WASHINGTON - Sep 28/18 - SNS -- U.S. barley production was estimated at 153 million bushels, up 8% from the 2017 total of 142 million bushels, according to the USDA's annual small grains production report.
Average yield, at 77.4 bushels per acre, was up 4.8 bushels from the previous year. Producers seeded 2.54 million acres in 2018, up 2% from 2017. Harvested area, at 1.98 million acres, was up 1% from 2017.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area planted 1/ : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 acres : Alaska ...........: (X) (X) 5 (X) (X) 4 Arizona ..........: 17 20 12 16 17 9 California .......: 85 70 65 60 28 26 Colorado .........: 80 70 58 75 68 52 Delaware .........: 35 32 25 25 16 14 Idaho ............: 600 530 550 580 510 530 Kansas 2/ ........: (NA) (NA) 17 (NA) (NA) 6 Maine 2/ .........: (NA) (NA) 17 (NA) (NA) 16 Maryland .........: 50 50 45 34 27 24 Michigan 2/ ......: (NA) (NA) 20 (NA) (NA) 5 : Minnesota ........: 95 80 80 79 68 67 Montana ..........: 990 770 790 780 565 600 New York 2/ ......: (NA) (NA) 10 (NA) (NA) 8 North Carolina 2/ : (NA) (NA) 11 (NA) (NA) 8 North Dakota .....: 740 520 470 640 395 385 Oregon ...........: 45 47 43 32 38 26 Pennsylvania .....: 55 60 45 38 45 33 South Dakota 2/ ..: (NA) (NA) 48 (NA) (NA) 13 Utah .............: 29 25 21 19 18 16 Virginia .........: 33 30 30 12 11 9 : Washington .......: 110 95 85 93 85 67 Wisconsin 2/ .....: (NA) (NA) 25 (NA) (NA) 10 Wyoming ..........: 95 82 71 82 63 50 : United States 3/ .: 3,059 2,481 2,543 2,565 1,954 1,978 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Yield : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : ----------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels -------- : Alaska ...........: (X) (X) 43.0 (X) (X) 172 Arizona ..........: 128.0 131.0 100.0 2,048 2,227 900 California .......: 75.0 50.0 69.0 4,500 1,400 1,794 Colorado .........: 129.0 132.0 145.0 9,675 8,976 7,540 Delaware .........: 76.0 85.0 78.0 1,900 1,360 1,092 Idaho ............: 107.0 95.0 101.0 62,060 48,450 53,530 Kansas 2/ ........: (NA) (NA) 31.0 (NA) (NA) 186 Maine 2/ .........: (NA) (NA) 73.0 (NA) (NA) 1,168 Maryland .........: 72.0 76.0 70.0 2,448 2,052 1,680 Michigan 2/ ......: (NA) (NA) 43.0 (NA) (NA) 215 : Minnesota ........: 66.0 76.0 76.0 5,214 5,168 5,092 Montana ..........: 60.0 51.0 56.0 46,800 28,815 33,600 New York 2/ ......: (NA) (NA) 58.0 (NA) (NA) 464 North Carolina 2/ : (NA) (NA) 80.0 (NA) (NA) 640 North Dakota .....: 67.0 63.0 74.0 42,880 24,885 28,490 Oregon ...........: 67.0 62.0 53.0 2,144 2,356 1,378 Pennsylvania .....: 75.0 70.0 63.0 2,850 3,150 2,079 South Dakota 2/ ..: (NA) (NA) 55.0 (NA) (NA) 715 Utah .............: 82.0 75.0 86.0 1,558 1,350 1,376 Virginia .........: 67.0 73.0 70.0 804 803 630 : Washington .......: 77.0 53.0 73.0 7,161 4,505 4,891 Wisconsin 2/ .....: (NA) (NA) 45.0 (NA) (NA) 450 Wyoming ..........: 96.0 102.0 100.0 7,872 6,426 5,000 : United States 3/ .: 77.9 72.6 77.4 199,914 141,923 153,082 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NA) Not available. (X) Not applicable. 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 2/ Estimates began in 2018. 3/ Beginning in 2018, United States total includes data for Alaska. For 2016 and 2017, Alaska data is not included in United States total.
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