WASHINGTON - Aug 12/19 - SNS -- This year's dry edible bean harvest in the U.S. is expected to total 24.6 million cwt or 1.115 million metric tons (MT), up marginally from 1.112 million last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production report.
The report only cover the nine main producing states in the U.S. Including estimates for the excluded states suggests the total harvest could reach 1.183 million MT, compared to 1.18 million last year.
Area planted is estimated at 1.33 million acres, up 2% from the previous forecast but down 36% from 2018. Area harvested is forecast at 1.28 million acres, up 2% from the previous forecast but 36% below 2018.
The average United States yield is forecast at 1,919 pounds per acre, an increase of 59 pounds from last season.
It is important to note that the following table includes chickpeas in the 2018 data, but excludes them from this year's numbers.
Dry Edible Bean Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and Forecasted August 1, 2019 [Excludes beans grown for garden seed. Beginning in 2019, chickpeas are excluded] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested : Yield per acre 1/ : Production 1/ State :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 acres ------------ ---- pounds --- --- 1,000 cwt -- : California ....: 48.0 26.5 47.7 25.5 2,500 2,400 1,191 612 Colorado ......: 42.0 38.0 31.5 36.0 2,120 1,880 668 677 Idaho .........: 185.0 58.0 183.0 57.5 1,710 2,440 3,127 1,403 Michigan ......: 195.0 210.0 193.0 206.0 2,400 2,200 4,635 4,532 Minnesota .....: 175.0 205.0 168.0 196.0 2,360 2,290 3,964 4,488 Montana 2/ ....: 395.0 (NA) 386.0 (NA) 1,350 (NA) 5,214 (NA) Nebraska ......: 140.0 115.0 131.0 105.0 2,480 2,310 3,249 2,426 North Dakota ..: 635.0 630.0 615.0 610.0 1,760 1,540 10,806 9,394 Texas 2/ ......: 18.0 (NA) 16.0 (NA) 1,100 (NA) 176 (NA) Washington ....: 218.0 25.0 217.0 25.0 1,780 2,500 3,857 625 Wyoming .......: 30.0 21.0 27.8 19.5 2,180 2,130 607 415 : United States .: 2,081.0 1,328.5 2,016.0 1,280.5 1,860 1,919 37,494 24,572 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NA) Not available. 1/ Clean basis. 2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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