | 59,694 | 2.36 | 28,118 | 103,996 | 1.95 | 1.72 |
| 1984/85 | 90,144 | 60,438 | 61,414 | 2.45 | 20,140 | 89,262 | 2.05 | 1.73 |
| 1985/86 | 85,121 | 63,598 | 60,461 | 2.46 | 26,826 | 100,533 | 2.18 | 1.85 |
| 1986/87 | 91,865 | 63,520 | 62,334 | 2.49 | 26,731 | 121,564 | 2.33 | 1.91 |
| 1987/88 | 84,225 | 63,232 | 60,133 | 2.45 | 32,333 | 118,593 | 2.36 | 2.00 |
| 1988/89 | 69,306 | 56,430 | 64,771 | 1.94 | 27,074 | 90,312 | 2.05 | 1.82 |
| 1989/90 | 77,059 | 67,647 | 62,722 | 2.31 | 17,507 | 100,786 | 2.20 | 1.84 |
| 1990/91 | 83,413 | 62,799 | 61,030 | 2.40 | 26,993 | 104,701 | 2.36 | 1.99 |
| 1991/92 | 83,319 | 68,754 | 61,834 | 2.46 | 26,974 | 111,123 | 2.40 | 2.02 |
| 1992/93 | 79,140 | 67,763 | 58,903 | 2.49 | 28,216 | 105,290 | 2.33 | 2.05 |
| 1993/94 | 80,115 | 66,584 | 59,689 | 2.46 | 21,102 | 100,953 | 2.19 | 1.91 |
| 1994/95 | 81,130 | 69,006 | 58,815 | 2.55 | 22,096 | 105,296 | 2.21 | 1.94 |
| 1995/96 | 84,138 | 70,101 | 59,764 | 2.58 | 20,775 | 109,438 | 2.24 | 1.97 |
| 1996/97 | 79,139 | 70,640 | 61,169 | 2.45 | 20,739 | 105,179 | 2.23 | 2.00 |
| 1997/98 | 78,535 | 74,001 | 61,084 | 2.50 | 17,424 | 103,044 | 2.27 | 1.98 |
| 1998/99 | 81,992 | 69,395 | 60,006 | 2.52 | 21,827 | 111,809 | 2.33 | 1.99 |
| 1999/00 | 84,405 | 75,177 | 63,181 | 2.53 | 24,662 | 109,115 | 2.52 | 2.12 |
| 2000/01 | 81,520 | 72,083 | 60,355 | 2.54 | 28,848 | 106,412 | 2.52 | 2.23 |
| 2001/02 | 80,354 | 76,062 | 63,516 | 2.46 | 21,248 | 110,384 | 2.46 | 2.15 |
| 2002/03 | 73,014 | 76,453 | 63,942 | 2.34 | 22,458 | 102,978 | 2.39 | 2.08 |
| 2003/04 | 76,098 | 81,292 | 63,371 | 2.48 | 22,013 | 111,011 | 2.55 | 2.18 |
| 2004/05 | 75,375 | 82,747 | 61,944 | 2.55 | 25,947 | 114,489 | 2.60 | 2.21 |
| 2005/06 | 75,610 | 74,851 | 61,637 | 2.44 | 27,758 | 105,181 | 2.49 | 2.19 |
| 2006/07 | 70,548 | 70,235 | 60,632 | 2.32 | 21,345 | 96,400 | 2.26 | 2.05 |
| 2007/08 | 69,880 | 77,021 | 61,006 | 2.41 | 14,990 | 104,089 | 2.26 | 1.96 |
| 2008/09 | 70,180 | 76,090 | 60,152 | 2.43 | 21,585 | 103,658 | 2.37 | 2.06 |
| 2009/10 | 71,072 | 76,628 | 59,775 | 2.47 | 22,065 | 107,222 | 2.41 | 2.11 |
| 2010/11 | 67,971 | 77,653 | 59,872 | 2.43 | 20,931 | 102,134 | 2.40 | 2.08 |
| 2011/12 | 65,332 | 65,884 | 55,653 | 2.36 | 22,217 | 90,726 | 2.26 | 1.94 |
| 2012/13 | 52,049 | 67,829 | 56,260 | 2.13 | 21,381 | 76,547 | 2.10 | |
1/ May-April. Latest data may be preliminary or projected. 2/ Dry hay. 3/ RCAU = Roughage-consuming animal unit. Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production; and ERS calculations. |
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