Sugarbeet Harvest Holds Gains

WASHINGTON - Nov 10/20 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2020 crop year is forecast at 34.0 million tons, down 5% from last month but up 19% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates.

Sugarbeet producers expect to harvest 1.15 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 17% from 2019. Yield is forecast at 29.6 tons per acre, down 1.6 tons from the previous forecast but an increase of 0.4 ton from last year.

Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and
Forecasted November 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
              :         :         :         : October 1  : November 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         32.6         749       782
Idaho ........:  165.0      172.0    39.0        40.2         40.2       6,435     6,914
Michigan .....:  145.0      154.0    28.6        29.2         28.3       4,147     4,358
Minnesota ....:  336.0      425.0    25.0        28.4         26.1       8,400    11,093
Montana ......:   36.5       43.3    31.6        33.5         33.0       1,153     1,429
Nebraska .....:   42.1       45.8    25.4        30.6         32.3       1,069     1,479
North Dakota .:  170.0      219.0    26.0        28.4         24.8       4,420     5,431
Oregon .......:    9.8        9.4    38.5        40.2         40.2         377       378
Washington ...:    2.0        1.9    45.4        47.5         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         29.6      28,600    33,958
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.