Second Smallest Safflower Crop
WASHINGTON - Jan 11/13 - SNS -- The 2012 U.S. safflower crop came in at 179 million pounds, is up 6% from 2011 but is the second lowest production since records began in 1991, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2012.
Growers planted 169,800 acres in 2012, an increase of 30% from last year's record low planted area. Harvested area, at 160,100 acres, is up 26% from the previous year. The yield, at 1,121 pounds per acre, decreased 212 pounds from 2011 and is the second lowest yield on record.
Safflower Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2010-2012
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2010 : 2011 : 2012 : 2010 : 2011 : 2012
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .....: 56.0 57.0 53.0 55.5 56.0 52.5
Montana ........: 28.0 14.0 27.0 27.0 13.8 25.8
North Dakota ...: 16.0 3.0 14.5 15.5 2.9 14.2
Utah ...........: 32.0 27.0 28.0 31.0 26.0 23.0
:
Other States 1/ : 43.0 29.7 47.3 38.7 28.6 44.6
:
United States ..: 175.0 130.7 169.8 167.7 127.3 160.1
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2010 : 2011 : 2012 : 2010 : 2011 : 2012
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: ---------- pounds --------- -------- 1,000 pounds -------
:
California .....: 2,250 1,900 2,100 124,875 106,400 110,250
Montana ........: 850 850 720 22,950 11,730 18,576
North Dakota ...: 850 850 1,200 13,175 2,465 17,040
Utah ...........: 740 880 400 22,940 22,880 9,200
:
Other States 1/ : 966 916 546 37,395 26,196 24,358
:
United States ..: 1,320 1,333 1,121 221,335 169,671 179,424
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1/ Other States include Colorado, Idaho, and South Dakota.
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