WASHINGTON - Jul 11/19 - SNS -- Barley production in the U.S. is forecast at 171 million bushels, up 12% from 2018, according to the latest USDA production forecast for 2019.
Based on conditions as of July 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 73.3 bushels per acre, down 4.1 bushels from last year.
Area harvested for grain or seed, at 2.33 million acres, is unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 28, 2019, but up 18% from 2018.
Barley Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and Forecasted July 1, 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :----------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres ---- bushels --- 1,000 bushels : Arizona ........: 9 15 100.0 130.0 900 1,950 California .....: 26 48 69.0 60.0 1,794 2,880 Colorado .......: 52 77 145.0 130.0 7,540 10,010 Idaho ..........: 530 485 101.0 98.0 53,530 47,530 Minnesota ......: 67 77 76.0 72.0 5,092 5,544 Montana ........: 600 705 56.0 47.0 33,600 33,135 North Dakota ...: 385 535 74.0 78.0 28,490 41,730 Virginia .......: 9 9 70.0 73.0 630 657 Washington .....: 67 93 73.0 68.0 4,891 6,324 Wyoming ........: 50 76 100.0 100.0 5,000 7,600 : Other States 1/ : 183 211 63.5 64.0 11,615 13,497 : United States ..: 1,978 2,331 77.4 73.3 153,082 170,857 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States include: Alaska, Delaware, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2019 Summary."
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