Little Change in Oat Seedings
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/19 - SNS -- Area seeded to oats for the 2019 crop year is estimated at 2.55 million acres, down slightly from 2018 for comparable States, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2019.
Planted acreage is down or unchanged in 13 of the 23 major producing States compared with last year. Decreases of 20,000 acres or more are estimated in California, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas. Area for harvest, forecast at 909,000 acres, is up 10% from 2018 for comparable States.
Beginning in 2019, oat estimates were discontinued in Alabama, Colorado, South Carolina, Washington, and Wyoming.
Oat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2018 and 2019
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama 2/ ........: 40 (NA) 15 (NA)
Arkansas ..........: 10 5 7 3
California ........: 110 90 6 9
Colorado 2/ .......: 95 (NA) 7 (NA)
Georgia ...........: 60 70 15 25
Idaho .............: 40 55 10 10
Illinois ..........: 40 45 25 20
Iowa ..............: 135 215 33 80
Kansas ............: 120 135 18 25
Maine .............: 21 21 19 20
:
Michigan ..........: 75 55 50 35
Minnesota .........: 180 240 105 110
Missouri ..........: 35 30 16 10
Montana ...........: 70 60 23 30
Nebraska ..........: 125 85 22 19
New York ..........: 69 60 43 35
North Carolina ....: 30 23 11 9
North Dakota ......: 300 270 105 110
Ohio ..............: 55 60 30 35
Oklahoma ..........: 50 75 10 11
:
Oregon ............: 20 20 5 8
Pennsylvania ......: 65 80 35 50
South Carolina 2/ .: 19 (NA) 7 (NA)
South Dakota ......: 290 210 95 85
Texas .............: 450 400 50 40
Washington 2/ .....: 17 (NA) 4 (NA)
Wisconsin .........: 200 245 90 130
Wyoming 2/ ........: 25 (NA) 9 (NA)
:
United States .....: 2,746 2,549 865 909
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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