Smaller Winter Canola Area
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/18 - SNS -- Farmers in Kansas and Oklahoma are reducing winter canola seedings, according to the USDA.
Seedings in Kansas and Oklahoma for 2018 harvest are estimated at a combined 120,000 acres, a decline of 43% from 2017
Canola Area Seeded - States and United States: 2016-2018
[Blank cells indicate estimation period has not begun]
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: Crop year : 2018
State :--------------------------------------------------: as a percent
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 1/ : of 2017
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: 1,000 acres 1,000 acres 1,000 acres percent
:
Idaho ..........: 21.0 23.0
Kansas .........: 25.0 50.0 60.0 120
Minnesota ......: 29.0 36.0
Montana ........: 62.0 155.0
North Dakota ...: 1,460.0 1,590.0
Oklahoma .......: 80.0 160.0 60.0 38
Oregon .........: 4.0 8.0
Washington .....: 33.0 55.0
:
United States ..: 1,714.0 2,077.0
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1/ Indicated 2018 area seeded for all eight States and the United States will be
published in "Prospective Plantings" released March 2018.
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