Millet Plantings Drop 15%
WASHINGTON - Jun 29/12 - SNS -- Area planted to proso millet in 2012 is estimated at 315,000 acres, down 55,000 acres from 2011, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2012.
Planted acreage decreased from last year in Colorado and Nebraska mainly due to dry soil conditions at planting.
Market participants also believe competition from other crops was a factor this year.
Proso Millet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States:
2011 and 2012
[Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2012 : 2011 : 2012 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Colorado .......: 250 200 230
Nebraska .......: 80 65 73
South Dakota ...: 40 50 35
:
United States ..: 370 315 338
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1/Estimates to be released January 2013 in the "Crop Production Summary."
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