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Peanut Harvest Up 1% Over 2020

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
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                  :   Area harvested    :          Yield per acre           :     Production
                  :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       State      :          :          :           :         2021          :          :
                  :   2020   :   2021   :   2020    :-----------------------:   2020   :   2021
                  :          :          :           : October 1 :November 1 :          :
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                  : --- 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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