Third Smallest Barley Acreage
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- U.S. barley producers seeded 2.97 million acres for the 2016 crop year, down 17% from the previous year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.
This represents the third-lowest seeded area on record. Harvested area, forecast at 2.58 million acres, is down 17% from 2015. Record low planted acreage is estimated in California.
Beginning in 2016, barley estimates were discontinued in Kansas, Maine, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2015 and 2016
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arizona ..........: 17 17 16 15
California .......: 70 65 25 30
Colorado .........: 65 60 63 57
Delaware .........: 32 35 22 25
Idaho ............: 580 580 550 560
Kansas 2/ ........: 13 (NA) 8 (NA)
Maine 2/ .........: 13 (NA) 12 (NA)
Maryland .........: 50 60 35 42
Michigan 2/ ......: 11 (NA) 6 (NA)
Minnesota ........: 135 85 120 75
:
Montana ..........: 970 930 850 770
New York 2/ ......: 11 (NA) 9 (NA)
North Carolina 2/ : 19 (NA) 14 (NA)
North Dakota .....: 1,120 750 1,050 700
Oregon ...........: 49 50 37 35
Pennsylvania .....: 55 55 40 40
South Dakota 2/ ..: 37 (NA) 19 (NA)
Utah .............: 27 30 16 20
Virginia .........: 46 35 16 18
Washington .......: 110 120 100 110
Wisconsin 2/ .....: 28 (NA) 15 (NA)
Wyoming ..........: 100 95 86 81
:
United States ....: 3,558 2,967 3,109 2,578
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2016.
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