Modest Drop In Peanut Yields From August
WASHINGTON - Oct 12/21 - SNS -- Peanut production is forecast at 6.29 billion pounds, down 1% from the previous forecast but up 2% from the revised 2020 total of 6.16 billion pounds, according to the latest USDA production estimates for 2021.
Area harvested is expected to total 1.53 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 5% from the revised 2020 total.
Based on conditions as of October 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 4,105 pounds per acre down 36 pounds per acre from the previous forecast, but up 292 pounds per acre from the revised 2020 yield. A record high yield is forecasted in South Carolina.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020 and Forecasted October 1, 2021
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 185.0 185.0 183.0 182.0
Arkansas .......: 39.0 36.0 38.0 35.0
Florida ........: 175.0 170.0 166.0 160.0
Georgia ........: 810.0 760.0 805.0 750.0
Mississippi ....: 23.0 18.0 22.0 17.0
New Mexico .....: 6.5 11.0 5.2 11.0
North Carolina .: 107.0 115.0 105.0 113.0
Oklahoma .......: 15.0 16.0 14.0 15.0
South Carolina .: 84.0 69.0 80.0 66.0
Texas ..........: 190.0 170.0 170.0 155.0
Virginia .......: 28.0 30.0 27.0 29.0
:
United States ..: 1,662.5 1,580.0 1,615.2 1,533.0
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: : 2021 : :
: 2020 :-------------------------: 2020 : 2021
: :September 1 : October 1 : :
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: ----------- pounds ----------- ---- 1,000 pounds ----
:
Alabama ........: 3,400 4,000 3,600 622,200 655,200
Arkansas .......: 4,800 5,000 5,000 182,400 175,000
Florida ........: 3,400 3,900 3,700 564,400 592,000
Georgia ........: 4,120 4,400 4,400 3,316,600 3,300,000
Mississippi ....: 4,400 4,100 4,100 96,800 69,700
New Mexico .....: 2,850 3,100 3,100 14,820 34,100
North Carolina .: 3,900 3,900 4,000 409,500 452,000
Oklahoma .......: 4,220 4,000 4,000 59,080 60,000
South Carolina .: 3,700 4,000 4,100 296,000 270,600
Texas ..........: 2,850 3,350 3,550 484,500 550,250
Virginia .......: 4,150 4,600 4,600 112,050 133,400
:
United States ..: 3,813 4,141 4,105 6,158,350 6,292,250
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