Flaxseed Plantings Soar 66%
WASHINGTON - Mar 29/19 - SNS -- Flaxseed growers intend to plant 345,000 acres, up 137,000 acres or 66% more than was planted in 2018, according to this year's USDA seeding intentions report.
Acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, is up 76%, or 125,000 acres, from 2018. Beginning in 2019, flaxseed estimates were discontinued in South Dakota..
Flaxseed Area Planted - States and United States: 2017-2019
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2019 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: --------------- 1,000 acres --------------- percent
:
Montana ............: 52 39 55 141
North Dakota .......: 245 165 290 176
South Dakota 2/ ....: 6 4 (NA) (X)
:
United States ......: 303 208 345 166
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Intended plantings in 2019 as indicated by reports from farmers.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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