WASHINGTON - Jan 12/18 - SNS -- The 2017 sunflower production totaled 2.17 billion pounds, down 18% from 2016, according to the USDA's final crop estimates.
The United States average yield per acre of 1,613 pounds decreased 118 pounds from 2016. However, the average yield was still the third highest on record. Planted area, at 1.40 million acres, was 12% below the previous year. Area harvested decreased 12% from 2016 to 1.34 million acres.
South Dakota, the leading sunflower-producing State during 2017, produced 1.04 billion pounds, a decrease of 2% from 2016. Compared with 2016, planted area in South Dakota increased 11% but yield decreased 208 pounds to 1,750 pounds per acre. Meanwhile, production in North Dakota decreased 39% primarily due to harvested area, which decreased 36% from the previous year. The average yield in North Dakota declined 80 pounds from 2016 to 1,636 pounds per acre.
United States production of oil-type sunflower varieties, at 1.86 billion pounds, decreased 22% from 2016. Compared with the previous year, harvested acres were down 14% and the average yield decreased by 146 pounds to 1,585 pounds per acre.
Production of non-oil sunflower varieties was estimated at 312 million pounds, an increase of 10% from 2016. Area harvested, at 172,700 acres, was up 6% from 2016, but was the second lowest since 1983. The average yield increased by 75 pounds from 2016 to 1,804 pounds per acre and represented the second highest yield on record for non-oil varieties.
Harvest of sunflowers began in very late September and progressed mostly behind normal throughout October in the four major States. As of October 29, fifty-three% of the crop was harvested, 7 percentage points behind the previous year and 1 percentage point behind the 5-year average. By November 26, harvest progress had reached 93% complete Nationally, 4 percentage points behind the previous year but equal to the 5-year average.
Sunflower Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2015-2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Varietal type : Area planted : Area harvested and State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Oil : California .......: 33.0 45.0 54.0 33.0 44.5 52.5 Colorado .........: 60.0 60.0 80.0 57.0 57.0 74.0 Kansas ...........: 57.0 45.0 52.0 53.0 42.0 50.0 Minnesota ........: 77.0 66.0 34.0 75.0 64.0 33.0 Nebraska .........: 29.0 29.0 30.0 27.0 28.0 28.5 North Dakota .....: 620.0 630.0 395.0 605.0 610.0 384.0 Oklahoma 1/ ......: 3.5 (NA) (NA) 3.0 (NA) (NA) South Dakota .....: 580.0 510.0 540.0 570.0 495.0 520.0 Texas ............: 91.0 33.0 31.0 87.0 28.0 30.0 : United States ....: 1,550.5 1,418.0 1,216.0 1,510.0 1,368.5 1,172.0 : Non-oil : California .......: 1.4 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 Colorado .........: 13.0 14.0 12.0 12.0 13.0 11.0 Kansas ...........: 27.0 18.0 13.5 25.0 16.0 12.2 Minnesota ........: 24.0 14.0 4.7 23.5 13.5 4.2 Nebraska .........: 20.0 12.5 15.5 17.5 11.0 15.0 North Dakota .....: 100.0 58.0 43.0 97.0 53.0 42.0 Oklahoma 1/ ......: 2.2 (NA) (NA) 2.0 (NA) (NA) South Dakota .....: 99.0 48.0 82.0 92.0 45.0 74.0 Texas ............: 22.0 12.5 15.0 19.0 10.5 13.0 : United States ....: 308.6 178.6 187.0 289.4 163.5 172.7 : All : California .......: 34.4 46.6 55.3 34.4 46.0 53.8 Colorado .........: 73.0 74.0 92.0 69.0 70.0 85.0 Kansas ...........: 84.0 63.0 65.5 78.0 58.0 62.2 Minnesota ........: 101.0 80.0 38.7 98.5 77.5 37.2 Nebraska .........: 49.0 41.5 45.5 44.5 39.0 43.5 North Dakota .....: 720.0 688.0 438.0 702.0 663.0 426.0 Oklahoma 1/ ......: 5.7 (NA) (NA) 5.0 (NA) (NA) South Dakota .....: 679.0 558.0 622.0 662.0 540.0 594.0 Texas ............: 113.0 45.5 46.0 106.0 38.5 43.0 : United States ....: 1,859.1 1,596.6 1,403.0 1,799.4 1,532.0 1,344.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Sunflower Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production by Type - States and United States: 2015-2017 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Varietal type : Yield per acre : Production and State :------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ---------- pounds --------- --------- 1,000 pounds -------- : Oil : California .....: 1,300 1,350 1,050 42,900 60,075 55,125 Colorado .......: 1,200 1,200 1,030 68,400 68,400 76,220 Kansas .........: 1,520 1,370 1,420 80,560 57,540 71,000 Minnesota ......: 1,650 1,500 1,800 123,750 96,000 59,400 Nebraska .......: 1,580 1,350 1,440 42,660 37,800 41,040 North Dakota ...: 1,470 1,730 1,630 889,350 1,055,300 625,920 Oklahoma 1/ ....: 1,600 (NA) (NA) 4,800 (NA) (NA) South Dakota ...: 1,840 1,940 1,700 1,048,800 960,300 884,000 Texas ..........: 950 1,200 1,480 82,650 33,600 44,400 : United States ..: 1,579 1,731 1,585 2,383,870 2,369,015 1,857,105 : Non-oil : California .....: 1,300 1,200 1,000 1,820 1,800 1,300 Colorado .......: 1,400 1,700 1,300 16,800 22,100 14,300 Kansas .........: 2,200 1,570 1,460 55,000 25,120 17,812 Minnesota ......: 1,800 1,300 1,950 42,300 17,550 8,190 Nebraska .......: 2,100 1,850 1,870 36,750 20,350 28,050 North Dakota ...: 1,850 1,550 1,690 179,450 82,150 70,980 Oklahoma 1/ ....: 900 (NA) (NA) 1,800 (NA) (NA) South Dakota ...: 1,970 2,150 2,100 181,240 96,750 155,400 Texas ..........: 1,300 1,600 1,200 24,700 16,800 15,600 : United States ..: 1,865 1,729 1,804 539,860 282,620 311,632 : All : California .....: 1,300 1,345 1,049 44,720 61,875 56,425 Colorado .......: 1,235 1,293 1,065 85,200 90,500 90,520 Kansas .........: 1,738 1,425 1,428 135,560 82,660 88,812 Minnesota ......: 1,686 1,465 1,817 166,050 113,550 67,590 Nebraska .......: 1,784 1,491 1,588 79,410 58,150 69,090 North Dakota ...: 1,523 1,716 1,636 1,068,800 1,137,450 696,900 Oklahoma 1/ ....: 1,320 (NA) (NA) 6,600 (NA) (NA) South Dakota ...: 1,858 1,958 1,750 1,230,040 1,057,050 1,039,400 Texas ..........: 1,013 1,309 1,395 107,350 50,400 60,000 : United States ..: 1,625 1,731 1,613 2,923,730 2,651,635 2,168,737 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NA) Not available. 1/ Estimates discontinued in 2016.
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