Moderate Gain In Oat Plantings
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/24- SNS -- Area seeded to oats for the 2024 crop year is estimated at 2.30 million acres, up 1% from 2023 for comparable States, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2024.
Planted acreage is up or unchanged in 10 of the 19 major producing States compared to last year. Harvested acres, forecast at 872,000 acres, is up 9% from 2023 for comparable States. Record low planted acreage is estimated in Idaho, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Beginning in 2024, estimates for oats were discontinued in Arkansas, California, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Oat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2023 and 2024
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arkansas 2/ .......: 8 (NA) 5 (NA)
California 2/ .....: 90 (NA) 5 (NA)
Georgia ...........: 55 60 15 20
Idaho .............: 45 40 12 10
Illinois ..........: 55 55 17 14
Iowa ..............: 190 210 95 120
Kansas ............: 185 175 30 35
Maine .............: 22 24 21 22
Michigan ..........: 50 50 25 30
Minnesota .........: 165 180 87 115
:
Missouri 2/ .......: 32 (NA) 9 (NA)
Montana ...........: 65 60 22 25
Nebraska ..........: 155 150 24 32
New York ..........: 61 60 44 38
North Carolina ....: 37 34 14 12
North Dakota ......: 280 280 105 130
Ohio ..............: 40 50 15 15
Oklahoma 2/ .......: 140 (NA) 13 (NA)
Oregon ............: 20 20 12 12
Pennsylvania ......: 70 61 47 41
:
South Dakota ......: 265 250 69 83
Texas .............: 390 410 70 50
Wisconsin .........: 135 130 75 68
:
United States .....: 2,555 2,299 831 872
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
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