U.S. Rye Crop Jumps 10%

WASHINGTON - Jan 10/14 - SNS -- Rye production in the United States for 2013 is estimated at 7.67 million bushels, up 10% from 2012, according to the USDA's final production estimates for the 2013 crop.

Harvested area totaled 278,000 acres, up 30,000 acres from 2012. The United States yield, at 27.6 bushels per acre, is down 0.4 bushel from the previous year. Favorable growing conditions in the Southern Great Plains and the Southeast led to increases in harvested acres from a year earlier.

Rye Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2011-2013
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                :        Area planted 1/         :         Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2011   :   2012   :   2013   :   2011   :   2012   :   2013
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                :                           1,000 acres
                :
Georgia ........:    200        230        190         35         25         40
Oklahoma .......:    260        250        260         55         60         80
                :
Other States 2/ :    806        820        996        152        163        158
                :
United States ..:  1,266      1,300      1,446        242        248        278
                :
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                :         Yield per acre         :           Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2011   :   2012   :   2013   :   2011   :   2012   :   2013
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                :   --------- bushels --------      ------ 1,000 bushels ------
                :
Georgia ........:   27.0       22.0       27.0        945        550      1,080
Oklahoma .......:   15.0       21.0       20.0        825      1,260      1,600
                :
Other States 2/ :   30.0       31.5       31.6      4,556      5,134      4,989
                :
United States ..:   26.1       28.0       27.6      6,326      6,944      7,669
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
2/ Other States include Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York,
   North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota,
   Texas, and Wisconsin.

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U.S. Rye Crop Jumps 10%

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