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Ag stats: April 2022 mountain states agricultural price report

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UNITED STATES

April Prices Received Index Up 5.1 Percent

The April Prices Received Index 2011 Base (Agricultural Production), at 133.8, increased 5.1 percent from March and 28 percent from April 2021. At 122.6, the Crop Production Index was up 1.7 percent from last month and 17 percent from the previous year. The Livestock Production Index, at 145.1, increased 8.0 percent from March, and 40 percent from April last year. Producers received higher prices during April for broilers, market eggs, corn, and milk but lower prices for lettuce, celery, cauliflower, and oranges. In addition to prices, the volume change of commodities marketed also influences the indexes. In April, there was increased monthly movement for strawberries, milk, broilers, and oranges and decreased marketing of corn, soybeans, cattle, and hay.

April Prices Paid Index Up 1.0 Percent

The April Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 133.0, is up 1.0 percent from March 2022 and 14 percent from April 2021. Higher prices in April for complete feeds, other services, nitrogen, and feed grains more than offset lower prices for feeder pigs, LP gas, gasoline, and supplements.

Prices Received – Mountain Region States and United States: April 2022 with Comparisons

State

April 2021

March 2022

April 2022

Barley, All

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

(dollars per bushel)

Colorado

5.07

4.96

4.94

Montana

4.11

7.18

7.29

Wyoming

(S)

5.04

(D)

United States

4.83

5.69

6

Corn

   

Colorado

5.4

6.79

7.12

United States

5.31

6.56

7.08

Wheat, All

   

Arizona

(D)

(S)

(S)

Colorado

5.89

9.25

9.62

Montana

5.66

10.1

10.2

United States

6.04

9.94

10.2

Hay, Alfalfa

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

(dollars per ton)

Arizona.

200

270

285

Colorado

220

205

205

Montana

155

260

260

New Mexico

235

235

250

Utah

200

260

260

Wyoming

180

225

225

United States

185

221

243

Hay, Other

   

Arizona

190

210

215

Colorado

230

225

225

Montana

145

215

220

New Mexico

180

210

210

Utah

135

200

205

Wyoming

180

195

200

United States

139

146

142

Milk, All

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

(dollars per hundredweight)

Arizona

16.7

25.3

26.3

Colorado

18.1

25.8

27.1

New Mexico

16

23.6

24.6

Utah

18.3

25.6

27.3

United States

18.3

25.9

27.1

(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate.