| |
Crop Production Report - August 2009
Peanuts continued to develop behind the 5-year average pace, with 30 percent of the crop pegging on July 5. Significant mid-month delays were seen in Georgia and Oklahoma where hot temperatures and depleted soil moisture levels held progress to 17 and 16 points behind normal, respectively, on July 12. Pegging was active across most of the growing region toward the end of the month, with the most rapid development evident in Texas during the week ending July 26. By August 2, eighty-one percent of the crop had reached the pegging stage, 7 points behind last year and 8 points, or slightly more than 1 week, behind the average. Overall, peanut conditions improved significantly during July. Sixty-nine percent of the crop was rated good to excellent on August 2, compared with 58 percent on July 5 and 60 percent last year.
Production is forecast at 3.53 billion pounds, down 32 percent from last year and down 4 percent from 2007. Area for harvest is expected to total 1.07 million acres, unchanged from June but down 29 percent from 2008. Yields are expected to average 3,301 pounds per acre, down 115 pounds from last year\'s record yield but would be the second highest yield on record if realized. Planted acreage, at 1.10 million, is unchanged from the June estimate. Production in the Southeast States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina) is expected to total 2.64 billion pounds, down 30 percent from last year\'s production. Alabama\'s forecast of 3,300 pounds per acre, unchanged from last year, is the only State in the region not showing a decline in yield from 2008. Georgia, the largest peanut-producing State, has an expected yield of 3,300 pounds per acre, down 100 pounds from the 2008 average. As of August 1, crop development in the region was behind normal due to planting delays in the spring caused by wet field conditions. Despite the delay in development, the majority of the acreage was rated in fair to good condition as of August 2.
Virginia-North Carolina production is forecast at 285 million pounds, down 35 percent from last year. Yield is forecast at 3,314 pounds per acre, down 307 pounds from the previous year. The North Carolina forecasted yield of 3,300 pounds per acre is down 400 pounds from 2008, while the Virginia forecast of 3,400 pounds, is up 100 pounds from last year and represents a new record for the Commonwealth if realized. Acreage for harvest is forecast at 86,000, down 29 percent from 2008.
Southwest peanut production (New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) is expected to total 601 million pounds, down 37 percent from 2008. Yields are expected to average 3,374 pounds per acre in 2009, down 27 pounds from last year\'s average of 3,401 pounds. Area for harvest is forecast at 178,000 acres, down 36 percent from the previous year. As of August 2, ninety-two percent of the Texas acreage was pegging, 6 percentage points ahead of the five-year average.
For a complete chart of current production stats, go to:
http://admin.peanutsusa.com/documents/Document_Library/Peanut%20Crop%20Production%20Report%208%2012%2009.pdf
|
|
 |
| |
Keyword Search:
|
|
|
