Chickpea Area Down a Third
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/20 - SNS - Land in all classes of chickpeas in the United States has dropped a third from last year to 304,000 acres, according to the USDA's seeded area estimate for 2020.
Area harvested is forecast at 298,400 acres, 26% below 2019 and, if realized will be, the lowest total since 2015.
Small chickpea area planted is estimated at 77,000 acres, down 27% from 2019. Area harvested for small chickpeas is forecast at 75,200 acres, a 19% decline from 2019.
Area planted for large chickpeas in 2020 is estimated at 227,000 acres, a 34% decline from the previous year. Large chickpea area harvested is forecast at 223,200 acres, a 28% decline from 2019.
Chickpea Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2019 and 2020
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: Area planted : Area harvested
Size and State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Small chickpeas 2/ :
California ...................: (D) (D) (D) (D)
Idaho ........................: 20.0 8.0 18.8 7.9
Montana ......................: 51.0 41.0 47.0 39.5
North Dakota .................: (D) (D) (D) (D)
Washington ...................: 25.0 22.0 22.5 21.9
:
Other States 3/ ..............: 9.0 6.0 5.0 5.9
:
United States ................: 105.0 77.0 93.3 75.2
:
Large chickpeas 4/ :
California ...................: (D) (D) (D) (D)
Idaho ........................: 68.0 65.0 67.5 64.5
Montana ......................: 148.0 70.0 132.0 68.0
North Dakota .................: (D) (D) (D) (D)
Washington ...................: 85.0 68.0 84.0 67.6
:
Other States 3/ ..............: 45.4 24.0 27.2 23.1
:
United States ................: 346.4 227.0 310.7 223.2
:
All chickpeas :
California ...................: 13.4 10.0 13.2 9.9
Idaho ........................: 88.0 73.0 86.3 72.4
Montana ......................: 199.0 111.0 179.0 107.5
North Dakota .................: 41.0 20.0 19.0 19.1
Washington ...................: 110.0 90.0 106.5 89.5
:
Other States 3/ ..............: - - - -
:
United States ................: 451.4 304.0 404.0 298.4
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- Represents zero.
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Chickpeas 20/64 inches or smaller.
3/ Includes data withheld above.
4/ Chickpeas larger than 20/64 inches.
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