WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- Area planted to flaxseed in the United States this year is estimated at 342,000 acres, down 121,000 acres, or 26%, from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.
The harvested area is forecast at 333,000 acres, down 123,000 acres or 27%. Planted acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, is down 27%, or 110,000 acres, from 2015.
Favorable field conditions allowed flaxseed planting to begin in mid-April. In North Dakota, flaxseed was 99% planted by mid-June, ahead of both the previous year and 5-year average progress.
Beginning in 2016, flaxseed estimates were discontinued in Minnesota.
Flaxseed Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2015 and 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Minnesota 2/ ...: 3 (NA) 3 (NA) Montana ........: 31 32 30 29 North Dakota ...: 410 300 405 295 South Dakota ...: 19 10 18 9 : United States ..: 463 342 456 333 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NA) Not available. 1/ Forecasted. 2/ Estimates discontinued in 2016.
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