U.S. Barley Harvest Rose 8%
WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - 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 final crop report for 2018.
Average yield, at 77.4 bushels per acre, was up 4.4 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
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alaska 2/ ........: (X) (X) 5 (X) (X) 4
Arizona ..........: 17 20 12 16 17 9
California .......: 85 75 65 60 29 26
Colorado .........: 80 70 58 75 68 52
Delaware .........: 35 32 25 25 18 14
Idaho ............: 600 530 550 580 510 530
Kansas 3/ ........: (NA) (NA) 17 (NA) (NA) 6
Maine 3/ .........: (NA) (NA) 17 (NA) (NA) 16
Maryland .........: 50 50 45 34 27 24
Michigan 3/ ......: (NA) (NA) 20 (NA) (NA) 5
:
Minnesota ........: 95 80 80 79 68 67
Montana ..........: 990 770 790 780 565 600
New York 3/ ......: (NA) (NA) 10 (NA) (NA) 8
North Carolina 3/ : (NA) (NA) 11 (NA) (NA) 8
North Dakota .....: 740 520 470 640 400 385
Oregon ...........: 45 47 43 32 38 26
Pennsylvania .....: 55 60 45 38 45 33
South Dakota 3/ ..: (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 3/ .....: (NA) (NA) 25 (NA) (NA) 10
Wyoming ..........: 95 82 71 82 63 50
:
United States 4/ .: 3,059 2,486 2,543 2,565 1,962 1,978
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2016-2018 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: ----------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels --------
:
Alaska 2/ ........: (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 1,450 1,794
Colorado .........: 129.0 132.0 145.0 9,675 8,976 7,540
Delaware .........: 76.0 85.0 78.0 1,900 1,530 1,092
Idaho ............: 107.0 95.0 101.0 62,060 48,450 53,530
Kansas 3/ ........: (NA) (NA) 31.0 (NA) (NA) 186
Maine 3/ .........: (NA) (NA) 73.0 (NA) (NA) 1,168
Maryland .........: 72.0 76.0 70.0 2,448 2,052 1,680
Michigan 3/ ......: (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 3/ ......: (NA) (NA) 58.0 (NA) (NA) 464
North Carolina 3/ : (NA) (NA) 80.0 (NA) (NA) 640
North Dakota .....: 67.0 65.0 74.0 42,880 26,000 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 3/ ..: (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 3/ .....: (NA) (NA) 45.0 (NA) (NA) 450
Wyoming ..........: 96.0 102.0 100.0 7,872 6,426 5,000
:
United States 4/ .: 77.9 73.0 77.4 199,914 143,258 153,082
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
2/ Previously included in the Alaska table. For 2016 and 2017 data, refer to the Alaska
table on page 105.
3/ Estimates began in 2018.
4/ Beginning in 2018, United States total includes data for Alaska.
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