Upward Revision In Peanut Yields
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/23 - SNS -- Peanuts production is forecast at 6.32 billion pounds in 2023, up 2% from the previous forecast and up 14% from 2022, according to the latest USDA production estimates for 2023.
Acreage updates were made in several States based on a thorough review of all available data. Planted area, at 1.65 million acres, is up 5% from the previous estimate and up 14% from 2022. Area harvested is expected to total 1.60 million acres, up 4% from the previous estimate and up 15% from last year.
Based on conditions as of September 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 3,953 pounds per acre, down 94 pounds per acre from the previous forecast and down 66 pounds per acre from 2022. A record high yield is forecast for Virginia.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2022 and 2023
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ..........: 165.0 175.0 162.0 172.0
Arkansas .........: 33.0 35.0 32.0 34.0
Florida ..........: 150.0 160.0 142.0 151.0
Georgia ..........: 685.0 775.0 680.0 770.0
Mississippi ......: 15.0 19.0 14.0 18.0
New Mexico .......: 7.3 11.0 6.4 10.8
North Carolina ...: 117.0 125.0 116.0 123.0
Oklahoma .........: 18.0 15.0 17.0 14.0
South Carolina ...: 71.0 76.0 68.0 73.0
Texas ............: 160.0 230.0 120.0 205.0
Virginia .........: 29.0 29.0 28.0 29.0
:
United States ....: 1,450.3 1,650.0 1,385.4 1,599.8
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1/ Forecasted.
Peanut Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2022 and Forecasted
September 1, 2023
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2023 : :
: 2022 : 2023 : 2022 :-----------------------: 2022 : 2023
: : : : August 1 :September 1: :
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ----------- pounds ---------- --- 1,000 pounds ---
:
Alabama ..........: 162.0 172.0 3,450 3,450 3,300 558,900 567,600
Arkansas .........: 32.0 34.0 5,200 5,000 5,000 166,400 170,000
Florida ..........: 142.0 151.0 3,900 3,800 3,200 553,800 483,200
Georgia ..........: 680.0 770.0 4,250 4,300 4,300 2,890,000 3,311,000
Mississippi ......: 14.0 18.0 4,500 4,400 4,400 63,000 79,200
New Mexico .......: 6.4 10.8 2,500 2,700 2,700 16,000 29,160
North Carolina ...: 116.0 123.0 4,400 4,300 4,250 510,400 522,750
Oklahoma .........: 17.0 14.0 3,650 4,000 4,000 62,050 56,000
South Carolina ...: 68.0 73.0 4,200 3,800 4,000 285,600 292,000
Texas ............: 120.0 205.0 2,800 3,250 3,300 336,000 676,500
Virginia .........: 28.0 29.0 4,500 4,700 4,700 126,000 136,300
:
United States ....: 1,385.4 1,599.8 4,019 4,047 3,953 5,568,150 6,323,710
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