Barley Seedings Inch Up 3%
WASHINGTON - Jun 29/18 - SNS -- Producers seeded 2.55 million acres of barley for the 2018 crop year, up 3% from the previous year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for this year.
Harvested area, forecast at 2.05 million acres, is up 5% from 2017. In Montana, producers seeded 730,000 acres of barley, down 5% from the previous year.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2017 and 2018
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alaska 2/ ........: (X) 5 (X) 4
Arizona ..........: 20 12 17 10
California .......: 70 75 28 46
Colorado .........: 70 55 68 50
Delaware .........: 32 27 16 18
Idaho ............: 530 530 510 500
Kansas 3/ ........: (NA) 18 (NA) 12
Maine 3/ .........: (NA) 13 (NA) 12
Maryland .........: 50 50 27 30
Michigan 3/ ......: (NA) 12 (NA) 8
:
Minnesota ........: 80 80 68 67
Montana ..........: 770 730 565 560
New York 3/ ......: (NA) 8 (NA) 7
North Carolina 3/ : (NA) 13 (NA) 7
North Dakota .....: 520 520 395 440
Oregon ...........: 47 35 38 26
Pennsylvania .....: 60 55 45 40
South Dakota 3/ ..: (NA) 55 (NA) 32
Utah .............: 25 28 18 19
Virginia .........: 30 40 11 11
:
Washington .......: 95 75 85 65
Wisconsin 3/ .....: (NA) 48 (NA) 33
Wyoming ..........: 82 65 63 49
:
United States 4/ .: 2,481 2,549 1,954 2,046
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Previously included in the Alaska table.
3/ Estimates began in 2018.
4/ Beginning in 2018, United States total includes data for Alaska.
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