U.S. Peanut Harvest Improves
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/20 - SNS -- Peanut production is forecast at 6.21 billion pounds, up 13% from 2019, according to the latest USDA crop production forecast.
Area harvested is expected to total 1.47 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 6% from 2019.
Based on conditions as of August 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 4,218 pounds per acre, up 269 pounds per acre from 2019.
Peanut Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and Forecasted
August 1, 2020
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020
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: ---- 1,000 acres --- ----- pounds ----- ---- 1,000 pounds ----
:
Alabama .........: 158.0 167.0 3,350 4,100 529,300 684,700
Arkansas ........: 33.0 34.0 5,200 4,900 171,600 166,600
Florida .........: 155.0 160.0 3,800 4,100 589,000 656,000
Georgia .........: 660.0 700.0 4,200 4,600 2,772,000 3,220,000
Mississippi .....: 19.0 24.0 4,000 4,500 76,000 108,000
New Mexico ......: 4.7 5.0 3,210 3,100 15,087 15,500
North Carolina ..: 102.0 103.0 4,350 4,000 443,700 412,000
Oklahoma ........: 14.0 11.0 4,100 3,800 57,400 41,800
South Carolina ..: 62.0 72.0 3,800 3,800 235,600 273,600
Texas ...........: 160.0 170.0 3,100 3,100 496,000 527,000
Virginia ........: 24.0 27.0 4,600 4,000 110,400 108,000
:
United States ...: 1,391.7 1,473.0 3,949 4,218 5,496,087 6,213,200
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