Smallest Peanut Area Since 2014
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/19 - SNS -- Planted area for peanuts is estimated at 1.36 million acres in 2019, down 4% from 2018 and the lowest planted area since 2014, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2019.
Area for harvest is forecast at 1.32 million acres, down 3% from last year. In Georgia, the largest peanut-producing State, planted area is down 10% from 2018.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2018 and 2019
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 165.0 150.0 162.0 147.0
Arkansas .......: 26.0 45.0 23.0 44.0
Florida ........: 155.0 145.0 140.0 135.0
Georgia ........: 665.0 600.0 650.0 590.0
Mississippi ....: 25.0 25.0 24.0 24.0
New Mexico .....: 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.0
North Carolina .: 102.0 100.0 98.0 98.0
Oklahoma .......: 16.0 14.0 15.0 13.0
South Carolina .: 87.0 65.0 82.0 62.0
Texas ..........: 155.0 190.0 145.0 180.0
Virginia .......: 24.0 25.0 24.0 25.0
:
United States ..: 1,425.5 1,364.0 1,368.5 1,323.0
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