WASHINGTON - Jun 11/14 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2013 crop year totaled 32.8 million tons, down slightly from the January end-of-season estimate and down 7% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2014.
Planted area totaled 1.20 million acres, unchanged from the January end-of-season estimate. Harvested area totaled 1.15 million acres, down slightly from the previous estimate.
The final United States yield, at 28.4 tons per acre, is down slightly from the previous estimate.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States and United States: 2012 and 2013 [Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California. Blank data cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 acres --------------- ----- tons ----- : California 2/ : 24.5 24.5 24.4 24.3 43.7 44.4 Colorado .....: 31.2 26.8 29.7 25.7 31.8 33.5 Idaho ........: 183.0 175.0 182.0 174.0 35.3 36.2 Michigan .....: 154.0 154.0 153.0 153.0 29.0 26.2 Minnesota ....: 475.0 462.0 463.0 426.0 26.5 26.0 Montana ......: 46.6 43.4 45.8 42.8 28.2 29.2 Nebraska .....: 51.0 46.0 48.9 44.2 29.8 29.7 North Dakota .: 222.0 227.0 215.0 225.0 28.0 25.3 Oregon .......: 11.0 9.4 11.0 9.3 38.0 38.4 Wyoming ......: 31.8 30.0 31.3 29.7 28.6 29.5 : United States : 1,230.1 1,198.1 1,204.1 1,154.0 29.3 28.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Production : Price per ton : Value of production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2012 : 2013 : 2012 : 2013 1/ : 2012 : 2013 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 tons --- --- dollars -- 1,000 dollars : California 2/ : 1,066 1,079 66.30 70,676 Colorado .....: 944 861 55.40 52,298 Idaho ........: 6,425 6,299 50.70 325,748 Michigan .....: 4,437 4,009 72.40 321,239 Minnesota ....: 12,270 11,076 74.20 910,434 Montana ......: 1,292 1,250 63.80 82,430 Nebraska .....: 1,457 1,313 61.60 89,751 North Dakota .: 6,020 5,693 69.10 415,982 Oregon .......: 418 357 50.70 21,193 Wyoming ......: 895 876 61.00 54,595 : United States : 35,224 32,813 66.60 2,344,346 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ United States marketing year average price, value of production, and parity price will be published in "Agricultural Prices" released July 2014. State estimates will be published in "Crop Values" to be released February 2015. 2/ In California, relates to year of intended harvest for fall planted beets in central California and to year of planting for overwintered beets in central and southern California.
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