U.S. Barley Harvest Down 17%
WASHINGTON - Sep 30/14 - SNS -- U.S. barley production is estimated at 180 million bushels, down 17% from the revised 2013 total, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
Average yield per acre, at 73.4 bushels, is up 2.1 bushels from the previous year and represents a record high for the United States. Producers seeded 2.98 million acres in 2014, down 16% from last year. Harvested area, at 2.46 million acres, is down 19% from 2013.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2012-2014
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2014 : 2012 : 2013 : 2014
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arizona .......: 48 75 36 47 69 32
California ....: 120 95 80 80 42 25
Colorado ......: 58 63 57 55 58 54
Delaware ......: 38 43 41 34 33 31
Idaho .........: 610 650 560 590 620 515
Kansas ........: 10 17 16 7 11 10
Maine .........: 17 20 13 16 17 12
Maryland ......: 60 75 70 40 52 45
Michigan ......: 11 10 8 9 9 7
Minnesota .....: 115 90 75 100 75 60
:
Montana .......: 900 990 920 790 830 775
New York ......: 10 11 12 8 8 8
North Carolina : 23 19 20 17 14 15
North Dakota ..: 1,060 760 620 1,010 720 540
Oregon ........: 56 63 40 53 50 30
Pennsylvania ..: 65 75 70 53 60 50
South Dakota ..: 34 37 28 22 19 17
Utah ..........: 44 40 32 26 30 20
Virginia ......: 65 72 56 37 44 28
Washington ....: 185 205 115 175 195 105
Wisconsin .....: 33 33 26 15 16 16
Wyoming .......: 75 85 80 60 68 63
:
United States .: 3,637 3,528 2,975 3,244 3,040 2,458
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2012-2014 (continued)
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: Yield : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2014 : 2012 : 2013 : 2014
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: ---------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels --------
:
Arizona .......: 105.0 118.0 125.0 4,935 8,142 4,000
California ....: 55.0 75.0 73.0 4,400 3,150 1,825
Colorado ......: 123.0 133.0 126.0 6,765 7,714 6,804
Delaware ......: 84.0 78.0 86.0 2,856 2,574 2,666
Idaho .........: 91.0 93.0 95.0 53,690 57,660 48,925
Kansas ........: 59.0 47.0 35.0 413 517 350
Maine .........: 60.0 53.0 68.0 960 901 816
Maryland ......: 82.0 85.0 77.0 3,280 4,420 3,465
Michigan ......: 48.0 52.0 53.0 432 468 371
Minnesota .....: 57.0 69.0 52.0 5,700 5,175 3,120
:
Montana .......: 53.0 52.0 59.0 41,870 43,160 45,725
New York ......: 47.0 52.0 47.0 376 416 376
North Carolina : 63.0 67.0 71.0 1,071 938 1,065
North Dakota ..: 61.0 64.0 69.0 61,610 46,080 37,260
Oregon ........: 72.0 70.0 50.0 3,816 3,500 1,500
Pennsylvania ..: 68.0 68.0 71.0 3,604 4,080 3,550
South Dakota ..: 36.0 54.0 52.0 792 1,026 884
Utah ..........: 80.0 78.0 86.0 2,080 2,340 1,720
Virginia ......: 82.0 82.0 79.0 3,034 3,608 2,212
Washington ....: 72.0 72.0 60.0 12,600 14,040 6,300
Wisconsin .....: 44.0 49.0 47.0 660 784 752
Wyoming .......: 89.0 89.0 107.0 5,340 6,052 6,741
:
United States .: 67.9 71.3 73.4 220,284 216,745 180,427
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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