Sunflower Crop Slips 1%
WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- The 2018 sunflower production totaled 2.12 billion pounds, down 1% from 2017, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.
The United States average yield per acre of 1,731 pounds increased 128 pounds from 2017. The average yield was a record high for the United States. Planted area, at 1.30 million acres, was 7% below the previous year. Area harvested decreased 8% from 2017 to 1.22 million acres.
South Dakota, the leading sunflower-producing State during 2018, produced 975 million pounds, a decrease of 4% from 2017. Compared with 2017, planted area in South Dakota decreased 8% but yield increased 105 pounds to 1,840 pounds per acre. Meanwhile, production in North Dakota increased 5% primarily due to average yield, which increased 6% from the previous year. The average yield in North Dakota increased 95 pounds from 2017 to 1,760 pounds per acre.
United States production of oil-type sunflower varieties, at 1.90 billion pounds, increased 3% from 2017. Compared with the previous year, harvested acres were down 6% but the average yield increased by 144 pounds to 1,726 pounds per acre.
Production of non-oil sunflower varieties was estimated at 220 million pounds, a decrease of 24% from 2017. Area harvested, at 123,500 acres, was down 25% from 2017, and was the lowest on record since 1975. The average yield increased by 31 pounds from 2017 to 1,781 pounds per acre and represented the second highest yield on record for non-oil varieties.
Sunflower Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and
United States: 2016-2018
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Varietal type : Area planted : Area harvested
and State :-------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: 1,000 acres
:
Oil :
California .......: 45.0 54.0 58.0 44.5 52.5 57.0
Colorado .........: 60.0 80.0 58.0 57.0 73.0 49.0
Kansas ...........: 45.0 52.0 43.0 42.0 50.0 41.0
Minnesota ........: 66.0 34.0 45.0 64.0 33.0 44.0
Nebraska .........: 29.0 30.0 25.0 28.0 28.5 24.0
North Dakota .....: 630.0 395.0 395.0 610.0 381.0 380.0
South Dakota .....: 510.0 540.0 520.0 495.0 520.0 485.0
Texas ............: 33.0 31.0 20.0 28.0 30.0 19.0
:
United States ....: 1,418.0 1,216.0 1,164.0 1,368.5 1,168.0 1,099.0
:
Non-oil :
California .......: 1.6 1.3 2.0 1.5 1.3 2.0
Colorado .........: 14.0 12.0 8.0 13.0 11.0 7.0
Kansas ...........: 18.0 13.5 10.0 16.0 12.2 8.5
Minnesota ........: 14.0 4.7 7.5 13.5 3.3 7.0
Nebraska .........: 12.5 15.5 12.0 11.0 15.0 9.5
North Dakota .....: 58.0 43.0 41.0 53.0 42.0 40.0
South Dakota .....: 48.0 82.0 51.0 45.0 68.0 45.0
Texas ............: 12.5 15.0 5.5 10.5 13.0 4.5
:
United States ....: 178.6 187.0 137.0 163.5 165.8 123.5
:
All :
California .......: 46.6 55.3 60.0 46.0 53.8 59.0
Colorado .........: 74.0 92.0 66.0 70.0 84.0 56.0
Kansas ...........: 63.0 65.5 53.0 58.0 62.2 49.5
Minnesota ........: 80.0 38.7 52.5 77.5 36.3 51.0
Nebraska .........: 41.5 45.5 37.0 39.0 43.5 33.5
North Dakota .....: 688.0 438.0 436.0 663.0 423.0 420.0
South Dakota .....: 558.0 622.0 571.0 540.0 588.0 530.0
Texas ............: 45.5 46.0 25.5 38.5 43.0 23.5
:
United States ....: 1,596.6 1,403.0 1,301.0 1,532.0 1,333.8 1,222.5
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Sunflower Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and
United States: 2016-2018 (continued)
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Varietal type : Yield per acre : Production
and State :-------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: ---------- pounds --------- --------- 1,000 pounds --------
:
Oil :
California .....: 1,350 950 1,300 60,075 49,875 74,100
Colorado .......: 1,200 1,000 1,100 68,400 73,000 53,900
Kansas .........: 1,370 1,300 1,500 57,540 65,000 61,500
Minnesota ......: 1,500 1,950 2,250 96,000 64,350 99,000
Nebraska .......: 1,350 1,300 1,420 37,800 37,050 34,080
North Dakota ...: 1,730 1,650 1,750 1,055,300 628,650 665,000
South Dakota ...: 1,940 1,700 1,830 960,300 884,000 887,550
Texas ..........: 1,200 1,520 1,120 33,600 45,600 21,280
:
United States ..: 1,731 1,582 1,726 2,369,015 1,847,525 1,896,410
:
Non-oil :
California .....: 1,200 1,100 1,200 1,800 1,430 2,400
Colorado .......: 1,700 1,200 1,150 22,100 13,200 8,050
Kansas .........: 1,570 1,600 1,500 25,120 19,520 12,750
Minnesota ......: 1,300 1,250 2,150 17,550 4,125 15,050
Nebraska .......: 1,850 1,650 1,400 20,350 24,750 13,300
North Dakota ...: 1,550 1,800 1,860 82,150 75,600 74,400
South Dakota ...: 2,150 2,000 1,950 96,750 136,000 87,750
Texas ..........: 1,600 1,200 1,400 16,800 15,600 6,300
:
United States ..: 1,729 1,750 1,781 282,620 290,225 220,000
:
All :
California .....: 1,345 954 1,297 61,875 51,305 76,500
Colorado .......: 1,293 1,026 1,106 90,500 86,200 61,950
Kansas .........: 1,425 1,359 1,500 82,660 84,520 74,250
Minnesota ......: 1,465 1,886 2,236 113,550 68,475 114,050
Nebraska .......: 1,491 1,421 1,414 58,150 61,800 47,380
North Dakota ...: 1,716 1,665 1,760 1,137,450 704,250 739,400
South Dakota ...: 1,958 1,735 1,840 1,057,050 1,020,000 975,300
Texas ..........: 1,309 1,423 1,174 50,400 61,200 27,580
:
United States ..: 1,731 1,603 1,731 2,651,635 2,137,750 2,116,410
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