Dry Edible Bean Plantings Could Slip
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/18 - SNS -- Dry edible bean growers in the United States intend to reduce land in all classes of bean by 3% this year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report for 2018.
The USDA report only looks at seeding intentions for the 11 largest bean producing states, pegging intended seeded area in those states at 2.031 million acres of dry beans and chickpeas. This suggests total seeded area for the country could reach 2.094 million acres, slightly higher than the 2.058 million acres expected heading into the report.
If yields are at there recent five year average, total dry edible bean and chickpea output would be expected to reach 1.627 million metric tons (MT), down from 1.677 million last year.
Dry Edible Bean Area Planted - States and United States: 2016-2018
[Excludes beans grown for garden seed]
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ----------------- 1,000 acres ----------------- percent
:
California .........: 50.0 50.0 52.0 104
Colorado ...........: 46.0 58.0 50.0 86
Idaho ..............: 140.0 180.0 160.0 89
Michigan ...........: 210.0 220.0 240.0 109
Minnesota ..........: 155.0 170.0 185.0 109
Montana ............: 103.0 275.0 315.0 115
Nebraska ...........: 138.0 180.0 145.0 81
North Dakota .......: 625.0 705.0 620.0 88
Texas ..............: 27.0 22.0 30.0 136
Washington .........: 135.0 191.0 200.0 105
Wyoming ............: 33.0 41.0 34.0 83
:
United States ......: 1,662.0 2,092.0 2,031.0 97
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1/ Intended plantings in 2018 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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