Little Change in Sugarbeet Area
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/20 - SNS -Area planted to sugarbeets for the 2020 crop year is estimated at 1.15 million acres, up 1% from 2019, according to the USDA's seeded area estimate for 2020.
Harvested area is forecast at 1.13 million acres, up 15% from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2019 and 2020
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California 2/ : 24.5 24.4 24.5 24.4
Colorado .....: 25.1 24.5 24.4 24.0
Idaho ........: 171.0 168.0 165.0 166.0
Michigan .....: 146.0 154.0 145.0 152.0
Minnesota ....: 424.0 432.0 336.0 420.0
Montana ......: 41.8 42.8 36.5 42.6
Nebraska .....: 44.0 46.3 42.1 45.8
North Dakota .: 212.0 214.0 170.0 211.0
Oregon .......: 10.0 9.1 9.8 9.0
Washington ...: 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.8
Wyoming ......: 31.6 31.0 24.0 30.2
:
United States : 1,132.0 1,147.9 979.3 1,126.8
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1/ Forecasted.
2/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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