WASHINGTON - Jun 29/18 - SNS -- The 2018 planted area for rye is estimated at 1.97 million acres, up less than 1% from 2017, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for this year.
Harvested area is expected to total 353,000 acres, up 23% from last year. As of June 24, Georgia producers had harvested 89% of the rye crop, 5 percentage points behind the 5-year average pace. In Oklahoma, 95% of the rye crop was harvested by June 24, seventeen percentage points ahead of the previous year.
Rye Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2017 and 2018 [Includes area planted in preceding fall] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Georgia ........: 210 190 15 20 Oklahoma .......: 260 250 45 60 : Other States 2/ : 1,491 1,532 226 273 : United States ..: 1,961 1,972 286 353 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Other States include Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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