WASHINGTON - Nov 9/16 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2016 crop year is forecast at 36.6 million tons, up 1% from the previous forecast and up 4% from last year, according to the USDA.
Producers expect to harvest 1.13 million acres, down 1% from the previous forecast and down 2% from last year. Expected yield is forecast at 32.5 tons per acre, an increase of 0.6 ton from the previous forecast and an increase of 1.6 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015 and Forecasted November 1, 2016 [Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : : 2016 : : : 2015 : 2016 : 2015 :-------------------------: 2015 : 2016 : : : : October 1 : November 1 : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -- 1,000 acres -- ------------ tons ------------ -- 1,000 tons -- : California 1/ : 24.7 25.2 44.2 44.2 44.2 1,092 1,114 Colorado .....: 27.3 27.5 35.1 34.7 34.7 958 954 Idaho ........: 172.0 170.0 38.3 38.9 39.2 6,588 6,664 Michigan .....: 151.0 148.0 31.7 31.0 30.8 4,787 4,558 Minnesota ....: 435.0 416.0 28.0 29.5 30.0 12,180 12,480 Montana ......: 43.7 45.3 33.0 31.7 35.1 1,442 1,590 Nebraska .....: 46.8 47.0 28.4 32.4 31.5 1,329 1,481 North Dakota .: 206.0 205.0 27.9 29.3 31.0 5,747 6,355 Oregon .......: 7.7 10.2 38.6 40.0 40.3 297 411 Washington ...: (NA) 1.9 (NA) 47.9 47.9 (NA) 91 Wyoming ......: 31.2 30.0 30.1 29.9 30.5 939 915 : United States : 1,145.4 1,126.1 30.9 31.9 32.5 35,359 36,613 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NA) Not available. 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.
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