New York oat production is forecasted to drop 10 percent to nearly 2.11 million bushels in 2020 from 2.34 million bushels last year, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported on July 10. The Empire State’s yield per acre is projected at 54 bushels this year, down 6 bushels (or 10 percent), from 60 […]
New York oat production is forecasted to drop 10 percent to nearly 2.11 million bushels in 2020 from 2.34 million bushels last year, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reported on July 10. The Empire State’s yield per acre is projected at 54 bushels this year, down 6 bushels (or 10 percent), from 60 bushels in 2019. Area harvested for oats was estimated at 39,000 acres, unchanged from a year ago, NASS said.
U.S. oat production for 2020 is forecasted to total just over 65 million bushels, up more than 22 percent from the 2019 national total of 53.1 million bushels, according to the USDA. Yield per acre, estimated at 65.2 bushels, was up 1.4 percent from 64.3 bushels last year. Area harvested for oats was forecasted at 998,000 acres in 2020, up more than 20 percent from 2019, the agency noted.
