Rye Seedings Advance 4%

WASHINGTON - Jun 28/19 - SNS -- The 2019 planted area for rye is estimated at 1.88 million acres, up 4% from 2018 for comparable States, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2019.

Harvested area is expected to total 298,000 acres, up 22% from last year for comparable States. In Oklahoma, 55% of the rye crop was harvested by June 23, thirty-seven percentage points behind the previous year.

Beginning in 2019, rye estimates were discontinued in Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Virginia.

Rye Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2018 and 2019
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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                :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :      2018       :      2019       :      2018       :     2019 1/
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                :                              1,000 acres
                :
Georgia 2/ .....:        190               (D)               15               (D)
Minnesota ......:        (D)                60              (D)                20
North Dakota ...:        (D)                60              (D)                30
Oklahoma .......:        240               280               50                45
Pennsylvania ...:        (D)               135              (D)                20
Wisconsin ......:        (D)               190              (D)                15
                :
Other States 3/ :      1,581             1,150              208               168
                :
United States ..:      2,011             1,875              273               298
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
1/  Forecasted.
2/  Beginning in 2019, estimates included in Other States.
3/  In 2018, 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.
    Beginning in 2019, Other States include Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan,
    Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas.