Peanut Seedings Advance 6%
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/20 - SNS --This year's peanut area is estimated at 1.51 million acres in 2020, up 6% from 2019., according to the USDA's seeded area estimate for 2020.
Area for harvest is forecast at 1.47 million acres, up 6% from last year. In Georgia, the largest peanut-producing State, planted area is up 6% from 2019.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2019 and 2020
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 160.0 170.0 158.0 167.0
Arkansas .......: 34.0 35.0 33.0 34.0
Florida ........: 165.0 170.0 155.0 160.0
Georgia ........: 670.0 710.0 660.0 700.0
Mississippi ....: 20.0 25.0 19.0 24.0
New Mexico .....: 4.7 5.0 4.7 5.0
North Carolina .: 104.0 105.0 102.0 103.0
Oklahoma .......: 15.0 12.0 14.0 11.0
South Carolina .: 65.0 75.0 62.0 72.0
Texas ..........: 165.0 180.0 160.0 170.0
Virginia .......: 25.0 27.0 24.0 27.0
:
United States ..: 1,427.7 1,514.0 1,391.7 1,473.0
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1/ Forecasted.
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