Peanut Seedings Sink One-Third
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/13 - SNS -- Area planted to peanuts in 2013 is estimated at 1.10 million acres, down 33% from 2012, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2013.
Area for harvest is forecast at 1.06 million acres, down 34% from last year. Lower prices and large existing supplies were the primary factors leading to the decrease in peanut acres.
In Georgia, the largest peanut-producing State, area planted to peanuts is down 31% from 2012 but 7% above the 2011 peanut planted area. Planted acres declined in all peanut-producing States as growers switched to more profitable crops such as corn, soybeans, and cotton.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2012 and 2013
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 220.0 130.0 219.0 128.0
Florida ........: 210.0 150.0 200.0 140.0
Georgia ........: 735.0 510.0 730.0 500.0
Mississippi ....: 52.0 24.0 49.0 22.0
New Mexico .....: 10.0 6.0 10.0 6.0
North Carolina .: 107.0 80.0 106.0 79.0
Oklahoma .......: 24.0 18.0 22.0 17.0
South Carolina .: 110.0 85.0 107.0 80.0
Texas ..........: 150.0 80.0 145.0 77.0
Virginia .......: 20.0 14.0 20.0 14.0
:
United States ..: 1,638.0 1,097.0 1,608.0 1,063.0
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1/ Forecasted.
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