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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted 1/ : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2015 : 2013 : 2014 : 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2013 : 2014 : 2015 : 2013 : 2014 : 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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