Smaller Rye Harvest
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS --Rye production for 2023 was estimated at 10.4 million bushels, down 17% from the 2022 total, according to the USDA's final production estimates.
Harvested area totaled 322,000 acres, down 23,000 acres from 2022. The United States yield was 32.2 bushels per acre and was down 3.9 bushels from 2022. Planted area totaled 2.29 million acres, up 5% from 2022, and was the highest since 1988. Much of those acres were used as a cover crop.
Rye 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
:
Minnesota ..........: 57 70 75 11 28 22
North Dakota .......: 88 110 96 36 60 63
Oklahoma ...........: 250 265 260 50 50 45
Pennsylvania .......: 185 190 185 15 21 18
Wisconsin ..........: 270 230 240 20 20 15
:
Other States 2/ ....: 1,283 1,310 1,437 162 166 159
:
United States ......: 2,133 2,175 2,293 294 345 322
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2023 : 2021 : 2022 : 2023
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: --------- bushels -------- ------- 1,000 bushels ------
:
Minnesota ..........: 44.0 52.0 44.0 484 1,456 968
North Dakota .......: 32.0 46.0 41.0 1,152 2,760 2,583
Oklahoma ...........: 25.0 20.0 17.0 1,250 1,000 765
Pennsylvania .......: 40.0 38.0 34.0 600 798 612
Wisconsin ..........: 41.0 58.0 41.0 820 1,160 615
:
Other States 2/ ....: 34.0 31.8 30.4 5,502 5,279 4,832
:
United States ......: 33.4 36.1 32.2 9,808 12,453 10,375
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
2/ Other States include Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North
Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas.
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