Little Change in Sugarbeet
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- Area planted to sugarbeets for the 2016 crop year is estimated at 1.17 million acres, up less than 1% from 2015, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.
Harvested area is forecast at 1.15 million acres, up slightly from last year. Estimates began in 2016 for Washington.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2015 and 2016
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California 2/ : 24.7 25.2 24.7 25.2
Colorado .....: 27.5 28.0 27.3 27.6
Idaho ........: 174.0 172.0 172.0 170.0
Michigan .....: 152.0 150.0 151.0 149.0
Minnesota ....: 443.0 441.0 435.0 432.0
Montana ......: 44.0 45.4 43.7 45.1
Nebraska .....: 47.5 48.7 46.8 47.0
North Dakota .: 208.0 213.0 206.0 211.0
Oregon .......: 7.8 10.7 7.7 10.2
Washington 3/ : (NA) 2.0 (NA) 1.9
Wyoming ......: 31.3 29.9 31.2 29.8
:
United States : 1,159.8 1,165.9 1,145.4 1,148.8
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ 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.
3/ Estimates began in 2016.
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