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Proso Millet Area Plunges

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/14 - SNS -- Area planted to proso millet in 2014 is estimated at 470,000 acres, down 250,000 acres from 2013, according to the USDA's seeded area report for 2014.

Planted acreage decreased from last year in all three estimating States.

Proso Millet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States:
2013 and 2014
[Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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                :         Area planted          :        Area harvested
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------
                :     2013      :     2014      :     2013      :    2014 1/
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                :                          1,000 acres
                :
Colorado .......:      370             260             330
Nebraska .......:      160             125             143
South Dakota ...:      190              85             165
                :
United States ..:      720             470             638
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1/ Estimates to be released January 2015 in the "Crop Production Summary."

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