Oat Plantings Slip 2% in U.S.
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- Area seeded to oats for the 2016 crop year is estimated at 3.03 million acres, down 2% from 2015, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.
Record low planted acreage is estimated in Arkansas, California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. Growers expect to harvest 1.17 million acres, down 9% from last year. Record low harvested acreage is expected in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Minnesota, and South Carolina.
Beginning in 2016, oat estimates were discontinued in Indiana, Utah, and Virginia.
Oat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2015 and 2016
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .......: 55 45 20 10
Arkansas ......: 11 10 8 7
California ....: 120 110 10 10
Colorado ......: 45 45 10 12
Georgia .......: 65 50 25 20
Idaho .........: 75 70 15 15
Illinois ......: 40 40 25 25
Indiana 2/ ....: 15 (NA) 5 (NA)
Iowa ..........: 125 155 57 53
Kansas ........: 95 120 40 30
:
Maine .........: 30 25 29 24
Michigan ......: 75 50 50 30
Minnesota .....: 280 190 160 95
Missouri ......: 30 50 14 20
Montana .......: 50 65 22 29
Nebraska ......: 135 100 40 40
New York ......: 70 90 40 70
North Carolina : 35 45 16 15
North Dakota ..: 275 330 140 160
Ohio ..........: 70 75 40 55
:
Oklahoma ......: 40 70 7 12
Oregon ........: 35 30 11 13
Pennsylvania ..: 95 90 65 60
South Carolina : 24 25 9 8
South Dakota ..: 325 350 145 155
Texas .........: 520 500 55 55
Utah 2/ .......: 20 (NA) 2 (NA)
Virginia 2/ ...: 12 (NA) 4 (NA)
Washington ....: 18 18 5 5
Wisconsin .....: 280 250 195 130
Wyoming .......: 23 29 12 7
:
United States .: 3,088 3,027 1,276 1,165
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2016.
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