Sugarbeet Output Off 4%
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/18 - SNS -- Sugarbeets production for 2017 was estimated at 35.3 million tons, down 4% from the previous year's revised production, according to the USDA's final crop estimates.
Growers in the 11 major sugarbeet-producing States planted 1.13 million acres, down 3% from the 2016 revised area. Harvested area, at 1.11 million acres, was down 1% from the previous year. Estimated yield, at 31.7 tons per acre, was down 1.1 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2015-2017
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017
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: 1,000 acres
:
California 1/ : 24.7 25.3 24.8 24.7 25.2 24.7
Colorado .....: 27.5 28.1 29.4 27.3 27.6 29.0
Idaho ........: 174.0 172.0 167.0 172.0 170.0 166.0
Michigan .....: 152.0 151.0 144.0 151.0 149.0 143.0
Minnesota ....: 443.0 437.0 420.0 435.0 417.0 409.0
Montana ......: 44.0 45.6 42.9 43.7 45.3 42.7
Nebraska .....: 47.5 48.0 46.1 46.8 47.2 45.2
North Dakota .: 208.0 213.0 214.0 206.0 203.0 212.0
Oregon .......: 7.8 10.7 9.1 7.7 10.2 9.1
Washington 2/ : (NA) 2.0 1.8 (NA) 1.9 1.8
Wyoming ......: 31.3 30.7 32.1 31.2 30.0 31.6
:
United States : 1,159.8 1,163.4 1,131.2 1,145.4 1,126.4 1,114.1
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017
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: ------------ tons ------------ --------- 1,000 tons ---------
:
California 1/ : 44.7 45.1 43.5 1,104 1,137 1,074
Colorado .....: 35.1 33.6 35.7 958 927 1,035
Idaho ........: 38.3 41.4 39.2 6,588 7,038 6,507
Michigan .....: 31.7 30.8 25.2 4,787 4,589 3,604
Minnesota ....: 28.0 30.0 30.6 12,180 12,510 12,515
Montana ......: 33.0 35.0 32.7 1,442 1,586 1,396
Nebraska .....: 28.4 29.9 31.8 1,329 1,411 1,437
North Dakota .: 27.9 30.8 30.4 5,747 6,252 6,445
Oregon .......: 38.6 42.0 36.7 297 428 334
Washington 2/ : (NA) 47.9 48.2 (NA) 91 87
Wyoming ......: 30.1 31.7 28.2 939 951 891
:
United States : 30.9 32.8 31.7 35,371 36,920 35,325
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- Represents zero.
(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.
2/ Estimates began in 2016.
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