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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 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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