Smaller Peanut Crop Expected
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/22 - SNS -- Peanut production is forecast at 5.85 million pounds in 2022, down 6% from the previous forecast and down 8% from 2021, according to the USDA's latest production forecast.
Acreage updates were made in several States based on a thorough review of all available data. Planted area at 1.46 million acres is down 5% from the previous estimate and down 8% from 2021 planted area. Area harvested is expected to total 1.41 million acres, down 6% from the previous forecast and down 9% from 2021.
Based on conditions as of September 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 4,145 pounds per acre, up 16 pounds per acre from the previous forecast and up 10 pounds per acre from 2021. Record high yields are forecast for Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2021 and 2022
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 185.0 165.0 183.0 163.0
Arkansas .........: 36.0 33.0 35.0 32.0
Florida ..........: 170.0 155.0 162.0 147.0
Georgia ..........: 755.0 685.0 750.0 680.0
Mississippi ......: 18.0 14.0 17.0 13.0
New Mexico .......: 11.2 7.1 11.0 7.1
North Carolina ...: 115.0 117.0 114.0 116.0
Oklahoma .........: 16.0 18.0 15.0 17.0
South Carolina ...: 69.0 71.0 66.0 68.0
Texas ............: 180.0 165.0 162.0 140.0
Virginia .........: 30.0 29.0 30.0 28.0
:
United States ....: 1,585.2 1,459.1 1,545.0 1,411.1
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1/ Forecasted.
Peanut Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021 and Forecasted
September 1, 2022
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2022 : :
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 :-----------------------: 2021 : 2022
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ----------- pounds ---------- --- 1,000 pounds ---
:
Alabama ..........: 183.0 163.0 3,400 4,000 3,800 622,200 619,400
Arkansas .........: 35.0 32.0 5,000 5,000 5,000 175,000 160,000
Florida ..........: 162.0 147.0 3,650 4,300 4,300 591,300 632,100
Georgia ..........: 750.0 680.0 4,450 4,500 4,500 3,337,500 3,060,000
Mississippi ......: 17.0 13.0 4,200 4,100 4,100 71,400 53,300
New Mexico .......: 11.0 7.1 2,600 3,000 3,000 28,600 21,300
North Carolina ...: 114.0 116.0 4,350 4,200 4,400 495,900 510,400
Oklahoma .........: 15.0 17.0 4,400 4,200 4,000 66,000 68,000
South Carolina ...: 66.0 68.0 4,200 4,200 4,200 277,200 285,600
Texas ............: 162.0 140.0 3,600 2,100 2,200 583,200 308,000
Virginia .........: 30.0 28.0 4,700 4,700 4,700 141,000 131,600
:
United States ....: 1,545.0 1,411.1 4,135 4,129 4,145 6,389,300 5,849,700
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