Second Smallest U.S. Oat Crop
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/17 - SNS -- Area seeded to oats for the 2017 crop year is estimated at 2.54 million acres, down 10% from 2016, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2017.
This represents the second lowest planted area on record for the United States. Record low planted acreage is estimated in Alabama, California, Iowa, Maine, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Area for harvest, forecast at 880,000 acres, is down 10% from 2016.
Oat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2016 and 2017
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .......: 50 35 20 15
Arkansas ......: 11 11 8 8
California ....: 110 105 11 11
Colorado ......: 55 55 10 9
Georgia .......: 45 50 15 20
Idaho .........: 55 65 15 15
Illinois ......: 45 50 20 20
Iowa ..........: 120 120 43 48
Kansas ........: 120 120 30 20
Maine .........: 25 20 24 19
:
Michigan ......: 65 55 30 25
Minnesota .....: 210 230 120 100
Missouri ......: 45 40 19 14
Montana .......: 60 60 28 19
Nebraska ......: 135 115 25 25
New York ......: 90 65 60 45
North Carolina : 35 31 9 13
North Dakota ..: 290 215 110 100
Ohio ..........: 50 45 25 20
Oklahoma ......: 65 60 8 12
:
Oregon ........: 30 50 10 16
Pennsylvania ..: 85 75 50 50
South Carolina : 17 15 7 6
South Dakota ..: 295 235 110 100
Texas .........: 470 400 60 45
Washington ....: 18 13 7 5
Wisconsin .....: 210 180 100 95
Wyoming .......: 22 21 7 5
:
United States .: 2,828 2,536 981 880
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1/ Forecasted.
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