Interest in Oats Jumps
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/20 - SNS -- Area seeded to oats for the 2020 crop year in the U.S. is estimated at 3.1 million acres, up 12% from 2019, according to the USDA's seeded area estimate for 2020.
Planted acreage is up or unchanged in 19 of the 23 major producing States compared with last year. Area for harvest, forecast at 998,000 acres, is up 21% from 2019.
Oat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2019 and 2020
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arkansas ..........: 5 8 3 5
California ........: 75 80 2 7
Georgia ...........: 70 80 15 20
Idaho .............: 60 45 12 13
Illinois ..........: 70 90 10 20
Iowa ..............: 215 240 69 80
Kansas ............: 120 145 18 35
Maine .............: 22 25 19 22
Michigan ..........: 70 70 25 35
Minnesota .........: 240 210 100 130
:
Missouri ..........: 50 40 6 5
Montana ...........: 70 70 24 25
Nebraska ..........: 120 140 18 20
New York ..........: 56 59 39 39
North Carolina ....: 22 33 7 13
North Dakota ......: 355 400 115 125
Ohio ..............: 75 70 25 25
Oklahoma ..........: 100 100 25 20
Oregon ............: 20 20 9 7
Pennsylvania ......: 85 94 50 57
:
South Dakota ......: 245 345 75 115
Texas .............: 400 460 40 55
Wisconsin .........: 265 310 120 125
:
United States .....: 2,810 3,134 826 998
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1/ Forecasted.
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