32% Bigger Oat Crop Projected
WASHINGTON - Jul 12/22 - SNS -- Oat production in the United States is expected to total 52.6 million bushels, up 32% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
Growers expect to harvest 796,000 acres for grain, unchanged from the previous forecast and up 22% from 2021. Based on conditions as of July 1, the United States yield is forecast at 66.1 bushels per acre, 4.8 bushels above the 2021 average yield. A record high yield is expected in North Dakota.
Oat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021 and
Forecasted July 1, 2022
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022
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: 1,000 acres ---- bushels --- 1,000 bushels
:
California .......: 5 5 65.0 65.0 325 325
Idaho ............: 13 13 72.0 90.0 936 1,170
Illinois .........: 15 10 83.0 82.0 1,245 820
Iowa .............: 52 35 77.0 76.0 4,004 2,660
Kansas ...........: 20 21 50.0 45.0 1,000 945
Maine ............: 19 23 78.0 70.0 1,482 1,610
Michigan .........: 20 30 63.0 59.0 1,260 1,770
Minnesota ........: 77 105 57.0 62.0 4,389 6,510
Montana ..........: 16 30 35.0 20.0 560 600
Nebraska .........: 26 23 56.0 41.0 1,456 943
:
New York .........: 29 39 68.0 65.0 1,972 2,535
North Dakota .....: 83 120 48.0 86.0 3,984 10,320
Ohio .............: 20 25 67.0 67.0 1,340 1,675
Oregon ...........: 6 6 62.0 75.0 372 450
Pennsylvania .....: 36 48 65.0 56.0 2,340 2,688
South Dakota .....: 56 95 67.0 86.0 3,752 8,170
Texas ............: 35 50 45.0 47.0 1,575 2,350
Wisconsin ........: 61 65 62.0 61.0 3,782 3,965
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Other States 1/ ..: 61 53 66.6 58.6 4,062 3,107
:
United States ....: 650 796 61.3 66.1 39,836 52,613
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1/ Other States include: Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2022 Summary."
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