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Record U.S. Canola Harvest

WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- Canola production in 2018 was estimated at a record 3.62 billion pounds, up 18% from 2017, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.

The average yield, at a record high 1,861 pounds per acre, up 335 pounds from the 2017 average yield. Planted area was estimated at 1.99 million acres, 4% below the previous year's acreage. Harvested area, at 1.94 million acres, was down 3% from 2017.

Production in North Dakota, the leading canola-producing State, was estimated at 3.10 billion pounds. This was up 24% from the previous year and a record high production for North Dakota. Planted and harvested area in North Dakota were both record highs.

The average yield in North Dakota was the highest on record at 1,960 pounds per acre.

Canola Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2016-2018
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                :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2016    :   2017    :   2018    :   2016    :   2017    :   2018
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                :                              1,000 acres
                :
Idaho ..........:     21.0        23.0        43.0         20.5        22.3        42.0
Kansas .........:     25.0        50.0        47.0         24.0        47.0        35.0
Minnesota ......:     29.0        36.0        46.0         27.5        34.5        45.0
Montana ........:     62.0       155.0       120.0         60.0       137.0       117.0
North Dakota ...:  1,460.0     1,590.0     1,590.0      1,450.0     1,560.0     1,580.0
Oklahoma .......:     75.0       160.0        70.0         70.0       140.0        53.0
Oregon .........:      4.0         8.0         4.7          3.7         7.2         4.5
Washington .....:     33.0        55.0        70.0         31.0        54.0        67.0
                :
United States ..:  1,709.0     2,077.0     1,990.7      1,686.7     2,002.0     1,943.5
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                :          Yield per acre           :            Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2016    :   2017    :   2018    :   2016    :   2017    :   2018
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                :    ----------- pounds ----------    ---------- 1,000 pounds ---------
                :
Idaho ..........:    2,200       1,700       2,100       45,100      37,910      88,200
Kansas .........:    1,940       1,320         960       46,560      62,040      33,600
Minnesota ......:    1,700       2,080       2,060       46,750      71,760      92,700
Montana ........:    1,670         860       1,120      100,200     117,820     131,040
North Dakota ...:    1,840       1,600       1,960    2,668,000   2,496,000   3,096,800
Oklahoma .......:    1,450       1,200         880      101,500     168,000      46,640
Oregon .........:    2,400       1,550       1,700        8,880      11,160       7,650
Washington .....:    2,000       1,680       1,790       62,000      90,720     119,930
                :
United States ..:    1,825       1,526       1,861    3,078,990   3,055,410   3,616,560
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