WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- Last year's U.S. dry field pea harvest reached 15.9 million cwt or around 722,500 metric tons (MT), up 12% from the previous year, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.
Planted area, at 856,500 acres, and harvested area, at 807,900 acres, decreased by 24% and 23%, respectively. Average United States yield, at 1,972 pounds per acre, was up 622 pounds from the previous year's drought-reduced crop.
In Montana, plantings began late as spring precipitation persisted and many fields had standing water until late May. The crop was 96% planted by the week ending June 3. Harvest began in mid-July and by the week ending September 9, the crop was 95% harvested. In North Dakota, by September 2, ninety-seven% was harvested.
Dry Edible Pea Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 [Excludes both wrinkled seed peas and Austrian winter peas] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Idaho ..........: 30.0 14.0 8.0 29.0 14.0 7.6 Montana ........: 610.0 525.0 335.0 580.0 470.0 310.0 Nebraska .......: 55.0 58.0 58.0 52.0 56.0 49.0 North Dakota ...: 560.0 425.0 375.0 545.0 410.0 365.0 Oregon .........: 6.0 7.0 6.5 5.8 6.5 6.3 South Dakota ...: 32.0 38.0 22.0 30.0 35.0 19.0 Washington .....: 90.0 61.0 52.0 89.0 60.0 51.0 : United States ..: 1,383.0 1,128.0 856.5 1,330.8 1,051.5 807.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- pounds ---------- --------- 1,000 cwt --------- : Idaho ..........: 2,500 1,800 2,300 725 252 175 Montana ........: 1,950 820 1,620 11,310 3,854 5,022 Nebraska .......: 1,340 1,420 1,840 697 795 902 North Dakota ...: 2,250 1,800 2,200 12,263 7,380 8,030 Oregon .........: 2,600 2,900 2,000 151 189 126 South Dakota ...: 1,600 1,500 2,100 480 525 399 Washington .....: 2,400 2,000 2,500 2,136 1,200 1,275 : United States ..: 2,086 1,350 1,972 27,762 14,195 15,929 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Austrian winter peas output was estimated at 124,000 cwt or 5,625 MT, up 24% from the previous year. Planted area was estimated at 16,400 acres, down 36% from a year earlier. This is the lowest planted area since 2001. Area harvested totaled 10,900 acres, up 36% from 2017. United States yield, at 1,138 pounds per acre, was down 112 pounds from a year earlier.
Austrian Winter Pea Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Idaho ........: 17.0 3.0 1.4 16.0 2.0 0.8 Montana ......: 15.0 20.0 12.0 7.0 4.0 8.0 Oregon .......: 5.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 2.0 2.1 : United States : 37.0 25.5 16.4 27.0 8.0 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- pounds ---------- -------- 1,000 cwt -------- : Idaho ........: 1,800 1,300 1,300 288 26 10 Montana ......: 1,300 710 950 91 28 76 Oregon .......: 2,000 2,300 1,800 80 46 38 : United States : 1,700 1,250 1,138 459 100 124 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wrinkled seed pea production was estimated at 389,000 cwt in 2018, up 9% from 2017. Washington and Idaho production increased by 10 and 7%, respectively from the previous year.
Wrinkled Seed Pea Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Production State :-------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 cwt : Idaho ........: 157 108 116 Washington ...: 282 249 273 : United States : 439 357 389 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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