U.S. Oat Seedings Up 10%
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/13 - SNS -- Area seeded to oats for the 2013 crop year is estimated at 3.03 million acres, up 10% from 2012, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2013.
This represents the third-lowest United States planted area on record. Record low acreage is expected in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Growers expect to harvest 1.20 million acres, up 14% from last year but the third lowest harvested acreage on record. Record low harvested acreage is expected in Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Oat seeding was well underway by March 31 with 32% of the Nation's crop sown. By May 12, seventy% of the crop was seeded, 15 percentage points behind the 5-year average. Nationally, oat emergence also followed a slower than normal pace. As of June 9, heading was running behind normal in most of the major oat-producing States. As of June 23, 57% of the crop was rated in good to excellent condition compared with 69% at the same time last year.
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