Sugarbeet Seedings Slip 2%
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/13 - SNS -- Area planted to sugarbeets for the 2013 crop year is estimated at 1.21 million acres, down 2% from last year, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2013.
Harvested area is forecast at 1.18 million acres, also down 2% from 2012. Planted area is below the previous year in eight of the ten estimating States. In Idaho, some abandonment was expected due to irrigation water shortages in some areas.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2012 and 2013
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California 2/ : 24.5 24.5 24.5 24.5
Colorado .....: 31.2 27.3 29.7 26.9
Idaho ........: 183.0 175.0 182.0 173.0
Michigan .....: 154.0 152.0 153.0 150.0
Minnesota ....: 475.0 470.0 463.0 459.0
Montana ......: 46.6 43.3 45.8 43.1
Nebraska .....: 51.0 46.0 48.9 44.0
North Dakota .: 222.0 230.0 215.0 223.0
Oregon .......: 11.0 9.6 11.0 9.5
Wyoming ......: 31.8 29.9 31.3 29.7
:
United States : 1,230.1 1,207.6 1,204.2 1,182.7
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1/ Forecasted.
2/ Relates to year of intended harvest for fall planted beets in central
California and to year of planting for overwintered beets in central and
southern California.
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