Canola Harvest Inched Upward
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/18 - SNS -- U.S. canola production in 2017 was estimated at a record 3.12 billion pounds, up 1% from 2016, according to the USDA's final crop estimates.
The average yield, at 1,558 pounds per acre, was down 266 pounds from the 2016 average yield. Planted area was estimated at a record high 2.08 million acres, 21% above the previous year's acreage. Harvested area, at a record high 2.00 million acres, was up 18% from 2016.
Production in North Dakota, the leading canola-producing State, was estimated at 2.54 billion pounds. This was down 5% from the previous year but was still the second largest production on record for North Dakota. Planted and harvested area in North Dakota were both record highs.
The average yield in Minnesota was the highest on record at 2,050 pounds per acre.
Canola Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2015-2017
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017
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: 1,000 acres
:
Idaho ..........: 28.0 21.0 23.0 27.0 20.5 22.3
Kansas 1/ ......: (D) 25.0 50.0 (D) 24.0 47.0
Minnesota ......: 23.0 29.0 36.0 21.5 27.5 34.5
Montana ........: 82.0 62.0 155.0 77.0 60.0 137.0
North Dakota ...: 1,410.0 1,460.0 1,590.0 1,400.0 1,450.0 1,560.0
Oklahoma .......: 140.0 80.0 160.0 115.0 75.0 140.0
Oregon .........: 4.3 4.0 8.0 1.8 3.7 7.2
Washington .....: 37.0 33.0 55.0 34.0 31.0 54.0
:
Other States 2/ : 52.7 - - 37.2 - -
:
United States ..: 1,777.0 1,714.0 2,077.0 1,713.5 1,691.7 2,002.0
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017
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: ----------- pounds ---------- ---------- 1,000 pounds ---------
:
Idaho ..........: 1,400 2,100 1,550 37,800 43,050 34,565
Kansas 1/ ......: (D) 1,940 1,320 (D) 46,560 62,040
Minnesota ......: 1,880 1,700 2,050 40,420 46,750 70,725
Montana ........: 1,220 1,670 870 93,940 100,200 119,190
North Dakota ...: 1,780 1,840 1,630 2,492,000 2,668,000 2,542,800
Oklahoma .......: 1,140 1,520 1,370 131,100 114,000 191,800
Oregon .........: 1,800 2,400 1,550 3,240 8,880 11,160
Washington .....: 1,100 1,900 1,600 37,400 58,900 86,400
:
Other States 2/ : 1,144 - - 42,570 - -
:
United States ..: 1,680 1,824 1,558 2,878,470 3,086,340 3,118,680
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- Represents zero.
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
1/ Beginning in 2016, Kansas is published individually.
2/ For 2015, Other States include Colorado and Kansas. Beginning in 2016, Other States
is discontinued.
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