Oats Output Rising 22%
WASHINGTON - Jul 10/20 - SNS -- The United States will produce 65.0 million bushels of oats, up 22% from 2019, reports the USDA in its latest crop production estimates.
Growers expect to harvest 998,000 acres for grain, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2020, but up 21% from 2019. Based on conditions as of July 1, the United States yield is forecast at 65.2 bushels per acre, 0.9 bushel above the 2019 average yield.
Oat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and
Forecasted July 1, 2020
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020
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: 1,000 acres ---- bushels ---- 1,000 bushels
:
California .......: 2 7 60.0 60.0 120 420
Idaho ............: 12 13 92.0 85.0 1,104 1,105
Illinois .........: 10 20 65.0 77.0 650 1,540
Iowa .............: 69 80 58.0 70.0 4,002 5,600
Kansas ...........: 18 35 64.0 69.0 1,152 2,415
Maine ............: 19 22 76.0 65.0 1,444 1,430
Michigan .........: 25 35 57.0 60.0 1,425 2,100
Minnesota ........: 100 130 62.0 66.0 6,200 8,580
Montana ..........: 24 25 55.0 50.0 1,320 1,250
Nebraska .........: 18 20 63.0 68.0 1,134 1,360
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New York .........: 39 39 60.0 54.0 2,340 2,106
North Dakota .....: 115 125 86.0 69.0 9,890 8,625
Ohio .............: 25 25 46.0 59.0 1,150 1,475
Oregon ...........: 9 7 97.0 100.0 873 700
Pennsylvania .....: 50 57 53.0 54.0 2,650 3,078
South Dakota .....: 75 115 82.0 80.0 6,150 9,200
Texas ............: 40 55 50.0 43.0 2,000 2,365
Wisconsin ........: 120 125 54.0 66.0 6,480 8,250
:
Other States 1/ ..: 56 63 54.7 54.4 3,064 3,425
:
United States ....: 826 998 64.3 65.2 53,148 65,024
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1/ Other States include: Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2020 Summary."
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