Peanut Crop Remains Above 2022
WASHINGTON Oct 12/23 - SNS -- Peanut production is forecast at 6.25 billion pounds in 2023, down 1% from the previous forecast, but up 13% from 2022, according to the USDA's latest crop estimates.
Area harvested is expected to total 1.60 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 16% from 2022
Based on conditions as of October 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 3,905 pounds per acre, down 48 pounds per acre from the previous forecast and down 103 pounds per acre from 2022. The yield in South Carolina is forecast to be a record high.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2022 and Forecasted October 1, 2023
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2022 : 2023
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 165.0 175.0 163.0 172.0
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 6.1 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 ..........: 160.0 230.0 117.0 205.0
Virginia .......: 29.0 29.0 28.0 29.0
:
United States ..: 1,450.3 1,650.0 1,383.1 1,599.8
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: : 2023 : :
: 2022 :-------------------------: 2022 : 2023
: :September 1 : October 1 : :
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: ----------- pounds ----------- ---- 1,000 pounds ----
:
Alabama ........: 3,400 3,300 3,000 554,200 516,000
Arkansas .......: 5,200 5,000 5,000 166,400 170,000
Florida ........: 4,050 3,200 3,000 575,100 453,000
Georgia ........: 4,210 4,300 4,300 2,862,800 3,311,000
Mississippi ....: 4,500 4,400 4,400 63,000 79,200
New Mexico .....: 2,530 2,700 2,700 15,433 29,160
North Carolina .: 4,370 4,250 4,200 506,920 516,600
Oklahoma .......: 3,720 4,000 4,000 63,240 56,000
South Carolina .: 4,150 4,000 4,200 282,200 306,600
Texas ..........: 2,800 3,300 3,300 327,600 676,500
Virginia .......: 4,500 4,700 4,600 126,000 133,400
:
United States ..: 4,008 3,953 3,905 5,542,893 6,247,460
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