Oat Harvest Seen 2% Lower

WASHINGTON - Aug 12/19 - SNS -- U.S. oats production is forecast at 60.4 million bushels, down 2% from the previous forecast but up 12% from 2018 for comparable States, according to the USDA's latest crop production report.

Growers expect to harvest 909,000 acres for grain, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 10% from 2018 for comparable States.

Based on conditions as of August 1, the United States yield is forecast at 66.4 bushels per acre, down 1.4 bushels from the previous forecast but 1.1 bushels above the 2018 average yield for comparable States.

Oat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and Forecasted
August 1, 2019
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                    :  Area harvested  :       Yield per acre       :     Production
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        State       :        :         :        :       2019        :          :
                    :  2018  :  2019   :  2018  :-------------------:   2018   :   2019
                    :        :         :        : July 1  :August 1 :          :
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                    :   1,000 acres       -------- bushels -------       1,000 bushels
                    :
California .........:    6         9      70.0     100.0     100.0        420        900
Idaho ..............:   10        10      84.0      85.0      71.0        840        710
Illinois ...........:   25        20      83.0      66.0      68.0      2,075      1,360
Iowa ...............:   33        80      63.0      63.0      65.0      2,079      5,200
Kansas .............:   18        25      49.0      57.0      67.0        882      1,675
Maine ..............:   19        20      67.0      68.0      63.0      1,273      1,260
Michigan ...........:   50        35      63.0      67.0      62.0      3,150      2,170
Minnesota ..........:  105       110      59.0      75.0      76.0      6,195      8,360
Montana ............:   23        30      43.0      40.0      47.0        989      1,410
Nebraska ...........:   22        19      69.0      82.0      62.0      1,518      1,178
                    :
New York ...........:   43        35      54.0      59.0      55.0      2,322      1,925
North Dakota .......:  105       110      82.0      78.0      82.0      8,610      9,020
Ohio ...............:   30        35      65.0      63.0      60.0      1,950      2,100
Oregon .............:    5         8      99.0      75.0      85.0        495        680
Pennsylvania .......:   35        50      46.0      58.0      56.0      1,610      2,800
South Dakota .......:   95        85      82.0      93.0      82.0      7,790      6,970
Texas ..............:   50        40      50.0      40.0      50.0      2,500      2,000
Wisconsin ..........:   90       130      61.0      62.0      57.0      5,490      7,410
                    :
Other States 1/ ....:  101        58      58.8      59.7      56.2      5,942      3,257
                    :
United States ......:  865       909      64.9      67.8      66.4     56,130     60,385
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1/ For 2018, Other States include: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, North
   Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington, and Wyoming. For 2019, Other States
   include: Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. Individual State
   level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2019 Summary."