Oat Harvest Inched Lower
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Oats production in 2023 was estimated at 57.0 million bushels, down 1% from 2022, according to the USDA's final production estimates.
Yield was estimated at 68.6 bushels per acre, up 3.1 bushels from the previous year. Harvested area, at 831 thousand acres, was 6% below 2022. Record low acres were planted in California, Minnesota, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin. Record low acres were harvested in Georgia and Ohio. Record high yields were estimated in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Oat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021-2023
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2023 : 2021 : 2022 : 2023
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arkansas ...........: 10 10 8 6 6 5
California .........: 100 105 90 5 6 5
Georgia ............: 80 75 55 20 15 15
Idaho ..............: 50 50 45 13 16 12
Illinois ...........: 60 60 55 15 10 17
Iowa ...............: 130 130 190 52 40 95
Kansas .............: 115 110 185 20 25 30
Maine ..............: 22 27 22 19 25 21
Michigan ...........: 55 50 50 20 26 25
Minnesota ..........: 180 200 165 77 140 87
:
Missouri ...........: 50 45 32 15 6 9
Montana ............: 60 85 65 16 24 22
Nebraska ...........: 120 125 155 26 18 24
New York ...........: 55 68 61 29 49 44
North Carolina .....: 33 40 37 14 11 14
North Dakota .......: 355 345 280 83 190 105
Ohio ...............: 45 50 40 20 15 15
Oklahoma ...........: 80 50 140 6 17 13
Oregon .............: 15 20 20 6 8 12
Pennsylvania .......: 85 87 70 36 61 47
:
South Dakota .......: 215 260 265 56 75 69
Texas ..............: 460 450 390 35 32 70
Wisconsin ..........: 175 140 135 61 65 75
:
United States ......: 2,550 2,582 2,555 650 880 831
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Oat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2021-2023 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2023 : 2021 : 2022 : 2023
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: ---------- bushels --------- -------- 1,000 bushels -------
:
Arkansas ...........: 90.0 61.0 62.0 540 366 310
California .........: 65.0 65.0 75.0 325 390 375
Georgia ............: 70.0 51.0 61.0 1,400 765 915
Idaho ..............: 72.0 64.0 91.0 936 1,024 1,092
Illinois ...........: 83.0 83.0 90.0 1,245 830 1,530
Iowa ...............: 77.0 82.0 80.0 4,004 3,280 7,600
Kansas .............: 50.0 41.0 66.0 1,000 1,025 1,980
Maine ..............: 78.0 84.0 62.0 1,482 2,100 1,302
Michigan ...........: 63.0 61.0 66.0 1,260 1,586 1,650
Minnesota ..........: 57.0 61.0 77.0 4,389 8,540 6,699
:
Missouri ...........: 60.0 52.0 68.0 900 312 612
Montana ............: 35.0 38.0 37.0 560 912 814
Nebraska ...........: 56.0 51.0 53.0 1,456 918 1,272
New York ...........: 68.0 55.0 60.0 1,972 2,695 2,640
North Carolina .....: 68.0 77.0 77.0 952 847 1,078
North Dakota .......: 48.0 72.0 76.0 3,984 13,680 7,980
Ohio ...............: 67.0 70.0 76.0 1,340 1,050 1,140
Oklahoma ...........: 45.0 20.0 60.0 270 340 780
Oregon .............: 62.0 105.0 79.0 372 840 948
Pennsylvania .......: 65.0 59.0 61.0 2,340 3,599 2,867
:
South Dakota .......: 67.0 80.0 74.0 3,752 6,000 5,106
Texas ..............: 45.0 55.0 54.0 1,575 1,760 3,780
Wisconsin ..........: 62.0 74.0 61.0 3,782 4,810 4,575
:
United States ......: 61.3 65.5 68.6 39,836 57,669 57,045
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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