Modest Gain in Barley Plantings
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/20 - SNS -- U.S. producers seeded 2.80 million acres of barley for the 2020 crop year, up 3% from the previous year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimate for 2020.
Harvested area, forecast at 2.23 million acres, is up 2% from 2019. Record low planted acres are expected in California, Minnesota, and New York. However, no States are expecting record low harvested for grain acres.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2019 and 2020
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alaska ...........: 6 6 5 5
Arizona ..........: 17 16 14 14
California .......: 60 50 43 34
Colorado .........: 54 67 52 63
Delaware .........: 21 21 14 12
Idaho ............: 540 510 520 480
Kansas ...........: 14 15 4 10
Maine ............: 16 17 15 16
Maryland .........: 32 35 17 23
Michigan .........: 11 15 8 12
:
Minnesota ........: 70 60 55 45
Montana ..........: 920 1,010 740 810
New York .........: 10 10 4 7
North Carolina ...: 11 15 6 11
North Dakota .....: 580 550 445 425
Oregon ...........: 40 42 31 30
Pennsylvania .....: 35 47 25 31
South Dakota .....: 37 35 9 10
Utah .............: 17 21 10 14
Virginia .........: 30 31 7 9
:
Washington .......: 95 115 84 97
Wisconsin ........: 24 28 8 14
Wyoming ..........: 81 81 66 60
:
United States ....: 2,721 2,797 2,182 2,232
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1/ Forecasted.
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