Bigger Sugarbeet Harvest Seen
WASHINGTON - Oct 9/20 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2020 crop year is forecast at 35.8 million tons, up 2% from last month and up 25% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimate.
Area planted, at 1.17 million acres, is up 2% from the previous forecast and up 3% from last year. Sugarbeet producers expect to harvest 1.15 million acres, up 2% from the previous forecast and up 17% from 2019.
Yield is forecast at 31.2 tons per acre, unchanged from the previous forecast but an increase of 2.0 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2019 and 2020
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .......: 24.5 24.0 24.5 23.9
Colorado .........: 25.1 24.5 24.4 24.0
Idaho ............: 171.0 174.0 165.0 172.0
Michigan .........: 146.0 157.0 145.0 154.0
Minnesota ........: 424.0 432.0 336.0 425.0
Montana ..........: 41.8 43.5 36.5 43.3
Nebraska .........: 44.0 46.3 42.1 45.8
North Dakota .....: 212.0 221.0 170.0 219.0
Oregon ...........: 10.0 10.0 9.8 9.4
Washington .......: 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9
Wyoming ..........: 31.6 31.0 24.0 30.2
:
United States ....: 1,132.0 1,165.2 979.3 1,148.5
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1/ Forecasted.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and
Forecasted October 1, 2020
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2020 : :
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 :-------------------------: 2019 : 2020
: : : :September 1 : October 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres ------------ tons ----------- -- 1,000 tons --
:
California 1/ : 24.5 23.9 44.1 45.3 45.3 1,080 1,083
Colorado .....: 24.4 24.0 30.7 32.9 32.9 749 790
Idaho ........: 165.0 172.0 39.0 40.2 40.2 6,435 6,914
Michigan .....: 145.0 154.0 28.6 29.4 29.2 4,147 4,497
Minnesota ....: 336.0 425.0 25.0 28.4 28.4 8,400 12,070
Montana ......: 36.5 43.3 31.6 33.3 33.5 1,153 1,451
Nebraska .....: 42.1 45.8 25.4 30.6 30.6 1,069 1,401
North Dakota .: 170.0 219.0 26.0 28.4 28.4 4,420 6,220
Oregon .......: 9.8 9.4 38.5 40.0 40.2 377 378
Washington ...: 2.0 1.9 45.4 47.3 47.5 91 90
Wyoming ......: 24.0 30.2 28.3 30.5 30.5 679 921
:
United States : 979.3 1,148.5 29.2 31.2 31.2 28,600 35,815
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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