Sweet Potato Area Drops 10%
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/17 - SNS -- Planted area of sweet potatoes is estimated at 151,400 acres, down 10% from the previous year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2017.
Harvested area is forecast at 148,600 acres, 9% below 2016.
As of June 11, 64% of North Carolina's sweet potato acres were planted, ahead of the 5-year average of 57%. Spring rain delayed planting for a majority of producers in Mississippi. The end of the five year drought in California resulted in an unusually long and wet winter. Flooding occurred and some fields were not planted.
Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2016 and 2017
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arkansas .........: (D) 4.0 (D) 3.8
California .......: 20.0 19.0 20.0 19.0
Florida ..........: (D) 5.4 (D) 5.3
Louisiana ........: 10.0 10.0 9.5 9.5
Mississippi ......: 30.0 30.0 29.0 29.0
North Carolina ...: 98.0 83.0 95.0 82.0
:
Other States .....: 10.1 - 9.8 -
:
United States ....: 168.1 151.4 163.3 148.6
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- Represents zero.
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
1/ Forecasted.
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