WASHINGTON - Jun 29/18 - SNS -- Area planted for all chickpeas is 662,300 acres, up 7% from last season, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for this year.
Harvested area is forecast to be 651,300 acres, up 9% from the previous season.
Small chickpea planted area, at 205,000 acres, is 14% above 2017, while large chickpea planted area, at 457,300 acres, increased 4% from the previous year. Acreage planted to small, large, and all chickpeas represent record highs.
Chickpea (Garbanzo Bean) Area Planted - States and United States: 2017 and 2018 [Chickpea acres included with dry bean acres] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested Size and State :--------------------------------------------------------------- : 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 1/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Small chickpeas 2/ : California ...................: - - - - Colorado .....................: - - - - Idaho ........................: 46.0 49.0 45.8 48.7 Michigan .....................: - - - - Minnesota ....................: - - - - Montana ......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Nebraska .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .................: 13.2 12.0 13.0 11.8 Texas ........................: - - - - Washington ...................: 52.0 80.0 51.8 79.7 Wyoming ......................: - - - - : Other States 3/ ..............: 68.3 64.0 64.2 61.9 : United States ................: 179.5 205.0 174.8 202.1 : Large chickpeas 4/ : California ...................: 13.7 15.0 13.6 14.7 Colorado .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Idaho ........................: 71.0 63.0 70.5 62.5 Michigan .....................: - - - - Minnesota ....................: (D) - (D) - Montana ......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Nebraska .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) North Dakota .................: 30.6 35.0 28.7 33.5 Texas ........................: - - - - Washington ...................: 115.0 100.0 114.5 99.5 Wyoming ......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Other States 3/ ..............: 209.0 244.3 197.2 239.0 : United States ................: 439.3 457.3 424.5 449.2 : All chickpeas (Garbanzo) : California ...................: 13.7 15.0 13.6 14.7 Colorado .....................: (D) (D) (D) (D) Idaho ........................: 117.0 112.0 116.3 111.2 Michigan .....................: - - - - Minnesota ....................: (D) - (D) - Montana ......................: 269.0 301.0 254.0 294.0 Nebraska .....................: (D) 5.0 (D) 4.6 North Dakota .................: 43.8 47.0 41.7 45.3 Texas ........................: - - - - Washington ...................: 167.0 180.0 166.3 179.2 Wyoming ......................: (D) (D) (D) (D) : Other States 3/ ..............: 8.3 2.3 7.4 2.3 : United States ................: 618.8 662.3 599.3 651.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1/ Forecasted. 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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