WASHINGTON - Jan 12/21 - SNS -- Production of dry edible peas was estimated at 21.7 million cwt, down 2% from last year, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2020.
Planted area, at 1.00 million acres, and harvested area, at 973,000 acres, decreased by 9% and 7%, respectively. The average United States yield is expected to total 2,234 pounds per acre, up 111 pounds from 2019. This is the highest yield on record since 2004.
Dry Edible Pea Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2018-2020 [Beginning in 2019, wrinkled seed peas and Austrian winter peas included] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2018 : 2019 : 2020 : 2018 : 2019 : 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Idaho ..........: 8.0 28.0 35.0 7.6 27.0 34.0 Montana ........: 335.0 530.0 490.0 310.0 500.0 475.0 Nebraska .......: 58.0 31.0 36.0 49.0 28.0 33.0 North Dakota ...: 375.0 425.0 330.0 365.0 405.0 325.0 Oregon 1/ ......: 6.5 (NA) (NA) 6.3 (NA) (NA) South Dakota ...: 22.0 16.0 29.0 19.0 15.0 28.0 Washington .....: 52.0 72.0 79.0 51.0 71.0 78.0 : United States ..: 856.5 1,102.0 999.0 807.9 1,046.0 973.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2018 : 2019 : 2020 : 2018 : 2019 : 2020 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- pounds ---------- ---------- 1,000 cwt --------- : Idaho ..........: 2,300 1,900 2,500 175 513 850 Montana ........: 1,620 2,030 2,070 5,022 10,150 9,833 Nebraska .......: 1,840 2,300 1,400 902 644 462 North Dakota ...: 2,200 2,260 2,400 8,030 9,153 7,800 Oregon 1/ ......: 2,000 (NA) (NA) 126 (NA) (NA) South Dakota ...: 2,100 2,200 1,600 399 330 448 Washington .....: 2,500 2,000 3,000 1,275 1,420 2,340 : United States ..: 1,972 2,123 2,234 15,929 22,210 21,733 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NA) Not available. 1/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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