WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- Oat production in the United States was pégged at 56.1 million bushels, up 13% from 2017, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.
Yield was estimated at 64.9 bushels per acre, up 3.2 bushels from the previous year. Harvested area, at 865,000 acres, was 8% above the previous year. Record low acres were harvested in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
The largest increases in production from 2017 occurred in the Dakotas where yields were up from the previous year, as a result of last year's drought. A record high yield was estimated in North Dakota.
Oat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted 1/ : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama .......: 50 40 40 20 10 15 Arkansas ......: 11 11 10 8 8 7 California ....: 110 110 110 11 10 6 Colorado ......: 55 50 95 10 9 7 Georgia .......: 45 50 60 15 15 15 Idaho .........: 55 50 40 15 10 10 Illinois ......: 45 35 40 20 20 25 Iowa ..........: 120 115 135 43 42 33 Kansas ........: 120 100 120 30 25 18 Maine .........: 25 22 21 22 21 19 : Michigan ......: 65 55 75 30 40 50 Minnesota .....: 210 170 180 120 95 105 Missouri ......: 45 30 35 19 13 16 Montana .......: 60 70 70 28 18 23 Nebraska ......: 135 110 125 25 35 22 New York ......: 90 55 69 60 35 43 North Carolina : 35 35 30 9 10 11 North Dakota ..: 290 295 300 110 80 105 Ohio ..........: 50 60 55 25 20 30 Oklahoma ......: 65 45 50 8 16 10 : Oregon ........: 30 25 20 10 10 5 Pennsylvania ..: 85 70 65 50 40 35 South Carolina : 17 20 19 7 8 7 South Dakota ..: 295 290 290 110 60 95 Texas .........: 470 455 450 60 60 50 Washington ....: 18 16 17 7 4 4 Wisconsin .....: 210 180 200 100 85 90 Wyoming .......: 23 25 25 7 5 9 : United States .: 2,829 2,589 2,746 979 804 865 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Oat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 (continued) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- bushels --------- -------- 1,000 bushels ------- : Alabama .......: 55.0 60.0 63.0 1,100 600 945 Arkansas ......: 73.0 85.0 75.0 584 680 525 California ....: 65.0 65.0 70.0 715 650 420 Colorado ......: 80.0 65.0 50.0 800 585 350 Georgia .......: 58.0 49.0 71.0 870 735 1,065 Idaho .........: 83.0 71.0 84.0 1,245 710 840 Illinois ......: 81.0 79.0 83.0 1,620 1,580 2,075 Iowa ..........: 76.0 77.0 63.0 3,268 3,234 2,079 Kansas ........: 57.0 54.0 49.0 1,710 1,350 882 Maine .........: 71.0 67.0 67.0 1,562 1,407 1,273 : Michigan ......: 58.0 54.0 63.0 1,740 2,160 3,150 Minnesota .....: 68.0 75.0 59.0 8,160 7,125 6,195 Missouri ......: 60.0 65.0 45.0 1,140 845 720 Montana .......: 47.0 47.0 43.0 1,316 846 989 Nebraska ......: 60.0 49.0 69.0 1,500 1,715 1,518 New York ......: 55.0 55.0 54.0 3,300 1,925 2,322 North Carolina : 60.0 66.0 66.0 540 660 726 North Dakota ..: 66.0 58.0 82.0 7,260 4,640 8,610 Ohio ..........: 74.0 70.0 65.0 1,850 1,400 1,950 Oklahoma ......: 43.0 42.0 48.0 344 672 480 : Oregon ........: 90.0 83.0 99.0 900 830 495 Pennsylvania ..: 67.0 58.0 46.0 3,350 2,320 1,610 South Carolina : 46.0 51.0 62.0 322 408 434 South Dakota ..: 82.0 70.0 82.0 9,020 4,200 7,790 Texas .........: 50.0 45.0 50.0 3,000 2,700 2,500 Washington ....: 61.0 42.0 46.0 427 168 184 Wisconsin .....: 66.0 59.0 61.0 6,600 5,015 5,490 Wyoming .......: 55.0 85.0 57.0 385 425 513 : United States .: 66.0 61.7 64.9 64,628 49,585 56,130 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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