New York oat production rises nearly 40 percent this year

New York farms are estimated to have produced 2.75 million bushels of oats in 2022, up 39.7 percent from 1.97 million bushels last year, according to a Sept. 30 report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Yield per acre for oats in New York state fell 20 percent to 54 bushels this year from 68 bushels in 2021, the USDA NASS reports.

Area harvested for oats in the Empire State jumped more than 75 percent to 51,000 acres in 2022 from 29,000 acres in the prior year.

National oat production was estimated to have jumped almost 45 percent to more than 57.6 million bushels this year from 39.8 million bushels in 2021, according to the USDA.