WASHINGTON - Mar 31/16 - SNS -- Producers intend to plant 390,000 acres of flaxseed in 2016, down 73,000 acres, or 16% less than was planted in 2015, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report for 2016.
Acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, is down 17% or 70,000 acres from the previous year.
Flaxseed Area Planted - States and United States: 2014-2016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted State :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2014 : 2015 : 2016 1/ : Percent of : : : : previous year ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 acres --------------- percent : Minnesota 2/ .......: 2 3 (NA) (X) Montana ............: 28 31 38 123 North Dakota .......: 275 410 340 83 South Dakota .......: 6 19 12 63 : United States ......: 311 463 390 84 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NA) Not available. (X) Not applicable. 1/ Intended plantings in 2016 as indicated by reports from farmers. 2/ Estimates discontinued in 2016.
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