Sugarbeet Output Up 24%
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/20 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2020 crop year is forecast at 35.4 million tons, up 24% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production forecast.
Sugarbeet producers expect to harvest 1.13 million acres, unchanged from previous forecast but up 15% from last year. Expected yield is forecast at 31.4 tons per acre, an increase of 2.2 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and
Forecasted August 1, 2020
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020
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: --- 1,000 acres -- ----- tons ----- --- 1,000 tons ---
:
California 1/ .: 24.5 24.4 44.1 45.3 1,080 1,105
Colorado ......: 24.4 24.0 30.7 33.3 749 799
Idaho .........: 165.0 166.0 39.0 39.8 6,435 6,607
Michigan ......: 145.0 152.0 28.6 29.6 4,147 4,499
Minnesota .....: 336.0 420.0 25.0 29.0 8,400 12,180
Montana .......: 36.5 42.6 31.6 32.5 1,153 1,385
Nebraska ......: 42.1 45.8 25.4 32.4 1,069 1,484
North Dakota ..: 170.0 211.0 26.0 28.5 4,420 6,014
Oregon ........: 9.8 9.0 38.5 39.8 377 358
Washington ....: 2.0 1.8 45.4 47.7 91 86
Wyoming .......: 24.0 30.2 28.3 29.0 679 876
:
United States .: 979.3 1,126.8 29.2 31.4 28,600 35,393
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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