WASHINGTON - Oct 10/19 - SNS -- Peanuts production is forecast at 5.48 billion pounds, down 3% from the previous forecast and down less than 1% from the revised 2018 total of 5.50 billion pounds, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
Harvested area is expected to total 1.38 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 1% from 2018.
Based on conditions as of October 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 3,964 pounds per acre, down 122 pounds from the previous forecast and down 37 pounds from the 2018 average yield of 4,001 pounds per acre. Record high production is forecast in Arkansas.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and Forecasted October 1, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama ........: 165.0 160.0 161.0 157.0 Arkansas .......: 26.0 35.0 23.0 34.0 Florida ........: 155.0 165.0 143.0 155.0 Georgia ........: 665.0 670.0 655.0 660.0 Mississippi ....: 25.0 20.0 24.0 19.0 New Mexico .....: 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.0 North Carolina .: 102.0 104.0 98.0 101.0 Oklahoma .......: 16.0 16.0 15.0 15.0 South Carolina .: 87.0 65.0 80.0 62.0 Texas ..........: 155.0 160.0 145.0 150.0 Virginia .......: 24.0 25.0 24.0 25.0 : United States ..: 1,425.5 1,425.0 1,373.5 1,383.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : : 2019 : : : 2018 :-------------------------: 2018 : 2019 : :September 1 : October 1 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- pounds ----------- ---- 1,000 pounds ---- : Alabama ........: 3,550 3,400 3,300 571,550 518,100 Arkansas .......: 4,900 5,000 5,000 112,700 170,000 Florida ........: 3,950 4,000 4,000 564,850 620,000 Georgia ........: 4,390 4,400 4,200 2,875,450 2,772,000 Mississippi ....: 3,900 4,300 4,300 93,600 81,700 New Mexico .....: 2,850 3,200 3,200 15,675 16,000 North Carolina .: 3,870 4,200 4,300 379,260 434,300 Oklahoma .......: 3,070 3,700 3,700 46,050 55,500 South Carolina .: 3,400 3,600 3,500 272,000 217,000 Texas ..........: 3,200 3,500 3,300 464,000 495,000 Virginia .......: 4,200 3,900 4,100 100,800 102,500 : United States ..: 4,001 4,086 3,964 5,495,935 5,482,100 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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