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7% Boost In Chickpea Area Mooted

WASHINGTON - Mar 29/18 - SNS -- This year's seeding intentions for chickpeas has fallen well below the expectations of many market participants, with area expected to rise just 7% this year, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report for 2018.

Expected area planted for all classes of chickpeas is 665,000 acres. Small chickpea intentions, at 185,500 acres, are 3% above 2017, while large chickpeas, at 479,500 acres, are expected to increase 9% from the previous year.

If realized, small, large, and all chickpea acreage will be record high. Six of the 11 estimating States expect an increase in total dry bean planted acres from last year.

Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) Area Planted - States and United States: 2016-2018
[Chickpea acres included with dry bean acres]
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                                        :                                 Area planted
             Size and State             :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        :       2016        :       2017        :      2018 1/      :    Percent of
                                        :                   :                   :                   :   previous year
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                                        :       ---------------- 1,000 acres ----------------              percent
                                        :
Small chickpeas 2/                      :
California .............................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Colorado ...............................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Idaho ..................................:        39.0                46.0                40.0                 87
Michigan ...............................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Minnesota ..............................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Montana ................................:         (D)                 (D)                 (D)                (D)
Nebraska ...............................:         (D)                 (D)                 (D)                (D)
North Dakota ...........................:         3.8                13.2                12.0                 91
Texas ..................................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Washington .............................:        29.0                52.0                70.0                135
Wyoming ................................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
                                        :
Other States 3/ ........................:        42.0                68.3                63.5                 93
                                        :
United States ..........................:       113.8               179.5               185.5                103
                                        :
Large chickpeas 4/                      :
California .............................:        10.2                13.7                15.0                109
Colorado ...............................:           -                 (D)                   -                (X)
Idaho ..................................:        53.0                71.0                75.0                106
Michigan ...............................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Minnesota ..............................:           -                 (D)                   -                (X)
Montana ................................:         (D)                 (D)                 (D)                (D)
Nebraska ...............................:         (D)                 (D)                 (D)                (D)
North Dakota ...........................:         9.4                30.6                35.0                114
Texas ..................................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Washington .............................:        79.0               115.0               105.0                 91
Wyoming ................................:           -                 (D)                   -                (X)
                                        :
Other States 3/ ........................:        59.9               209.0               249.5                119
                                        :
United States ..........................:       211.5               439.3               479.5                109
                                        :
All chickpeas (Garbanzo)                :
California .............................:        10.2                13.7                15.0                109
Colorado ...............................:           -                 (D)                   -                (X)
Idaho ..................................:        92.0               117.0               115.0                 98
Michigan ...............................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Minnesota ..............................:           -                 (D)                   -                (X)
Montana ................................:        99.0               269.0               308.0                114
Nebraska ...............................:         2.9                 (D)                 5.0                (D)
North Dakota ...........................:        13.2                43.8                47.0                107
Texas ..................................:           -                   -                   -                (X)
Washington .............................:       108.0               167.0               175.0                105
Wyoming ................................:           -                 (D)                   -                (X)
                                        :
Other States 3/ ........................:           -                 8.3                   -                (X)
                                        :
United States ..........................:       325.3               618.8               665.0                107
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-   Represents zero.
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(X) Not applicable.
1/  Intended plantings in 2018 as indicated by reports from farmers.
2/  Chickpeas (or Garbanzo beans) smaller than 20/64 inches.
3/  Includes data withheld above.
4/  Chickpeas (or Garbanzo beans) larger than 20/64 inches.

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