Flaxseed Plantings Sink 24%
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/17 - SNS -- Area planted to flaxseed in 2017 is estimated at 283,000 acres, down 91,000 acres, or 24%, from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2017.
The harvested area is forecast at 277,000 acres, down 90,000 acres, or 25%, from last year. Planted acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, is down 25%, or 85,000 acres, from 2016.
Favorable field conditions allowed flaxseed planting to begin in mid-April. In North Dakota, 93% of the flaxseed acreage was planted by June 11, five percentage points behind last year but 9 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average pace.
Flaxseed Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2016 and 2017
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Montana ........: 29 30 28 29
North Dakota ...: 335 250 330 245
South Dakota ...: 10 3 9 3
:
United States ..: 374 283 367 277
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1/ Forecasted.
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