Stocks of all hay stored on farms totaled 96.4 million tons on December 1, 2006, down 8 percent from a year ago and the lowest since 1988. Disappearance of hay from May-December 2006 totaled 66.6 million tons, compared to 73.6 million tons for the same period a year ago.
Compared to December 1, 2005, hay stocks decreased in most of the eastern Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Southeast States. Drier conditions prevailed in many of these States, resulting in lower hay production and increased supplemental feeding of hay. Meanwhile, stocks increased compared to last year in several States throughout the Northeast and Intermountain region as a result of favorable growing conditions that allowed farmers to get multiple cuttings of hay and provided good pasture and grazing conditions.
Hay: Stocks on Farms by State and United States,
December 1 and May 1, 2004-2006
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: Dec 1 : May 1
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: 2004 : 2005 1/ : 2006 : 2005 : 2006 1/
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: 1,000 Tons
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AL : 1,965 1,575 1,065 356 264
AZ : 250 350 350 35 40
AR : 3,200 2,000 2,140 660 210
CA : 1,770 1,840 1,675 215 192
CO : 2,527 2,365 2,130 470 460
CT : 73 55 65 21 9
DE : 25 18 18 5 4
FL : 410 380 380 26 60
GA : 1,345 1,350 878 292 198
ID : 2,782 2,260 2,575 535 375
IL : 1,613 1,260 1,690 460 324
IN : 1,704 1,498 1,475 345 207
IA : 4,368 4,200 3,900 1,250 1,000
KS : 6,304 5,000 4,390 1,735 800
KY : 4,742 4,390 4,550 1,186 635
LA : 910 596 690 128 81
ME : 189 138 140 39 25
MD : 348 390 452 86 74
MA : 95 76 90 17 17
MI : 1,893 1,852 2,385 500 395
MN : 4,127 4,117 4,200 884 1,150
MS : 1,159 1,567 1,186 199 210
MO : 8,101 6,315 5,415 2,166 873
MT : 4,427 5,440 4,105 860 1,463
NE : 4,370 4,585 3,632 1,440 1,070
NV : 741 788 879 80 209
NH : 53 53 60 12 8
NJ : 161 112 97 36 8
NM : 545 545 470 164 133
NY : 1,895 1,650 1,451 440 285
NC : 1,545 1,245 1,280 350 282
ND : 3,923 5,580 4,375 917 1,806
OH : 2,250 2,360 2,155 420 363
OK : 5,125 3,900 3,275 1,385 550
OR : 2,366 1,790 1,840 362 210
PA : 2,700 1,700 3,485 650 410
RI : 12 10 8 2 1
SC : 557 565 468 120 120
SD : 6,939 7,935 5,120 2,100 2,140
TN : 4,199 3,625 3,103 1,025 742
TX : 10,451 8,000 7,550 2,779 896
UT : 1,383 1,370 1,410 300 266
VT : 276 257 273 71 57
VA : 2,716 2,585 2,190 791 730
WA : 1,560 1,475 1,339 322 250
WV : 1,030 984 816 212 214
WI : 3,532 3,183 3,577 927 1,135
WY : 1,860 1,876 1,600 383 394
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US : 114,516 105,205 96,397 27,758 21,345
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