WASHINGTON - Jan 12/18 - SNS -- Production of safflower in 2017, at 180 million pounds, was down 18% from 2016 and was the third lowest production since records began in 1991, according to the USDA's final crop estimates.
Growers planted 162,000 acres in 2017, an increase of 1% from 2016. Harvested area, at 143,200 acres, was down 6% from the previous year. Average yield, at 1,256 pounds per acre, declined 176 pounds from 2016.
Safflower Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015-2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : California .....: 61.0 62.0 56.0 61.0 61.5 55.5 Idaho 1/ .......: (D) 18.0 22.5 (D) 17.5 21.5 Montana ........: 50.0 37.0 39.0 44.0 34.0 28.0 North Dakota ...: 10.5 8.3 7.1 10.4 7.7 5.2 South Dakota 1/ : (D) 21.8 21.9 (D) 18.5 18.5 Utah ...........: 16.0 14.0 15.5 15.5 13.5 14.5 : Other States 2/ : 32.7 - - 30.2 - - : United States ..: 170.2 161.1 162.0 161.1 152.7 143.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- pounds --------- -------- 1,000 pounds ------- : California .....: 2,100 2,200 1,950 128,100 135,300 108,225 Idaho 1/ .......: (D) 850 960 (D) 14,875 20,640 Montana ........: 840 810 610 36,960 27,540 17,080 North Dakota ...: 1,050 1,250 930 10,920 9,625 4,836 South Dakota 1/ : (D) 1,100 790 (D) 20,350 14,615 Utah ...........: 910 810 1,000 14,105 10,935 14,500 : Other States 2/ : 939 - - 28,366 - - : United States ..: 1,356 1,432 1,256 218,451 218,625 179,896 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ Beginning in 2016, Idaho and South Dakota are published individually. 2/ For 2015, Other States include Colorado, Idaho, and South Dakota. Beginning in 2016, Colorado and Other States are discontinued.
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