U.S. Flaxseed Crop Sinks 41%
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/14 - SNS -- The U.S. flaxseed harvest totaled 3.36 million bushels, down 41% from 2012 but 20% higher than the amount produced in 2011, according to the USDA's final production estimates for the 2013 crop.
Harvested area totaled 172,000 acres in 2013, down 48% from last year. Harvested acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, at 146,000 acres, is down 53% from 2012 and down 1,000 acres from 2011. The average United States yield for 2013, at 19.5 bushels per acre, is up 2.4 bushels from 2012.
Flaxseed 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
:
Minnesota ......: 3 3 4 3 3 4
Montana ........: 17 18 20 16 13 16
North Dakota ...: 150 315 150 147 310 146
South Dakota ...: 8 8 7 7 7 6
:
United States ..: 178 344 181 173 333 172
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2012 : 2013 : 2011 : 2012 : 2013
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: --------- bushels -------- ------ 1,000 bushels ------
:
Minnesota ......: 15.0 16.0 19.0 45 48 76
Montana ........: 13.0 9.0 15.0 208 117 240
North Dakota ...: 16.5 17.5 20.0 2,426 5,425 2,920
South Dakota ...: 16.0 17.0 20.0 112 119 120
:
United States ..: 16.1 17.1 19.5 2,791 5,709 3,356
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