Peanut Crop Rises 8%
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/25 - SNS -- Peanut production was estimated at 6.45 billion pounds, up 8% from 2023 in comparable States, according to the USDA's final production estimates for 2024.
Planted area was estimated at 1.80 million acres, up 9% from 2023 in comparable States. Harvested area was estimated at 1.76 million acres, up 12% from 2023 in comparable States. The average yield was estimated at 3,668 pounds per acre, down 141 pounds per acre from 2023 in comparable States.
Record high harvest acres was estimated in Arkansas. Record high yields was estimated in North Carolina and Virginia. Record high production was estimated in Arkansas and North Carolina.
Beginning in 2024, estimates for peanuts began in Missouri but were discontinued in New Mexico.
Peanut Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2022-2024
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .......: 165.0 175.0 190.0 163.0 171.0 188.0
Arkansas ......: 33.0 35.0 45.0 32.0 34.0 44.0
Florida .......: 152.0 160.0 165.0 144.0 152.0 157.0
Georgia .......: 685.0 775.0 850.0 680.0 769.0 845.0
Mississippi ...: 15.0 18.0 26.0 14.0 16.0 25.0
Missouri 1/ ...: (NA) (NA) 24.0 (NA) (NA) 23.0
New Mexico 2/ .: 6.5 11.0 (NA) 5.4 9.0 (NA)
North Carolina : 117.0 124.0 130.0 116.0 123.0 129.0
Oklahoma ......: 18.0 16.0 19.0 17.0 15.0 18.0
South Carolina : 71.0 77.0 82.0 68.0 74.0 79.0
Texas .........: 157.0 225.0 240.0 114.0 165.0 220.0
Virginia ......: 29.0 29.0 30.0 28.0 29.0 30.0
:
United States .: 1,448.5 1,645.0 1,801.0 1,381.4 1,557.0 1,758.0
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: ----------- pounds ---------- ---------- 1,000 pounds ---------
:
Alabama .......: 3,400 2,760 3,000 554,200 471,960 564,000
Arkansas ......: 5,200 5,800 5,500 166,400 197,200 242,000
Florida .......: 3,990 3,440 3,500 574,560 522,880 549,500
Georgia .......: 4,210 4,080 3,800 2,862,800 3,137,520 3,211,000
Mississippi ...: 4,500 3,600 3,700 63,000 57,600 92,500
Missouri 1/ ...: (NA) (NA) 5,440 (NA) (NA) 125,120
New Mexico 2/ .: 2,880 2,000 (NA) 15,552 18,000 (NA)
North Carolina : 4,370 4,200 4,400 506,920 516,600 567,600
Oklahoma ......: 3,720 3,880 4,200 63,240 58,200 75,600
South Carolina : 4,150 4,050 3,800 282,200 299,700 300,200
Texas .........: 2,870 2,780 2,600 327,180 458,700 572,000
Virginia ......: 4,490 4,800 4,950 125,720 139,200 148,500
:
United States .: 4,012 3,775 3,668 5,541,772 5,877,560 6,448,020
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates began in 2024.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
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