Sweet Potato Forecast Unchanged
WASHINGTON - Jun 10/15 - SNS -- Production of sweet potatoes in 2014 totaled 29.6 million cwt, unchanged from the Crop Production 2014 Summary released in January 2015 but up 19% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2015.
Growers harvested 135,200 acres, up 19% from 2013. Yield per acre, at a record high 219 cwt, is unchanged from both January and the previous year.
Sweet Potato Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2013 and 2014
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.0
Arkansas .........: 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9
California .......: 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0
Florida ..........: 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.9
Louisiana ........: 8.0 9.0 7.5 8.8
Mississippi ......: 20.0 22.0 19.5 21.5
New Jersey .......: 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
North Carolina ...: 54.0 73.0 53.0 72.0
Texas ............: 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9
:
United States ....: 115.7 137.3 113.2 135.2
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014
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: ------- cwt ------- ------ 1,000 cwt -----
:
Alabama ..........: 173 220 415 440
Arkansas .........: 180 200 702 780
California .......: 360 275 6,840 5,225
Florida ..........: 142 200 838 1,180
Louisiana ........: 220 230 1,650 2,024
Mississippi ......: 180 175 3,510 3,763
New Jersey .......: 125 160 150 192
North Carolina ...: 200 220 10,600 15,840
Texas ............: 100 155 80 140
:
United States ....: 219 219 24,785 29,584
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