Final 2013 Sweet Potato Estimate Unchanged
WASHINGTON - Jun 11/14 - SNS -- Production of sweet potatoes in 2013 totaled 24.8 million cwt ( 100 pound units), unchanged from the Crop Production 2013 Summary released in January 2014 but down 6% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2014.
Growers harvested 113,200 acres, down 11% from 2012. Yield per acre, at a record high 219 cwt, is unchanged from January but up 10 cwt from the previous year.
Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2012 and 2013
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.4
Arkansas .........: 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9
California .......: 18.0 19.0 18.0 19.0
Florida ..........: 6.4 6.0 6.3 5.9
Louisiana ........: 10.0 8.0 9.5 7.5
Mississippi ......: 24.0 20.0 22.0 19.5
New Jersey .......: 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2
North Carolina ...: 63.0 54.0 62.0 53.0
Texas ............: 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.8
:
United States ....: 130.5 115.7 126.6 113.2
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013
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: ------- cwt ------- ------ 1,000 cwt -----
:
Alabama ..........: 210 173 546 415
Arkansas .........: 200 180 780 702
California .......: 343 360 6,174 6,840
Florida ..........: 120 142 756 838
Louisiana ........: 205 220 1,948 1,650
Mississippi ......: 160 180 3,520 3,510
New Jersey .......: 160 125 208 150
North Carolina ...: 200 200 12,400 10,600
Texas ............: 150 100 150 80
:
United States ....: 209 219 26,482 24,785
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