WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- Rye production for 2021 was estimated at 9.8 million bushels, down 15% from the 2020 total, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
Harvested area totaled 294,000 acres, down 36,000 acres from 2020. The United States yield, at 33.4 bushels per acre, was down 1.5 bushels from the previous year. Planted area totaled 2.13 million acres, up 9% from 2020, and the highest since 1988. Much of those acres were used as cover crop.
Record high planted area was estimated in Pennsylvania. Record high yields were estimated in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Rye Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019-2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted 1/ : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Minnesota ..........: 50 45 57 18 15 11 North Dakota .......: 85 75 88 57 50 36 Oklahoma ...........: 260 270 250 55 52 50 Pennsylvania .......: 100 175 185 14 36 15 Wisconsin ..........: 220 215 270 20 20 20 : Other States 2/ ....: 1,140 1,175 1,283 146 157 162 : United States ......: 1,855 1,955 2,133 310 330 294 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------- bushels -------- ------ 1,000 bushels ------ : Minnesota ..........: 39.0 38.0 44.0 702 570 484 North Dakota .......: 45.0 44.0 32.0 2,565 2,200 1,152 Oklahoma ...........: 27.0 14.0 25.0 1,485 728 1,250 Pennsylvania .......: 26.0 52.0 40.0 364 1,872 600 Wisconsin ..........: 34.0 40.0 41.0 680 800 820 : Other States 2/ ....: 33.1 34.2 34.0 4,826 5,362 5,502 : United States ......: 34.3 34.9 33.4 10,622 11,532 9,808 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 2/ Other States include Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas.
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