Peanut Area Rises 6%
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/24- SNS -- Planted area is estimated at 1.76 million acres in 2024, up 6% from last year in comparable States, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2024.
Area for harvest is estimated at 1.70 million acres in 2024, up 7% from last year in comparable States. In Georgia, the largest peanut-producing State, planted area is up 10% from 2023.
Beginning in 2024, estimates for peanuts began in Missouri but were discontinued in New Mexico.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2023 and 2024
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ........: 175.0 170.0 171.0 167.0
Arkansas .......: 35.0 35.0 34.0 34.0
Florida ........: 160.0 170.0 152.0 161.0
Georgia ........: 775.0 850.0 770.0 845.0
Mississippi ....: 18.0 21.0 16.0 20.0
Missouri 2/ ....: (NA) 22.0 (NA) 21.0
New Mexico 3/ ..: 11.0 (NA) 10.0 (NA)
North Carolina .: 124.0 125.0 123.0 124.0
Oklahoma .......: 16.0 15.0 15.0 14.0
South Carolina .: 77.0 85.0 74.0 82.0
Texas ..........: 225.0 240.0 180.0 210.0
Virginia .......: 29.0 24.0 29.0 24.0
:
United States ..: 1,645.0 1,757.0 1,574.0 1,702.0
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates began in 2024.
3/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
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