This report provides estimates of acreage, yield, and quality losses plus additional fieldwork costs related to poor weather conditions during fall harvest and season losses for grass hay within the state of Arkansas, USA. Based on yield and price data from the USDA, National Agricultural Statistical Service, quality loss estimates from local elevators, and additional fieldwork estimates from University of Arkansas extension specialists, the losses in gross receipts for crops and grass hay for 2009 are estimated to be $397 million. Cotton and sorghum are estimated to have experienced the largest negative impact per acre but total loss is greatest for soybeans ($204 million) and cotton/cottonseed ($120 million).
