Sugarbeet Yield Estimate Improves
WASHINGTON - Oct 10/19 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2019 crop year is forecast at 33.6 million tons, up slightly from last month and up 1% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
Area planted, at 1.13 million acres, is up slightly from the August forecast and up 2% from last year's planted area. Sugarbeet producers expect to harvest 1.12 million acres, down slightly from the previous forecast but up 2% from 2018.
Acreage updates were made in several States based on a thorough review of all available data. Yield is forecast at 30.1 tons per acre, an increase of 0.1 ton from the previous forecast but a decrease of 0.2 ton from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2018 and 2019
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .......: 24.6 24.6 24.6 24.2
Colorado .........: 26.3 25.1 25.5 24.5
Idaho ............: 163.0 171.0 163.0 166.0
Michigan .........: 150.0 146.0 147.0 145.0
Minnesota ........: 415.0 427.0 408.0 421.0
Montana ..........: 43.5 41.9 42.4 41.6
Nebraska .........: 45.5 44.1 44.1 43.6
North Dakota .....: 202.0 212.0 199.0 208.0
Oregon ...........: 9.3 9.9 9.3 9.7
Washington .......: 1.8 2.0 1.8 2.0
Wyoming ..........: 32.1 31.3 30.7 30.6
:
United States ....: 1,113.1 1,134.9 1,095.4 1,116.2
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1/ Forecasted.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018 and
Forecasted October 1, 2019
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2019 : :
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 :-------------------------: 2018 : 2019
: : : :September 1 : October 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ------------ tons ----------- -- 1,000 tons --
:
California 1/ : 24.6 24.2 44.4 43.9 43.9 1,092 1,062
Colorado .....: 25.5 24.5 32.6 33.0 33.0 831 809
Idaho ........: 163.0 166.0 40.5 40.2 40.2 6,602 6,673
Michigan .....: 147.0 145.0 29.1 28.1 27.5 4,278 3,988
Minnesota ....: 408.0 421.0 25.7 26.7 27.0 10,486 11,367
Montana ......: 42.4 41.6 31.1 31.5 31.3 1,319 1,302
Nebraska .....: 44.1 43.6 31.9 28.1 27.6 1,407 1,203
North Dakota .: 199.0 208.0 28.8 28.0 28.3 5,731 5,886
Oregon .......: 9.3 9.7 39.4 39.2 39.3 366 381
Washington ...: 1.8 2.0 48.2 48.2 48.3 87 97
Wyoming ......: 30.7 30.6 30.8 27.4 27.4 946 838
:
United States : 1,095.4 1,116.2 30.3 30.0 30.1 33,145 33,606
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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