WASHINGTON - Nov 8/19 - SNS -- U.S. peanut production is forecast at 5.64 billion pounds, up 3% from the previous forecast and up 3% from the 2018 total of 5.50 billion pounds, according to the USDA's latest crop report.
Harvested area is expected to total 1.38 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 1 percent from 2018.
Based on conditions as of November 1, the United States average yield is forecast at 4,080 pounds per acre, up 116 pounds per acre from the previous forecast and up 79 pounds per acre from the 2018 average yield of 4,001 pounds per acre. Record high yields are forecast in Florida and North Carolina.
Peanut Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and Forecasted November 1, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : : 2019 : : : 2018 : 2019 : 2018 :-----------------------: 2018 : 2019 : : : : October 1 :November 1 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 acres -- ----------- pounds ---------- --- 1,000 pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 161.0 157.0 3,550 3,300 3,700 571,550 580,900 Arkansas .........: 23.0 34.0 4,900 5,000 5,000 112,700 170,000 Florida ..........: 143.0 155.0 3,950 4,000 4,100 564,850 635,500 Georgia ..........: 655.0 660.0 4,390 4,200 4,300 2,875,450 2,838,000 Mississippi ......: 24.0 19.0 3,900 4,300 4,300 93,600 81,700 New Mexico .......: 5.5 5.0 2,850 3,200 3,200 15,675 16,000 North Carolina ...: 98.0 101.0 3,870 4,300 4,400 379,260 444,400 Oklahoma .........: 15.0 15.0 3,070 3,700 3,700 46,050 55,500 South Carolina ...: 80.0 62.0 3,400 3,500 3,600 272,000 223,200 Texas ............: 145.0 150.0 3,200 3,300 3,300 464,000 495,000 Virginia .........: 24.0 25.0 4,200 4,100 4,100 100,800 102,500 : United States ....: 1,373.5 1,383.0 4,001 3,964 4,080 5,495,935 5,642,700 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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