Smaller Proso Millet Harvest
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/15 - SNS -- Production of proso millet in 2014 totaled 13.5 million bushels, compared with the 18.4 million bushels produced in 2013, according to the USDA's final crop estimates for 2014.
Area planted to proso millet in the United States is estimated at 505,000 acres, down 215,000 acres from 2013. Area harvested in the United States, at 430,000 acres, is down 208,000 acres from 2013. The average yield for 2014 is estimated at 31.4 bushels per acre, up 2.5 bushels from the previous year.
Proso Millet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2012-2014
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2014 : 2012 : 2013 : 2014
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: 1,000 acres
:
Colorado .....: 210 370 310 120 330 250
Nebraska .....: 70 160 120 55 143 111
South Dakota .: 55 190 75 30 165 69
:
United States : 335 720 505 205 638 430
:
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2014 : 2012 : 2013 : 2014
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: ---------- bushels --------- ------- 1,000 bushels -------
:
Colorado .....: 14.0 25.0 32.5 1,680 8,250 8,125
Nebraska .....: 15.0 32.0 29.0 825 4,576 3,219
South Dakota .: 19.0 34.0 31.0 570 5,610 2,139
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United States : 15.0 28.9 31.4 3,075 18,436 13,483
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