Barley Output Rises 12%
WASHINGTON - Sep 30/19 - SNS -- Barley production was estimated at 171 million bushels, up 12% from the revised 2018 total of 154 million bushels, according to the USDA's small grains production report.
The average yield per acre, at 77.4 bushels, was down 0.1 bushel from the previous year. Producers seeded 2.72 million acres in 2019, up 7% from last year. Harvested area, at 2.21 million acres, was up 12% from 2018.
Record high yields were estimated in Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2017-2019
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2019 : 2017 : 2018 : 2019
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alaska ...........: (X) 5 6 (X) 4 5
Arizona ..........: 20 14 17 17 11 14
California .......: 75 65 60 29 26 43
Colorado .........: 70 60 54 68 53 52
Delaware .........: 32 25 21 18 14 14
Idaho ............: 530 550 540 510 530 520
Kansas 2/ ........: (NA) 17 14 (NA) 6 4
Maine 2/ .........: (NA) 17 16 (NA) 16 15
Maryland .........: 50 45 32 27 24 17
Michigan 2/ ......: (NA) 20 11 (NA) 5 8
:
Minnesota ........: 80 80 70 68 67 55
Montana ..........: 770 790 920 565 600 765
New York 2/ ......: (NA) 10 10 (NA) 8 4
North Carolina 2/ : (NA) 11 11 (NA) 8 6
North Dakota .....: 520 470 580 400 385 450
Oregon ...........: 47 43 40 38 26 32
Pennsylvania .....: 60 45 35 45 33 25
South Dakota 2/ ..: (NA) 48 37 (NA) 13 9
Utah .............: 25 21 17 18 16 10
Virginia .........: 30 30 30 11 9 7
:
Washington .......: 95 85 95 85 67 85
Wisconsin 2/ .....: (NA) 25 24 (NA) 10 8
Wyoming ..........: 82 72 81 63 51 66
:
United States 3/ .: 2,486 2,548 2,721 1,962 1,982 2,214
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2017-2019 (continued)
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: Yield : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2019 : 2017 : 2018 : 2019
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: ----------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels --------
:
Alaska ...........: (X) 43.0 38.0 (X) 172 190
Arizona ..........: 131.0 100.0 126.0 2,227 1,100 1,764
California .......: 50.0 69.0 66.0 1,450 1,794 2,838
Colorado .........: 132.0 145.0 138.0 8,976 7,685 7,176
Delaware .........: 85.0 78.0 80.0 1,530 1,092 1,120
Idaho ............: 95.0 101.0 105.0 48,450 53,530 54,600
Kansas 2/ ........: (NA) 31.0 33.0 (NA) 186 132
Maine 2/ .........: (NA) 73.0 84.0 (NA) 1,168 1,260
Maryland .........: 76.0 70.0 85.0 2,052 1,680 1,445
Michigan 2/ ......: (NA) 43.0 44.0 (NA) 215 352
:
Minnesota ........: 76.0 76.0 67.0 5,168 5,092 3,685
Montana ..........: 51.0 56.0 58.0 28,815 33,600 44,370
New York 2/ ......: (NA) 58.0 52.0 (NA) 464 208
North Carolina 2/ : (NA) 80.0 66.0 (NA) 640 396
North Dakota .....: 65.0 74.0 72.0 26,000 28,490 32,400
Oregon ...........: 62.0 53.0 78.0 2,356 1,378 2,496
Pennsylvania .....: 70.0 63.0 70.0 3,150 2,079 1,750
South Dakota 2/ ..: (NA) 55.0 44.0 (NA) 715 396
Utah .............: 75.0 86.0 93.0 1,350 1,376 930
Virginia .........: 73.0 70.0 65.0 803 630 455
:
Washington .......: 53.0 73.0 70.0 4,505 4,891 5,950
Wisconsin 2/ .....: (NA) 45.0 46.0 (NA) 450 368
Wyoming ..........: 102.0 100.0 107.0 6,426 5,100 7,062
:
United States 3/ .: 73.0 77.5 77.4 143,258 153,527 171,343
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
2/ Estimates began in 2018.
3/ Beginning in 2018, United States total includes data for Alaska. For 2017, Alaska
data is not included in United States total.
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