USDA lowers Peanut Estimate
WASHINGTON - Oct 12/22 - SNS -- Peanut production in the U.S. is forecast at 5.77 million pounds in 2022, down 1% from the previous forecast, and down 9% from 2021, according to the USDA.
Area harvested is expected to total 1.41 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 8% from 2021. Based on conditions as of October 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 4,090 pounds per acre, down 55 pounds per acre from the previous forecast, and down 40 pounds per acre from 2021. Record high yields are forecast for South Carolina and Virginia.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2021 and Forecasted October 1, 2022
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 185.0 165.0 182.0 163.0
Arkansas .......: 36.0 33.0 35.0 32.0
Florida ........: 165.0 155.0 158.0 147.0
Georgia ........: 755.0 685.0 750.0 680.0
Mississippi ....: 18.0 14.0 17.0 13.0
New Mexico .....: 11.2 7.1 11.1 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 ..: 1,580.2 1,459.1 1,540.1 1,411.1
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: : 2022 : :
: 2021 :-------------------------: 2021 : 2022
: :September 1 : October 1 : :
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: ----------- pounds ----------- ---- 1,000 pounds ----
:
Alabama ........: 3,350 3,800 3,900 609,700 635,700
Arkansas .......: 5,000 5,000 5,000 175,000 160,000
Florida ........: 3,700 4,300 3,900 584,600 573,300
Georgia ........: 4,450 4,500 4,400 3,337,500 2,992,000
Mississippi ....: 4,100 4,100 4,100 69,700 53,300
New Mexico .....: 2,310 3,000 3,000 25,641 21,300
North Carolina .: 4,350 4,400 4,100 495,900 475,600
Oklahoma .......: 4,450 4,000 3,800 66,750 64,600
South Carolina .: 4,200 4,200 4,200 277,200 285,600
Texas ..........: 3,570 2,200 2,700 578,340 378,000
Virginia .......: 4,700 4,700 4,700 141,000 131,600
:
United States ..: 4,130 4,145 4,090 6,361,331 5,771,000
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