Sweet Potato Down 2% from 2012
WASHINGTON - Jun 12/13 - SNS -- Production of sweet potatoes in 2012 totaled 26.5 million cwt, unchanged from the Crop Production 2012 Summary released in January 2013 but down 2% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest crop report.
Growers harvested 126,600 acres, down 2% from 2010. Yield per acre, at a record high 209 cwt, is unchanged from January but up 1 cwt from the previous year.
Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2011 and 2012
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2012 : 2011 : 2012
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.6
Arkansas .........: 3.6 4.0 3.5 3.9
California .......: 18.5 18.0 18.2 18.0
Florida ..........: 3.3 6.4 3.0 6.3
Louisiana ........: 14.0 10.0 13.0 9.5
Mississippi ......: 24.0 24.0 23.0 22.0
New Jersey .......: 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
North Carolina ...: 65.0 63.0 64.0 62.0
Texas ............: 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0
:
United States ....: 133.6 130.5 129.7 126.6
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2012 : 2011 : 2012
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: ------- cwt ------- ------ 1,000 cwt -----
:
Alabama ..........: 129 210 323 546
Arkansas .........: 180 200 630 780
California .......: 320 343 5,824 6,174
Florida ..........: 160 120 480 756
Louisiana ........: 185 205 2,405 1,948
Mississippi ......: 181 160 4,163 3,520
New Jersey .......: 150 160 195 208
North Carolina ...: 200 200 12,800 12,400
Texas ............: 120 150 144 150
:
United States ....: 208 209 26,964 26,482
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