Major Increase in Dry Bean Output
WASHINGTON - Oct 9/20 - SNS -- This year's dry edible beans harvest is expected to reach 35.0 million cwt or 1.587 million metric tons (MT), up 7% from the August forecast and up 68% from 2019, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimate.
Production is not broken down by class. Including states now excluded from the report, production could be closer to 1.648 million MT.
Area planted is estimated at 1.74 million acres, up 7% from the August forecast and up 35% from 2019. Area harvested is forecast at 1.68 million acres, up 7% from the August forecast and 43% above 2019.
The yield is forecast at 2,079 pounds per acre, a decrease of 9 pounds from the August forecast, but an increase of 310 pounds from last season.
Dry Edible Bean Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2019 and 2020
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published. Excludes beans
grown for garden seed and chickpeas]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .......: 27.4 26.0 27.4 26.0
Colorado .........: 37.0 58.0 33.8 54.0
Idaho ............: 47.0 70.0 45.0 68.0
Michigan .........: 185.0 260.0 180.0 257.0
Minnesota ........: 210.0 275.0 201.0 263.0
Nebraska .........: 120.0 165.0 97.0 149.0
North Dakota .....: 615.0 820.0 550.0 800.0
Washington .......: 25.0 41.0 25.0 40.0
Wyoming ..........: 21.0 28.0 17.3 26.0
:
United States ....: 1,287.4 1,743.0 1,176.5 1,683.0
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1/ Forecasted.
Dry Edible Bean Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and Forecasted
October 1, 2020
[Excludes beans grown for garden seed and chickpeas]
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: Yield per acre 1/ : Production 1/
State ---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020
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------- pounds ------ ------ 1,000 cwt -----
:
California .....: 2,660 2,400 729 624
Colorado .......: 1,840 2,020 623 1,091
Idaho ..........: 2,370 2,450 1,067 1,666
Michigan .......: 2,030 2,350 3,662 6,040
Minnesota ......: 2,040 2,220 4,101 5,839
Nebraska .......: 1,940 2,340 1,883 3,487
North Dakota ...: 1,400 1,820 7,691 14,560
Washington .....: 2,660 2,600 665 1,040
Wyoming ........: 2,250 2,450 390 637
:
United States ..: 1,769 2,079 20,811 34,984
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