Sugarbeet Output Rising

WASHINGTON - Oct 9/15 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2015 crop year is forecast at 34.8 million tons, up 1% from the previous forecast and up 11% from last year, according to the USDA.

Producers expect to harvest 1.14 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but down slightly from 2014. Expected yield is forecast at 30.4 tons per acre, an increase of 0.2 ton from the previous forecast and up 3.0 tons from last year.

Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2014 and
Forecasted October 1, 2015
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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              :  Area harvested   :          Yield per acre           :    Production
              :---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     State    :         :         :         :          2015           :         :
              :  2014   :  2015   :  2014   :-------------------------:  2014   :  2015
              :         :         :         :September 1 : October 1  :         :
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              : -- 1,000 acres --    ------------ tons -----------      -- 1,000 tons --
              :
California 1/ :    22.6      25.0    44.4        44.2         44.2       1,003     1,105
Colorado .....:    29.3      26.7    31.3        32.3         32.3         917       862
Idaho ........:   169.0     168.0    37.5        37.6         37.5       6,338     6,300
Michigan .....:   150.0     151.0    29.3        31.5         31.5       4,395     4,757
Minnesota ....:   434.0     431.0    22.5        27.5         27.8       9,765    11,982
Montana ......:    44.4      43.8    32.3        30.6         31.0       1,434     1,358
Nebraska .....:    45.9      47.0    29.1        26.2         26.2       1,336     1,231
North Dakota .:   215.0     208.0    23.8        27.2         27.5       5,117     5,720
Oregon .......:     6.5      12.7    34.7        39.0         38.5         226       489
Wyoming ......:    30.0      30.8    27.8        31.0         31.0         834       955
              :
United States : 1,146.7   1,144.0    27.4        30.2         30.4      31,365    34,759
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1/ 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.