U.S. Barley Crop Up 18%
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/16 - SNS -- Barley production is estimated at 214 million bushels in the United States, up 18% from the revised 2014 total, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2015.
Average yield per acre, at 68.9 bushels, is down 3.8 bushels from the previous year. Producers seeded 3.56 million acres in 2015, up 17% from last year. Harvested area, at 3.11 million acres, is up 25% from 2014.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2013-2015
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2013 : 2014 : 2015 : 2013 : 2014 : 2015
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arizona .......: 75 36 17 69 32 16
California ....: 95 80 70 42 25 25
Colorado ......: 63 57 65 58 54 63
Delaware ......: 43 41 32 33 31 22
Idaho .........: 650 600 580 620 550 550
Kansas ........: 17 16 13 11 10 8
Maine .........: 20 13 13 17 12 12
Maryland ......: 75 70 50 52 45 35
Michigan ......: 10 9 11 9 8 6
Minnesota .....: 90 75 135 75 60 120
:
Montana .......: 990 920 970 830 770 850
New York ......: 11 12 11 8 8 9
North Carolina : 19 20 19 14 15 14
North Dakota ..: 760 620 1,120 720 535 1,050
Oregon ........: 63 50 49 50 38 37
Pennsylvania ..: 75 70 55 60 50 40
South Dakota ..: 37 28 37 19 17 19
Utah ..........: 40 32 27 30 20 16
Virginia ......: 72 56 46 44 28 16
Washington ....: 205 115 110 195 105 100
Wisconsin .....: 33 26 28 16 16 15
Wyoming .......: 85 85 100 68 68 86
:
United States .: 3,528 3,031 3,558 3,040 2,497 3,109
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2013-2015 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2013 : 2014 : 2015 : 2013 : 2014 : 2015
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: ---------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels --------
:
Arizona .......: 118.0 125.0 120.0 8,142 4,000 1,920
California ....: 75.0 73.0 55.0 3,150 1,825 1,375
Colorado ......: 133.0 124.0 130.0 7,714 6,696 8,190
Delaware ......: 78.0 86.0 80.0 2,574 2,666 1,760
Idaho .........: 93.0 94.0 97.0 57,660 51,700 53,350
Kansas ........: 47.0 35.0 39.0 517 350 312
Maine .........: 53.0 68.0 85.0 901 816 1,020
Maryland ......: 85.0 77.0 69.0 4,420 3,465 2,415
Michigan ......: 52.0 53.0 56.0 468 424 336
Minnesota .....: 69.0 52.0 77.0 5,175 3,120 9,240
:
Montana .......: 52.0 58.0 52.0 43,160 44,660 44,200
New York ......: 52.0 47.0 45.0 416 376 405
North Carolina : 67.0 71.0 72.0 938 1,065 1,008
North Dakota ..: 64.0 67.0 64.0 46,080 35,845 67,200
Oregon ........: 70.0 50.0 52.0 3,500 1,900 1,924
Pennsylvania ..: 68.0 71.0 65.0 4,080 3,550 2,600
South Dakota ..: 54.0 52.0 37.0 1,026 884 703
Utah ..........: 78.0 83.0 84.0 2,340 1,660 1,344
Virginia ......: 82.0 79.0 75.0 3,608 2,212 1,200
Washington ....: 72.0 60.0 48.0 14,040 6,300 4,800
Wisconsin .....: 49.0 47.0 55.0 784 752 825
Wyoming .......: 89.0 107.0 95.0 6,052 7,276 8,170
:
United States .: 71.3 72.7 68.9 216,745 181,542 214,297
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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