PEANUT MARKETING NEWS –October 13, 2021 – Tyron Spearman, Editor (132)

U.S. 2021 PEANUT CROP ESTIMATE – Issued by USDA’s Ag Statistics Service from interviews with farmers on Sept. 1, 2021and
acreage reported to USDA FSA by the July 15 deadline to participate in the peanut program and other farm programs.
Area Harvested Yield Production
2021
State 2020 2021 2020 2019 2020 2021
Sept Oct
1,000 Acres Pounds/Acre Tons
Alabama 182.0 182.0 3,400 4,000 3,600 264,650 311,100 327,200
Arkansas 38.0 35.0 4,800 5,000 5,000 85,900 91,200 87,500
Florida 165.0 160.0 3,400 3,900 3,700 294,500 282,200 296,000
Georgia 800.0 750.0 4,120 4,400 4,400 1,386,000 1,658,300 1,650,000
Mississippi 22.0 17.0 4,400 4,100 4,100 38,000 48,400 34,850
N. Mexico 4.8 11.0 2,850 3,100 3,100 7,543.5 7,410 17,050
N. Carolina 106.0 113.0 3,900 3,900 4,000 221,850 204,750 226,000
Oklahoma 14.0 15.0 4,220 4,000 4,000 28,700 29,540 30,000
S. Carolina 82.0 66.0 3,700 4,000 4,100 117,800 148,000 135,000
Texas 175.0 155.0 2,850 3,350 3,550 248,000 242,250 275,125
Virginia 27.0 29.0 4,150 4,600 4,600 55,200 56,025 66,700
US TOTAL 1,615.8 1,533.0 3,813 4,141 4,105 2,748,043.5 3,079,175 3,146,125
2021 PEANUT CROP – Production is forecast at 6.29 billion pounds (3,146,125 tons), down 1 percent from the previous forecast but
up 2 percent from the revised 2020 total of 6.16 billion pounds. Area harvested is expected to total 1.53 million acres, unchanged from
the previous forecast but down 5 percent from the revised 2020 total. Based on conditions as of October 1, the average yield for the
United States is forecast at 4,105 pounds per acre down 36 pounds per acre from the previous forecast, but up 292 pounds per acre
from the revised 2020 yield.
A record high yield is forecasted in South Carolina. Seventy-one percent of the United States peanut acreage was rated in
good to excellent condition on October 3 compared to sixty-one percent at the same time last year.
OTHER U.S. CROPS - Corn production for grain is forecast at 15.0 billion bushels, up slightly from the previous forecast and up 6
percent from 2020. Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 176.5 bushels per harvested acre, up 0.2
bushel from the previous forecast and up 5.1 bushels from last year. Total planted area, at 93.3 million acres, is unchanged from the
previous estimate, but up 3 percent from the previous year. Area harvested for grain, forecast at 85.1 million acres, is unchanged from
the previous forecast but up 3 percent from the previous year.
Soybean production for beans is forecast at a record 4.45 billion bushels, up 2 percent from the previous forecast and up 5
percent from 2020. Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 51.5 bushels per harvested acre, up 0.9 bushel
from the previous forecast and up 0.5 bushel from 2020. After a thorough review of all available data acreage estimates are unchanged
from last month. Total planted area, at 87.2 million acres, is unchanged from the previous estimate, but up 5 percent from the previous
year. Area harvested for beans, forecast at 86.4 million acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but up 5 percent from the
previous year.
All cotton production is forecast at 18.0 million 480-pound bales, down 3 percent from the previous forecast, but up 23
percent from 2020. Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 871 pounds per harvested acre, down 24
pounds from the previous forecast but up 24 pounds from 2020. Upland cotton production is forecast at 17.7 million 480-pound bales,
down 3 percent from the previous forecast but up 26 percent from 2020. Pima cotton production is forecast at 353,000 bales, up 5
percent from the previous forecast but down 35 percent from 2020. All cotton area harvested is forecast at 9.92 million acres,
unchanged from the previous forecast, but up 20 percent from 2020.
GEORGIA PEANUT FESTIVAL – The Georgia Peanut Festival is Saturday, October 16. Displays and exhibits open at 9 AM a
Jeffords Park in Downtown Sylvester, GA. The commodity parade rolls at 10 AM with the Awards and Entertainment set for 12
Noon in the Park. Sylvester celebrates the title as the Peanut Capital of the World. Contact the Georgia Peanut Festival at 229-776-
6657 to find out more! The Georgia Peanut Festival is the world record holder for making the World’s Largest Peanut Butter
Sandwich (14 foot wide by 14 foot long and 2,650 lbs in 1987!