Modest Gain in Millet Harvest

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/16 - SNS -- Production of proso millet in 2015 totaled 14.2 million bushels, compared with the 13.5 million bushels produced in 2014, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2015.

Area planted to proso millet in the United States is estimated at 445,000 acres, down 60,000 acres from 2014. Area harvested in the United States, at 418,000 acres, is down 12,000 acres from 2014. The average yield for 2015 is estimated at a record high 33.9 bushels per acre, up 2.5 bushels from the previous year.

Proso Millet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2013-2015
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              :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
     State    :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
              :   2013    :   2014    :   2015    :   2013    :   2014    :   2015
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              :                              1,000 acres
              :
Colorado .....:    370         310         270          330         250         260
Nebraska .....:    160         120         105          143         111          97
South Dakota .:    190          75          70          165          69          61
              :
United States :    720         505         445          638         430         418
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              :          Yield per acre           :            Production
     State    :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
              :   2013    :   2014    :   2015    :   2013    :   2014    :   2015
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              :   ---------- bushels ---------       -------- 1,000 bushels -------
              :
Colorado .....:   25.0        32.5        34.5        8,250       8,125       8,970
Nebraska .....:   32.0        29.0        34.0        4,576       3,219       3,298
South Dakota .:   34.0        31.0        31.0        5,610       2,139       1,891
              :
United States :   28.9        31.4        33.9       18,436      13,483      14,159
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Modest Gain in Millet Harvest

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