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Ag stats: January 2020 agricultural price report

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UNITED STATES 

January Prices Received Index Down 2.2 Percent 

The January Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 88.7, decreased 2.2 percent from December but increased 2.5 percent from January 2019.

At 82.3, the Crop Production Index was down 3.5 percent from last month but up 4.6 percent from the previous year.

The Livestock Production Index, at 98.2, increased 1.0 percent from December and 0.4 percent from January last year.

Producers received lower prices during January for market eggs, milk, lemons, and oranges but higher prices for lettuce, broilers, cattle, and broccoli. In addition to prices, the indexes are influenced by the volume change of commodities producers market.

In January, there was increased monthly movement for corn, soybeans, strawberries, and pistachios and decreased marketing of milk, lettuce, cattle, and hogs. 

January Prices Paid Index Up 0.2 Percent 

The January Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 110.3, is up 0.2 percent from December 2019 but down 0.1 percent from January 2019.

Higher prices in January for feeder cattle, feeder pigs, interest, and rent more than lower prices for nitrogen, LP gas, herbicides, and mixed fertilizer.

Prices Received – Mountain Region States and United States: January 2020 with Comparisons

State

January 2019

December 2019

January 2020

Barley, All 

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

Colorado 

4.66

(D)

(D)

Montana 

4.48

4.26

4.54

Wyoming 

(D)

(D)

(D)

United States 

4.57

4.51

4.68

Corn 

   

Colorado 

3.59

3.79

3.89

United States 

3.56

3.71

3.79

Wheat, All 

   

Arizona 

(D)

(D)

(D)

Colorado 

4.77

3.98

4.21

Montana 

5.33

4.75

4.90

United States 

5.28

4.64

4.87

Hay, Alfalfa 

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

Arizona 

200.00

190.00

195.00

Colorado 

240.00

230.00

225.00

Montana 

145.00

145.00

140.00

New Mexico 

260.00

220.00

220.00

Utah 

185.00

190.00

185.00

Wyoming 

175.00

180.00

180.00

United States 

179.00

175.00

171.00

Hay, Other 

   

Arizona 

200.00

200.00

200.00

Colorado 

240.00

220.00

225.00

Montana 

135.00

145.00

145.00

New Mexico 

165.00

190.00

190.00

Utah 

140.00

150.00

140.00

Wyoming 

145.00

150.00

150.00

United States 

150.00

133.00

134.00

Milk, All 

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

Arizona 

16.30

19.70

18.80

Colorado 

17.10

20.60

20.00

New Mexico 

15.00

19.80

18.00

Utah 

16.30

21.30

19.20

United States 

16.60

20.70

19.60