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Proso Millet Seedings Slip

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- Area planted to proso millet in 2016 is estimated at 410,000 acres, down 35,000 acres from 2015, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.

Planted acreage decreased from last year in Nebraska and South Dakota but increased in Colorado.

Proso Millet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States:
2015 and 2016
[Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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                :         Area planted          :        Area harvested
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------
                :     2015      :     2016      :     2015      :    2016 1/
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                :                          1,000 acres
                :
Colorado .......:      270             280             260
Nebraska .......:      105              80              97
South Dakota ...:       70              50              61
                :
United States ..:      445             410             418
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1/ Estimates to be released January 2017 in the "Crop Production Summary."

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