Third Smallest U.S. Oat Crop
WASHINGTON - Sep 30/13 - SNS -- The U.S. oat crop is pegged at 66.0 million bushels, up 3% from 2012 but the third lowest production on record, according to the latest USDA small grains production estimates.
Yield is estimated at 64.0 bushels per acre, up 2.7 bushels from the previous year. Harvested area, at 1.03 million acres, is slightly below last year. This is the second lowest acreage harvested for grain on record.
Record low acres were planted in California, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Producers harvested record low acreage in Kansas, Idaho, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Wisconsin, and Virginia.
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