Sunflower Seedings Drop 11%
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- Area planted to sunflower in 2016 totals 1.65 million acres, down 11% from 2015 and the fourth lowest planted area since 1976, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.
Harvested area is expected to decrease 12% from last year to 1.58 million acres. Planted area of oil type varieties, at 1.43 million acres, is down 8% from 2015, and is the sixth lowest since 1976.
In Kansas and Nebraska, planted area of oil type varieties are the lowest on record. Planted acreage of non-oil varieties, estimated at 216,400, is down 30% from last year and is the second lowest since 1976. In Colorado, planted area of non-oil varieties is the lowest acreage on record.
Beginning in 2016, sunflower estimates were discontinued in Oklahoma.
Sunflower Area Planted and Harvested by Type - States and United States:
2015 and 2016
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: Area planted : Area harvested
Varietal type :---------------------------------------------------------------
and State : 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Oil :
California .......: 33.0 44.0 33.0 44.0
Colorado .........: 60.0 70.0 57.0 65.0
Kansas ...........: 57.0 39.0 53.0 36.0
Minnesota ........: 77.0 70.0 75.0 68.0
Nebraska .........: 29.0 16.0 27.0 15.0
North Dakota .....: 620.0 660.0 605.0 645.0
Oklahoma 2/ ......: 3.5 (NA) 3.0 (NA)
South Dakota .....: 580.0 485.0 570.0 470.0
Texas ............: 91.0 45.0 87.0 40.0
:
United States ....: 1,550.5 1,429.0 1,510.0 1,383.0
:
Non-oil :
California .......: 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Colorado .........: 13.0 9.0 12.0 8.0
Kansas ...........: 27.0 16.0 25.0 15.0
Minnesota ........: 24.0 11.0 23.5 10.5
Nebraska .........: 20.0 14.0 17.5 13.0
North Dakota .....: 100.0 77.0 97.0 73.0
Oklahoma 2/ ......: 2.2 (NA) 2.0 (NA)
South Dakota .....: 99.0 70.0 92.0 66.0
Texas ............: 22.0 18.0 19.0 15.0
:
United States ....: 308.6 216.4 289.4 201.9
:
All :
California .......: 34.4 45.4 34.4 45.4
Colorado .........: 73.0 79.0 69.0 73.0
Kansas ...........: 84.0 55.0 78.0 51.0
Minnesota ........: 101.0 81.0 98.5 78.5
Nebraska .........: 49.0 30.0 44.5 28.0
North Dakota .....: 720.0 737.0 702.0 718.0
Oklahoma 2/ ......: 5.7 (NA) 5.0 (NA)
South Dakota .....: 679.0 555.0 662.0 536.0
Texas ............: 113.0 63.0 106.0 55.0
:
United States ....: 1,859.1 1,645.4 1,799.4 1,584.9
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2016.
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