Flax Harvest Up 16% in USA

WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- Production of flaxseed in 2018 totaled 4.47 million bushels, up 16% from the previous year, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.

Harvested area totaled 198,000 acres in 2018, down 27% from the previous year. Harvested acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, was estimated at 158,000 acres, down 31% from 2017.

The average United States yield for 2018, at 22.6 bushels per acre, was up 8.5 bushels from 2017. North Dakota's estimated yield at 24 bushels per acre was a record high in 2018.

Flaxseed 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
                :
Montana ........:     29         52         39         28         38         37
North Dakota ...:    335        245        165        329        229        158
South Dakota ...:     10          6          4          9          5          3
                :
United States ..:    374        303        208        366        272        198
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                :         Yield per acre         :           Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2016   :   2017   :   2018   :   2016   :   2017   :   2018
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                :   --------- bushels --------      ------ 1,000 bushels ------
                :
Montana ........:   22.0        9.0       17.0        616        342        629
North Dakota ...:   24.0       15.0       24.0      7,896      3,435      3,792
South Dakota ...:   16.0       13.0       15.0        144         65         45
                :
United States ..:   23.7       14.1       22.6      8,656      3,842      4,466
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Flax Harvest Up 16% in USA

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