Modest Peanut Area Drop
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/22 - SNS -- Peanut growers intend to plant 1.57 million acres in 2022, down 1 percent from 2021, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates.
In Georgia, the largest peanut-producing State, expected planted area is down 3 percent from 2021. Increases in planted area are expected in Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia.
Peanut Area Planted - States and United States: 2020-2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted State :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2022 1/ : Percent of : : : : previous year ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------------- 1,000 acres ----------------- percent : Alabama ............: 185.0 185.0 175.0 95 Arkansas ...........: 39.0 36.0 35.0 97 Florida ............: 175.0 170.0 160.0 94 Georgia ............: 810.0 755.0 730.0 97 Mississippi ........: 23.0 18.0 20.0 111 New Mexico .........: 6.5 11.2 11.0 98 North Carolina .....: 107.0 115.0 120.0 104 Oklahoma ...........: 15.0 16.0 13.0 81 South Carolina .....: 84.0 69.0 85.0 123 Texas ..............: 190.0 180.0 190.0 106 Virginia ...........: 28.0 30.0 32.0 107 : United States ......: 1,662.5 1,585.2 1,571.0 99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Intended plantings in 2022 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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