Record Low Safflower Harvest
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Production of safflower in 2023, at a record low 131 million pounds or 59,226 metric tons (MT), down 19% from 2022, according to the USDA's final production estimates.
Growers planted 129,500 acres in 2023, a decline of 13% from the previous year and represents the lowest planted acreage for the Nation since records began in 1991. California showed the largest decline, down 28,000 acres.
Harvested area for the Nation, at 126,000 acres, was down 6% from 2022 and is also the lowest harvested area on record. The average yield for the Nation, at 1,036 pounds per acre, decreased 173 pounds from the 2022 average yield per acre.
Safflower Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2021-2023
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2023 : 2021 : 2022 : 2023
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .....: 39.0 50.0 22.0 38.5 48.0 21.5
Idaho ..........: 32.0 25.5 26.0 30.5 24.5 25.5
Montana ........: 40.0 44.0 47.0 33.0 35.0 46.0
South Dakota ...: 16.0 17.7 17.0 13.8 16.0 16.5
Utah ...........: 22.5 11.0 17.5 16.0 10.0 16.5
:
United States ..: 149.5 148.2 129.5 131.8 133.5 126.0
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2023 : 2021 : 2022 : 2023
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: ---------- pounds --------- -------- 1,000 pounds -------
:
California .....: 2,100 2,250 2,100 80,850 108,000 45,150
Idaho ..........: 470 600 840 14,335 14,700 21,420
Montana ........: 570 590 760 18,810 20,650 34,960
South Dakota ...: 750 800 1,100 10,350 12,800 18,150
Utah ...........: 460 530 660 7,360 5,300 10,890
:
United States ..: 999 1,209 1,036 131,705 161,450 130,570
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