WASHINGTON Nov 10/14 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2014 crop year is forecast at 31.4 million tons, down 2% from the previous forecast and down 4% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop report.
Producers expect to harvest 1.15 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 1% from 2013. Expected yield is forecast at 27.4 tons per acre, a decrease of 1.0 ton from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2013 and Forecasted November 1, 2014 [Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : : 2014 : : : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 :-------------------------: 2013 : 2014 : : : : October 1 : November 1 : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -- 1,000 acres -- ------------ tons ----------- -- 1,000 tons -- : California 1/ : 24.3 24.5 44.4 44.6 44.4 1,079 1,088 Colorado .....: 25.7 29.1 33.5 32.5 31.5 861 917 Idaho ........: 174.0 169.0 36.2 36.0 37.1 6,299 6,270 Michigan .....: 153.0 150.0 26.2 29.5 29.9 4,009 4,485 Minnesota ....: 426.0 435.0 26.0 24.1 22.6 11,076 9,831 Montana ......: 42.8 44.5 29.2 34.2 32.2 1,250 1,433 Nebraska .....: 44.2 46.0 29.7 29.6 29.0 1,313 1,334 North Dakota .: 225.0 211.0 25.3 24.0 23.6 5,693 4,980 Oregon .......: 9.3 6.5 38.4 35.1 36.6 357 238 Wyoming ......: 29.7 30.1 29.5 28.6 27.1 876 816 : United States : 1,154.0 1,145.7 28.4 28.0 27.4 32,813 31,392 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ 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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