U.S. Rye Crop Down 6%

WASHINGTON - Sep 30/14 - SNS -- Rye production for 2014 is estimated at 7.19 million bushels, down 6% from the revised 2013 total, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.

Harvested area totaled 258,000 acres, down 20,000 acres from 2013. The United States yield, at 27.9 bushels per acre, is up 0.5 bushel from the previous year. Drier weather conditions in the Southern Great Plains and the Southeast led to decreases in harvested acres from a year earlier.

Rye Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2012-2014
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                :        Area planted 1/         :         Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2012   :   2013   :   2014   :   2012   :   2013   :   2014
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                :                           1,000 acres
                :
Georgia ........:    230        190        170        25         40         20
Oklahoma .......:    250        260        240        60         80         55
                :
Other States 2/ :    820      1,001      1,024       163        158        183
                :
United States ..:  1,300      1,451      1,434       248        278        258
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                :             Yield              :           Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2012   :   2013   :   2014   :   2012   :   2013   :   2014
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                :   --------- bushels --------      ------ 1,000 bushels ------
                :
Georgia ........:   22.0       27.0       27.0        550      1,080        540
Oklahoma .......:   21.0       20.0        9.0      1,260      1,600        495
                :
Other States 2/ :   31.5       31.3       33.6      5,134      4,946      6,154
                :
United States ..:   28.0       27.4       27.9      6,944      7,626      7,189
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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 Down 6%

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