2014 Sugarbeet Harvest Revised Lower
WASHINGTON - Jun 10/15 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2014 crop year is revised to 31.4 million tons, down slightly from the January end of season estimate and 4% below 2013, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2015.
Planted area totaled 1.16 million acres, up slightly from the previous estimate. Harvested area totaled 1.15 million acres, down slightly from the previous estimate. The United States yield, at 27.4 tons per acre, is unchanged from the previous estimate but down 1.0 ton per acre from 2013.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, Production, Price, and Value - States
and United States: 2013 and 2014
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California. Blank data
cells indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014
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: --------------- 1,000 acres --------------- ----- tons -----
:
California 2/ : 24.4 24.3 24.3 22.6 43.4 44.4
Colorado .....: 26.8 29.6 25.7 29.3 33.5 31.3
Idaho ........: 175.0 171.0 174.0 169.0 36.2 37.5
Michigan .....: 154.0 151.0 153.0 150.0 26.2 29.3
Minnesota ....: 462.0 440.0 426.0 434.0 26.0 22.5
Montana ......: 43.4 45.1 42.8 44.4 29.2 32.3
Nebraska .....: 46.0 49.0 44.2 45.9 29.7 29.1
North Dakota .: 227.0 216.0 225.0 215.0 25.3 23.8
Oregon .......: 9.4 6.7 9.3 6.5 38.4 34.7
Wyoming ......: 30.0 30.7 29.7 30.0 29.5 27.8
:
United States : 1,198.0 1,163.4 1,154.0 1,146.7 28.4 27.4
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: Production : Price per ton : Value of production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2013 : 2014 : 2013 : 2014 1/ : 2013 : 2014 1/
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: --- 1,000 tons --- --- dollars -- 1,000 dollars
:
California 2/ : 1,055 1,003 52.10 54,966
Colorado .....: 861 917 35.60 30,652
Idaho ........: 6,299 6,338 40.00 251,960
Michigan .....: 4,009 4,395 53.60 214,882
Minnesota ....: 11,076 9,765 52.60 582,598
Montana ......: 1,250 1,434 39.40 49,250
Nebraska .....: 1,313 1,336 37.80 49,631
North Dakota .: 5,693 5,117 44.90 255,616
Oregon .......: 357 226 40.00 14,280
Wyoming ......: 876 834 37.20 32,587
:
United States : 32,789 31,365 46.90 1,536,422
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1/ United States marketing year average price, value of production, and parity price
will be published in "Agricultural Prices" released July 2015. State estimates will
be published in "Crop Values" to be released February 2016.
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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