Interest in Flaxseed Slumps
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/20 - SNS -- Flaxseed growers in the United States intend to plant 270,000 acres of flaxseed in 2020, 28% less than was planted in 2019, according to the USDA.
Acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, is expected to be down 31%, or 85,000 acres from 2019.
Flaxseed Area Planted - States and United States: 2018-2020
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2018 : 2019 : 2020 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: --------------- 1,000 acres --------------- percent
:
Montana ............: 39 99 80 81
North Dakota .......: 165 275 190 69
South Dakota 2/ ....: 4 (NA) (NA) (X)
:
United States ......: 208 374 270 72
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Intended plantings in 2020 as indicated by reports from farmers.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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