U.S. Rye Crop Rises 10%

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/13 - SNS -- This year's rye crop in the United States is estimated at 7.67 million bushels, up 10% from 2012, according to the latest USDA small grains production estimates.

Harvested area totaled 278,000 acres, up 30,000 acres from 2012. The United States yield, at 27.6 bushels per acre, is down 0.4 bushel from the previous year. Favorable growing conditions in the Southern Great Plains and the Southeast led to increases in harvested acres from a year earlier.

Rye Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2011-2013
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                :        Area planted 1/         :         Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2011   :   2012   :   2013   :   2011   :   2012   :   2013
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                :                           1,000 acres
                :
Georgia ........:    200        230        190        35         25         40
Oklahoma .......:    260        250        260        55         60         80
                :
Other States 2/ :    806        820        996       152        163        158
                :
United States ..:  1,266      1,300      1,446       242        248        278
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                :             Yield              :           Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2011   :   2012   :   2013   :   2011   :   2012   :   2013
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                :   --------- bushels --------      ------ 1,000 bushels ------
                :
Georgia ........:   27.0       22.0       27.0        945        550      1,080
Oklahoma .......:   15.0       21.0       20.0        825      1,260      1,600
                :
Other States 2/ :   30.0       31.5       31.6      4,556      5,134      4,989
                :
United States ..:   26.1       28.0       27.6      6,326      6,944      7,669
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
2/ Other States include Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
    South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.

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U.S. Rye Crop Rises 10%

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