Peanut Harvest to Rise 22%
WASHINGTON - Oct 9/20 - SNS -- Peanut production is forecast at 6.70 billion pounds, down 1% from the previous forecast and up 22% from the revised 2019 total of 5.47 billion pounds, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimate.
Area harvested is expected to total 1.62 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast and up 17% from 2019.
Based on conditions as of October 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 4,125 pounds per acre, down 60 pounds per acre from the previous month's forecast but up 191 pounds per acre from the revised 2019 yields. Record high production is forecasted in Georgia.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019 and Forecasted October 1, 2020
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 160.0 185.0 156.0 182.0
Arkansas .......: 34.0 40.0 33.0 39.0
Florida ........: 165.0 175.0 155.0 165.0
Georgia ........: 675.0 810.0 660.0 800.0
Mississippi ....: 20.0 23.0 19.0 22.0
New Mexico .....: 4.7 6.2 4.7 6.2
North Carolina .: 104.0 107.0 102.0 105.0
Oklahoma .......: 15.0 16.0 14.0 15.0
South Carolina .: 65.0 85.0 62.0 82.0
Texas ..........: 165.0 190.0 160.0 180.0
Virginia .......: 25.0 28.0 24.0 27.0
:
United States ..: 1,432.7 1,665.2 1,389.7 1,623.2
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: : 2020 : :
: 2019 :-------------------------: 2019 : 2020
: :September 1 : October 1 : :
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: ----------- pounds ----------- ---- 1,000 pounds ----
:
Alabama ........: 3,350 4,100 3,900 522,600 709,800
Arkansas .......: 5,200 4,900 4,900 171,600 191,100
Florida ........: 3,800 4,200 4,000 589,000 660,000
Georgia ........: 4,170 4,500 4,500 2,752,200 3,600,000
Mississippi ....: 4,000 4,500 4,500 76,000 99,000
New Mexico .....: 3,210 3,100 3,100 15,087 19,220
North Carolina .: 4,400 4,200 4,300 448,800 451,500
Oklahoma .......: 4,000 3,600 3,600 56,000 54,000
South Carolina .: 3,800 3,800 3,800 235,600 311,600
Texas ..........: 3,050 2,900 2,700 488,000 486,000
Virginia .......: 4,650 4,300 4,200 111,600 113,400
:
United States ..: 3,934 4,185 4,125 5,466,487 6,695,620
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