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U.S. Flax Seedings Sink 26%

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
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                :         Area planted          :        Area harvested
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------
                :     2015      :     2016      :     2015      :    2016 1/
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                :                          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
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(NA) Not available.
1/   Forecasted.
2/   Estimates discontinued in 2016.

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