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U.S. Rye Crop Jumps 60%

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/16 - SNS -- Rye production for 2015 is estimated at 11.5 million bushels, up 60% from the 2014 total, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2015.

Harvested area totaled 360,000 acres, up 102,000 acres from 2014. The United States yield, at 31.9 bushels per acre, is up 4 bushels from the previous year. Favorable weather conditions in the Southern Great Plains and the Southeast led to an increase in harvested acres from a year earlier.

Rye Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2013-2015
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                :        Area planted 1/         :         Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2013   :   2014   :   2015   :   2013   :   2014   :   2015
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                :                           1,000 acres
                :
Georgia ........:    190        170        210         40         20          30
Oklahoma .......:    260        240        240         80         55          80
                :
Other States 2/ :  1,001      1,024      1,119        158        183         250
                :
United States ..:  1,451      1,434      1,569        278        258         360
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                :         Yield per acre         :           Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2013   :   2014   :   2015   :   2013   :   2014   :   2015
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                :   --------- bushels --------      ------- 1,000 bushels ------
                :
Georgia ........:   27.0       27.0       14.0      1,080        540         420
Oklahoma .......:   20.0        9.0       24.0      1,600        495       1,920
                :
Other States 2/ :   31.3       33.6       36.6      4,946      6,154       9,156
                :
United States ..:   27.4       27.9       31.9      7,626      7,189      11,496
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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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