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Safflower Crop Rises 6%
WASHINGTON - Jan 11/08 - SNS -- Safflower production in 2007, at 209 million pounds, is up 6% from the revised 2006 production, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) final crop report for 2007.
Growers planted 180,000 acres in 2007, a decrease of 5% from last year, while harvested area, at 172,000 acres, is down 4% from the previous year. The yield, at 1,215 pounds per acre, increased 115 pounds from 2006. California producers led the Nation, producing 114 million pounds of safflower.
Safflower: Area Planted, Harvested, Yield, and Production
by State and United States, 2005-2007
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: Area Planted : Area Harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2005 : 2006 : 2007 : 2005 : 2006 : 2007
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: 1,000 Acres
:
CA : 55.0 56.0 50.0 54.0 55.5 48.5
MT : 30.0 39.0 38.0 29.0 37.0 36.5
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 84.0 94.0 92.0 80.5 86.5 87.0
:
US : 169.0 189.0 180.0 163.5 179.0 172.0
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: Yield : Production
:-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2005 : 2006 : 2007 : 2005 : 2006 : 2007
:-----------------------------------------------------------------
: ---------- Pounds --------- -------- 1,000 Pounds -------
:
CA : 2,350 1,900 2,350 126,900 105,450 113,975
MT : 890 750 830 25,810 27,750 30,295
:
Oth :
Sts 1/ : 823 737 744 66,285 63,755 64,725
:
US : 1,339 1,100 1,215 218,995 196,955 208,995
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1/ Other States include AZ, CO, ID, ND, SD, and UT.
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