Third Best Peanut Yield
WASHINGTON - Nov 9/16 - SNS -- Peanuts production is forecast at 6.24 billion pounds, down 1% from October but up 4% from the 2015 total of 6.00 billion pounds, according to the USDA.
If realized, production for the Nation will be the second highest on record. Harvested area is expected to total 1.59 million acres, unchanged from the October forecast but up 2% from 2015.
Based on conditions as of November 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 3,934 pounds per acre, down 42 pounds per acre from the October forecast but up 89 pounds per acre from the 2015 average yield.
The 2016 average yield will be the third highest on record for the United States, if realized. A record high yield is forecast in Alabama for 2016. If realized, production in Georgia, the largest peanut-producing State, will be the third highest on record.
Peanut Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015 and Forecasted
November 1, 2016
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2016 : :
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 :-----------------------: 2015 : 2016
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ----------- pounds ---------- --- 1,000 pounds ---
:
Alabama ..........: 196.0 173.0 3,250 4,000 4,000 637,000 692,000
Florida ..........: 180.0 146.0 3,600 3,900 3,900 648,000 569,400
Georgia ..........: 777.0 710.0 4,330 4,400 4,200 3,364,410 2,982,000
Mississippi ......: 41.0 39.0 3,500 4,100 4,100 143,500 159,900
North Carolina ...: 87.0 101.0 3,480 3,800 3,800 302,760 383,800
Oklahoma .........: 9.0 12.0 3,400 3,800 3,800 30,600 45,600
South Carolina ...: 82.0 106.0 3,200 3,800 3,800 262,400 402,800
Texas ............: 165.0 250.0 3,200 3,000 3,300 528,000 825,000
Virginia .........: 19.0 20.0 3,650 3,600 3,600 69,350 72,000
:
Other States 1/ ..: 4.9 30.0 3,130 3,690 3,690 15,337 110,700
:
United States ....: 1,560.9 1,587.0 3,845 3,976 3,934 6,001,357 6,243,200
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1/ For 2015, Other States include New Mexico. For 2016, Other States include Arkansas and New
Mexico.
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