WASHINGTON - Jul 10/20 - SNS -- Barley production In the United States is forecast at 170 million bushels, up less than 1% from 2019, reports the USDA in its latest crop production estimates.
Based on conditions as of July 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 76.1 bushels per acre, down 1.6 bushels from last year. A record high yield is forecast in Montana. Area harvested for grain or seed, at 2.23 million acres is unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2020, but up 2% from 2019.
Barley Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and Forecasted July 1, 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :----------------------------------------------------------------- State : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres ---- bushels --- 1,000 bushels : Arizona ........: 14 14 126.0 110.0 1,764 1,540 California .....: 43 34 66.0 52.0 2,838 1,768 Colorado .......: 52 63 138.0 131.0 7,176 8,253 Idaho ..........: 520 480 104.0 106.0 54,080 50,880 Minnesota ......: 55 45 67.0 71.0 3,685 3,195 Montana ........: 740 810 59.0 62.0 43,660 50,220 North Dakota ...: 445 425 72.0 63.0 32,040 26,775 Virginia .......: 7 9 65.0 66.0 455 594 Washington .....: 84 97 70.0 75.0 5,880 7,275 Wyoming ........: 66 60 107.0 102.0 7,062 6,120 : Other States 1/ : 156 195 70.0 67.6 10,926 13,186 : United States ..: 2,182 2,232 77.7 76.1 169,566 169,806 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2020 Summary."
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