Oat Harvest Up 22%
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/20 - SNS -- This year's U.S. oat harvest is expected to reach 64.9 million bushels, up 22% from 2019, according to the latest USDA crop production forecast.
Growers expect to harvest 998,000 acres for grain, unchanged from the previous forecast, but up 21% from 2019.
Based on conditions as of August 1, the United States yield is forecast at 65.0 bushels per acre, down 0.2 bushel from the previous forecast but 0.7 bushel above the 2019 average yield.
Oat 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
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State : : : : 2020 : :
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 :-------------------: 2019 : 2020
: : : : July 1 :August 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres ------- bushels ------- 1,000 bushels
:
California .........: 2 7 60.0 60.0 70.0 120 490
Idaho ..............: 12 13 92.0 85.0 81.0 1,104 1,053
Illinois ...........: 10 20 65.0 77.0 65.0 650 1,300
Iowa ...............: 69 80 58.0 70.0 71.0 4,002 5,680
Kansas .............: 18 35 64.0 69.0 54.0 1,152 1,890
Maine ..............: 19 22 76.0 65.0 65.0 1,444 1,430
Michigan ...........: 25 35 57.0 60.0 59.0 1,425 2,065
Minnesota ..........: 100 130 62.0 66.0 64.0 6,200 8,320
Montana ............: 24 25 55.0 50.0 60.0 1,320 1,500
Nebraska ...........: 18 20 63.0 68.0 55.0 1,134 1,100
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New York ...........: 39 39 60.0 54.0 58.0 2,340 2,262
North Dakota .......: 115 125 86.0 69.0 75.0 9,890 9,375
Ohio ...............: 25 25 46.0 59.0 61.0 1,150 1,525
Oregon .............: 9 7 97.0 100.0 85.0 873 595
Pennsylvania .......: 50 57 53.0 54.0 56.0 2,650 3,192
South Dakota .......: 75 115 82.0 80.0 85.0 6,150 9,775
Texas ..............: 40 55 50.0 43.0 48.0 2,000 2,640
Wisconsin ..........: 120 125 54.0 66.0 59.0 6,480 7,375
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Other States 1/ ....: 56 63 54.7 54.4 53.0 3,064 3,340
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United States ......: 826 998 64.3 65.2 65.0 53,148 64,907
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1/ Other States include: Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2020 Summary."
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