WASHINGTON - Nov 8/21 - SNS -- This year's peanut harvest is expected to reach 6.24 billion pounds, down 1% from the previous forecast but up 1% from the 2020 total of 6.16 billion pounds, according to the latest USDA crop report.
Area harvested is expected to total 1.53 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 5% from the 2020 total.
Based on conditions as of November 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 4,072 pounds per acre, down 33 pounds per acre from the previous forecast but up 259 pounds per acre from the 2020 yield. A record high yield is forecast in South Carolina.
Peanut Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2020 and Forecasted November 1, 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : : 2021 : : : 2020 : 2021 : 2020 :-----------------------: 2020 : 2021 : : : : October 1 :November 1 : : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 acres -- ----------- pounds ---------- --- 1,000 pounds --- : Alabama ..........: 183.0 182.0 3,400 3,600 3,400 622,200 618,800 Arkansas .........: 38.0 35.0 4,800 5,000 5,000 182,400 175,000 Florida ..........: 166.0 160.0 3,400 3,700 3,500 564,400 560,000 Georgia ..........: 805.0 750.0 4,120 4,400 4,400 3,316,600 3,300,000 Mississippi ......: 22.0 17.0 4,400 4,100 4,100 96,800 69,700 New Mexico .......: 5.2 11.0 2,850 3,100 3,100 14,820 34,100 North Carolina ...: 105.0 113.0 3,900 4,000 4,300 409,500 485,900 Oklahoma .........: 14.0 15.0 4,220 4,000 3,500 59,080 52,500 South Carolina ...: 80.0 66.0 3,700 4,100 4,100 296,000 270,600 Texas ............: 170.0 155.0 2,850 3,550 3,500 484,500 542,500 Virginia .........: 27.0 29.0 4,150 4,600 4,600 112,050 133,400 : United States ....: 1,615.2 1,533.0 3,813 4,105 4,072 6,158,350 6,242,500 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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