WASHINGTON - Jul 12/18 - SNS -- The U.S. oat crop is expected to total 66.4 million bushels, up 34% from 2017, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
Growers expect to harvest 1.01 million acres for grain or seed, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 29, 2018, but up 26% from last year. Based on conditions as of July 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 65.8 bushels per acre, up 4.1 bushels from 2017.
As of July 1, 82% of the oat acreage was headed, 1 percentage point behind last year's pace but 2 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. As of July 1, 73% of the crop was rated in good to excellent condition, compared with 53% at the same time last year.
Oat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2017 and Forecasted July 1, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 acres ---- bushels --- 1,000 bushels : California .......: 10 5 65.0 90.0 650 450 Idaho ............: 10 10 71.0 85.0 710 850 Illinois .........: 20 30 79.0 77.0 1,580 2,310 Iowa .............: 42 55 77.0 71.0 3,234 3,905 Kansas ...........: 25 50 54.0 48.0 1,350 2,400 Maine ............: 20 22 67.0 68.0 1,340 1,496 Michigan .........: 40 50 54.0 59.0 2,160 2,950 Minnesota ........: 95 120 75.0 69.0 7,125 8,280 Montana ..........: 18 21 47.0 55.0 846 1,155 Nebraska .........: 35 45 49.0 57.0 1,715 2,565 : New York .........: 35 33 55.0 59.0 1,925 1,947 North Dakota .....: 80 120 58.0 62.0 4,640 7,440 Ohio .............: 20 20 70.0 61.0 1,400 1,220 Oregon ...........: 10 10 83.0 77.0 830 770 Pennsylvania .....: 40 40 58.0 61.0 2,320 2,440 South Dakota .....: 60 100 70.0 82.0 4,200 8,200 Texas ............: 60 50 45.0 48.0 2,700 2,400 Wisconsin ........: 85 100 59.0 77.0 5,015 7,700 : Other States 1/ ..: 96 128 58.9 61.8 5,651 7,906 : United States ....: 801 1,009 61.7 65.8 49,391 66,384 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 2018 Summary."
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