WASHINGTON - Jul 12/17 - SNS -- U.S. oats production is forecast at 53.7 million bushels, down 17% from 2016, according to the latest USDA crop forecast.
Growers expect to harvest 880,000 acres for grain or seed, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2017, but down 10% from last year. Based on conditions as of July 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 61.0 bushels per acre, down 5 bushels from 2016.
Oat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016 and Forecasted July 1, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 acres ---- bushels --- 1,000 bushels : California .......: 11 11 65.0 75.0 715 825 Idaho ............: 15 15 83.0 73.0 1,245 1,095 Illinois .........: 20 20 81.0 83.0 1,620 1,660 Iowa .............: 43 48 76.0 69.0 3,268 3,312 Kansas ...........: 30 20 57.0 55.0 1,710 1,100 Maine ............: 24 19 71.0 70.0 1,704 1,330 Michigan .........: 30 25 58.0 64.0 1,740 1,600 Minnesota ........: 120 100 68.0 71.0 8,160 7,100 Montana ..........: 28 19 47.0 40.0 1,316 760 Nebraska .........: 25 25 60.0 55.0 1,500 1,375 : New York .........: 60 45 55.0 58.0 3,300 2,610 North Dakota .....: 110 100 66.0 51.0 7,260 5,100 Ohio .............: 25 20 74.0 75.0 1,850 1,500 Oregon ...........: 10 16 90.0 90.0 900 1,440 Pennsylvania .....: 50 50 67.0 62.0 3,350 3,100 South Dakota .....: 110 100 82.0 63.0 9,020 6,300 Texas ............: 60 45 50.0 50.0 3,000 2,250 Wisconsin ........: 100 95 66.0 61.0 6,600 5,795 : Other States 1/ ..: 110 107 59.2 50.7 6,512 5,422 : United States ....: 981 880 66.0 61.0 64,770 53,674 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Other States include: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Washington, and Wyoming. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2017 Summary."
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