Modest Gain In Peanut Output
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- Peanut production was estimated at 6.39 billion pounds, up 4% from 2020, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
Planted area was estimated at 1.59 million acres, down 5% from 2020. Harvested area was estimated at 1.55 million acres, down 4% from 2020. The average yield was estimated at 4,135 pounds per acre, up 322 pounds from 2020.
Record high yields were estimated in Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .......: 160.0 185.0 185.0 156.0 183.0 183.0
Arkansas ......: 34.0 39.0 36.0 33.0 38.0 35.0
Florida .......: 165.0 175.0 170.0 155.0 166.0 162.0
Georgia .......: 675.0 810.0 755.0 660.0 805.0 750.0
Mississippi ...: 20.0 23.0 18.0 19.0 22.0 17.0
New Mexico ....: 4.7 6.5 11.2 4.7 5.2 11.0
North Carolina : 104.0 107.0 115.0 102.0 105.0 114.0
Oklahoma ......: 15.0 15.0 16.0 14.0 14.0 15.0
South Carolina : 65.0 84.0 69.0 62.0 80.0 66.0
Texas .........: 165.0 190.0 180.0 160.0 170.0 162.0
Virginia ......: 25.0 28.0 30.0 24.0 27.0 30.0
:
United States .: 1,432.7 1,662.5 1,585.2 1,389.7 1,615.2 1,545.0
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: ----------- pounds ---------- ---------- 1,000 pounds ---------
:
Alabama .......: 3,350 3,400 3,400 522,600 622,200 622,200
Arkansas ......: 5,200 4,800 5,000 171,600 182,400 175,000
Florida .......: 3,800 3,400 3,650 589,000 564,400 591,300
Georgia .......: 4,170 4,120 4,450 2,752,200 3,316,600 3,337,500
Mississippi ...: 4,000 4,400 4,200 76,000 96,800 71,400
New Mexico ....: 3,210 2,850 2,600 15,087 14,820 28,600
North Carolina : 4,400 3,900 4,350 448,800 409,500 495,900
Oklahoma ......: 4,000 4,220 4,400 56,000 59,080 66,000
South Carolina : 3,800 3,700 4,200 235,600 296,000 277,200
Texas .........: 3,050 2,850 3,600 488,000 484,500 583,200
Virginia ......: 4,650 4,150 4,700 111,600 112,050 141,000
:
United States .: 3,934 3,813 4,135 5,466,487 6,158,350 6,389,300
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