Record Low U.S. Oat Harvest
WASHINGTON - Jul 12/21 - SNS -- Oats production is forecast at a record low 41.3 million bushels, down 37% from 2020, according to the USDA.
Growers expect to harvest 722,000 acres for grain, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2021, but down 28% from 2020.
Based on conditions as of July 1, the United States yield is forecast at 57.2 bushels per acre, 7.9 bushels below the 2020 average yield. Record low production is expected in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Oat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2020 and
Forecasted July 1, 2021
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres ---- bushels --- 1,000 bushels
:
California .......: 4 3 75.0 65.0 300 195
Idaho ............: 14 11 102.0 83.0 1,428 913
Illinois .........: 15 30 58.0 75.0 870 2,250
Iowa .............: 73 65 78.0 63.0 5,694 4,095
Kansas ...........: 16 23 52.0 59.0 832 1,357
Maine ............: 22 24 63.0 70.0 1,386 1,680
Michigan .........: 30 25 55.0 53.0 1,650 1,325
Minnesota ........: 160 77 66.0 50.0 10,560 3,850
Montana ..........: 38 20 45.0 55.0 1,710 1,100
Nebraska .........: 29 21 63.0 60.0 1,827 1,260
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New York .........: 32 36 53.0 65.0 1,696 2,340
North Dakota .....: 105 71 78.0 47.0 8,190 3,337
Ohio .............: 15 30 60.0 65.0 900 1,950
Oregon ...........: 7 6 100.0 95.0 700 570
Pennsylvania .....: 55 35 50.0 62.0 2,750 2,170
South Dakota .....: 140 80 77.0 53.0 10,780 4,240
Texas ............: 60 37 45.0 46.0 2,700 1,702
Wisconsin ........: 131 60 63.0 56.0 8,253 3,360
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Other States 1/ ..: 58 68 53.9 53.2 3,129 3,615
:
United States ....: 1,004 722 65.1 57.2 65,355 41,309
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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 2021 Summary."
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