Proso Millet Output Rebounded in 2013
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/14 - SNS -- Production of proso millet in 2013 totaled 18.4 million bushels, compared to 3.09 million bushels produced in 2012, according to the USDA's final production estimates for the 2013 crop.
Area planted to proso millet in the United States is estimated at 720,000 acres, up 385,000 acres from 2012. Area harvested in the United States, at 638,000 acres, is up 433,000 acres from last year and is the highest since records began to be published in 1999.
The average yield for 2013 is estimated at 28.9 bushels per acre, up 13.8 bushels from last year.
Proso Millet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2011-2013
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2012 : 2013 : 2011 : 2012 : 2013
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: 1,000 acres
:
Colorado .....: 250 210 370 230 120 330
Nebraska .....: 80 70 160 73 55 143
South Dakota .: 40 55 190 35 30 165
:
United States : 370 335 720 338 205 638
:
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2012 : 2013 : 2011 : 2012 : 2013
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: ---------- bushels --------- ------- 1,000 bushels -------
:
Colorado .....: 27.0 14.0 25.0 6,210 1,680 8,250
Nebraska .....: 23.0 12.0 32.0 1,679 660 4,576
South Dakota .: 36.0 25.0 34.0 1,260 750 5,610
:
United States : 27.1 15.1 28.9 9,149 3,090 18,436
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