Peanut Forecast Lowered
WASHINGTON - Sep 10/21 - SNS - This year's peanut harvest is expected to reach 6.35 billion pounds, down 4% from the previous forecast but up 3% from 2020, according to the latest USDA production estimates.
Acreage updates were made in several States based on a thorough review of all available data. Planted area, at 1.58 million acres is down 3% from the previous estimate and down 5% from the 2020 planted area. Area harvested is expected to total 1.53 million acres, down 3% from the previous forecast and down 5% from 2020.
Based on conditions as of September 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 4,141 pounds per acre, down 42 pounds per acre from the previous forecast but up 345 pounds per acre from 2020. Record high yields are forecasted in Alabama and South Carolina.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2020 and 2021
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 185.0 185.0 182.0 182.0
Arkansas .........: 39.0 36.0 38.0 35.0
Florida ..........: 175.0 170.0 165.0 160.0
Georgia ..........: 810.0 760.0 800.0 750.0
Mississippi ......: 23.0 18.0 22.0 17.0
New Mexico .......: 6.2 11.0 4.8 11.0
North Carolina ...: 108.0 115.0 106.0 113.0
Oklahoma .........: 15.0 16.0 14.0 15.0
South Carolina ...: 85.0 69.0 82.0 66.0
Texas ............: 190.0 170.0 175.0 155.0
Virginia .........: 28.0 30.0 27.0 29.0
:
United States ....: 1,664.2 1,580.0 1,615.8 1,533.0
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1/ Forecasted.
Peanut Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2020 and Forecasted
September 1, 2021
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2021 : :
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 :-----------------------: 2020 : 2021
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ----------- pounds ---------- --- 1,000 pounds ---
:
Alabama ..........: 182.0 182.0 3,500 4,000 4,000 637,000 728,000
Arkansas .........: 38.0 35.0 4,800 5,000 5,000 182,400 175,000
Florida ..........: 165.0 160.0 3,400 3,900 3,900 561,000 624,000
Georgia ..........: 800.0 750.0 4,100 4,400 4,400 3,280,000 3,300,000
Mississippi ......: 22.0 17.0 4,400 4,100 4,100 96,800 69,700
New Mexico .......: 4.8 11.0 3,000 3,100 3,100 14,400 34,100
North Carolina ...: 106.0 113.0 4,000 4,000 3,900 424,000 440,700
Oklahoma .........: 14.0 15.0 4,200 4,200 4,000 58,800 60,000
South Carolina ...: 82.0 66.0 3,400 4,000 4,000 278,800 264,000
Texas ............: 175.0 155.0 2,800 3,550 3,350 490,000 519,250
Virginia .........: 27.0 29.0 4,100 4,400 4,600 110,700 133,400
:
United States ....: 1,615.8 1,533.0 3,796 4,183 4,141 6,133,900 6,348,150
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