Smaller U.S. Peanut Crop
WASHINGTON - JAN 13/23 - SNS -- Peanuts production was estimated at 5.57 billion pounds, down 12% from 2021, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2022.
Planted area was estimated at 1.45 million acres, down 8% from 2021. Harvested area was estimated at 1.39 million acres, down 10% from 2021. The average yield was estimated at 4,019 pounds per acre, down 111 pounds from 2021.
Record high yields were estimated in Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020-2022
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .......: 185.0 185.0 165.0 183.0 182.0 162.0
Arkansas ......: 39.0 36.0 33.0 38.0 35.0 32.0
Florida .......: 175.0 165.0 150.0 166.0 158.0 142.0
Georgia .......: 810.0 755.0 685.0 805.0 750.0 680.0
Mississippi ...: 23.0 18.0 15.0 22.0 17.0 14.0
New Mexico ....: 6.5 11.2 7.3 5.2 11.1 6.4
North Carolina : 107.0 115.0 117.0 105.0 114.0 116.0
Oklahoma ......: 15.0 16.0 18.0 14.0 15.0 17.0
South Carolina : 84.0 69.0 71.0 80.0 66.0 68.0
Texas .........: 190.0 180.0 160.0 170.0 162.0 120.0
Virginia ......: 28.0 30.0 29.0 27.0 30.0 28.0
:
United States .: 1,662.5 1,580.2 1,450.3 1,615.2 1,540.1 1,385.4
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: ----------- pounds ---------- ---------- 1,000 pounds ---------
:
Alabama .......: 3,400 3,350 3,450 622,200 609,700 558,900
Arkansas ......: 4,800 5,000 5,200 182,400 175,000 166,400
Florida .......: 3,400 3,700 3,900 564,400 584,600 553,800
Georgia .......: 4,120 4,450 4,250 3,316,600 3,337,500 2,890,000
Mississippi ...: 4,400 4,100 4,500 96,800 69,700 63,000
New Mexico ....: 2,850 2,310 2,500 14,820 25,641 16,000
North Carolina : 3,900 4,350 4,400 409,500 495,900 510,400
Oklahoma ......: 4,220 4,450 3,650 59,080 66,750 62,050
South Carolina : 3,700 4,200 4,200 296,000 277,200 285,600
Texas .........: 2,850 3,570 2,800 484,500 578,340 336,000
Virginia ......: 4,150 4,700 4,500 112,050 141,000 126,000
:
United States .: 3,813 4,130 4,019 6,158,350 6,361,331 5,568,150
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