Statistics - Crop Record Highs and Lows

**Crops Record Highs and Lows Through 2007**
Crops	Unit	Date Series Began	Record High						Record Low
			Acres Harvested		Yield Per Acre		Production		Acres Harvested		Yield Per Acre		Production
			Year	Acres	Year	Yield	Year	Production	Year	Acres	Year	Yield	Year	Production
			Thousands				Thousands		Thousands				Thousands
Field Crops
Barley	Bu.	1924	1981	75	2006	80.0	1981	4,125	1924	5	1932	15.0	1924	90
Corn for Grain	Bu.	1866	1899	2,726	2006	132.0	1982	155,430	2001	625	1881	9.5	1866	15,912
Corn for Silage	Ton	1919	1983	152	2004	19.0	1984	2,240	1919	4	1932	4.5	1919	26
Cotton: Upland 1	Lb.	1866	1926	1,802	2004	900.0	2001	1,673	1978	42	1878	124.0	1983	43
Cottonseed	Ton	1866	-	-	-	-	2001	559	-	-	-	-	1979	15
Hay: All	Ton	1909	1945	1,374	2003	2.6	2003	2,030	1973	325	1925	0.6	1911	398
Hay: Alfalfa	Ton	1919	1957	88	2006	3.1	1957	185	1921	3	1921	1.4	1921	4
Hay: Other	Ton	1919	1945	1,274	2003	2.6	2003	1,976	1973	312	1925	0.6	1925	313
Irish Potatoes	Cwt.	1866	1943	110	2006	210.0	1946	7,774	1867	10	1911	29.0	1866	444
Oats	Bu.	1866	1889	542	2005	73.0	1956	19,680	2007	15	1871	8.0	2007	765
Peanuts	Lb.	1909	1945	320	2004	3500.0	1981	555,560	2006	84	1909	675.0	1911	119,350
Sorghum for Grain	Bu.	1929	1971	120	2001	70.0	1971	6,240	1945	2	1946	23.0	1945	50
Sorghum for Silage	Ton	1949	1972	34	1981	13.5	1971	390	1950	1	1993	4.0	1949	7
Soybeans	Bu.	1924	1982	2,100	2004	34.0	1982	52,500	1924	75	1943	9.0	1933	1,026
Sweetpotatoes	Cwt.	1868	1932	101	2006	180.0	2006	7,020	1964	18	1900	34.0	1869	1,691
Tobacco: All	Lb.	1866	1939	851	1994	2467.0	1951	999,725	1866	16	1883	340.0	1866	7,840
Tobacco: Burley	Lb.	1919	1945	13	1969	2570.0	1982	31,179	1921	2.1	1922	500.0	1919	1,412
Tobacco: Flue-cured	Lb.	1919	1939	843	1994	2478.0	1955	978,775	2005	123	1924	585.0	1921	246,540
Wheat: Winter	Bu.	1866	1901	800	2006	59.0	1997	34,170	1966	165	1885	4.0	1866	1,800
Fruits & Nuts
Apples: Commercial	Lb.	1934	-	-	-	-	1983	415,000	-	-	-	-	1955	1,680
Blueberries	Lb.	1972	2005	5.0	2006	5,430	2005	26,000	2001	2.7	1976	440	1976	1,496
Grapes	Ton	1909	-	-	-	-	1912	8.6	-	-	-	-	1957	0.8
Peaches	Ton	1899	-	-	-	-	1941	76,008	-	-	-	-	1955	2
Pecans: Improved	Lb.	1919	-	-	-	-	1971	4,300	-	-	-	-	1920	66
Pecans: Seedings	Lb.	1919	-	-	-	-	1994	2,800	-	-	-	-	2004	30
Pecans: All	Lb.	1919	-	-	-	-	1971	6,500	-	-	-	-	2004	100
Strawberries	Cwt.	1949	1950	2.9	2006	135	2000	231	1956	1.3	1972	9	1955	13

¹ Production in bales. ² Too small to estimate.

NOTE: In some cases the acreage or yield or production is identical for more than one year. In such cases the year shown is the latest year of occurrence.

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Last update September 8, 2008

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