Peanut Harvest Slips
WASHINGTON - Nov 10/15 - SNS -- Peanut production in the United States is forecast at 6.17 billion pounds, down 2% from the October forecast but up 19% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates for 2015.
Area for harvest is expected to total 1.57 million acres, down less than 1% from October but 19% higher than 2014. Harvested acreage was updated due to extensive flooding in South Carolina. Based on conditions as of November 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 3,922 pounds per acre, down 75 pounds from the October forecast and 1 pound below the 2014 average yield of 3,923 pounds per acre. If realized, production in Georgia, the largest peanut-producing State, will be a record high.
As of November 1, 72% of the 2015 peanut crop had been harvested, 5 percentage points behind last year and 7 percentage points behind the 5-year average.
Peanut Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2014 and Forecasted
November 1, 2015
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2015 : :
: 2014 : 2015 : 2014 :-----------------------: 2014 : 2015
: : : : October 1 :November 1 : :
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ----------- pounds ---------- --- 1,000 pounds ---
:
Alabama .......: 173.0 197.0 3,150 3,600 3,600 544,950 709,200
Florida .......: 167.0 172.0 4,000 3,400 3,300 668,000 567,600
Georgia .......: 589.0 780.0 4,135 4,400 4,400 2,435,515 3,432,000
Mississippi ...: 31.0 42.0 4,000 4,000 4,000 124,000 168,000
New Mexico ....: 4.5 5.0 3,500 3,100 3,100 15,750 15,500
North Carolina : 93.0 89.0 4,320 4,000 3,800 401,760 338,200
Oklahoma ......: 11.0 9.0 4,000 3,800 3,900 44,000 35,100
South Carolina : 108.0 100.0 3,800 3,400 3,000 410,400 300,000
Texas .........: 127.0 161.0 3,620 3,600 3,300 459,740 531,300
Virginia ......: 19.0 19.0 4,450 4,000 4,000 84,550 76,000
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United States .: 1,322.5 1,574.0 3,923 3,997 3,922 5,188,665 6,172,900
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