Second Lowest Safflower Area

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/21 - SNS -- Area planted to safflower in 2021 is estimated at 135,000 acres, down 1,000 acres from 2020 and represents the second lowest planted area since records began in 1991, according to the USDA's annual seeded area report.

Area for harvest is forecast at 127,500 acres, up 800 acres from last year and will be the third lowest harvested area on record for the Nation, if realized.

Growers in Montana, the largest State in terms of planted area in 2020, planted 40,000 acres in 2021, a decline of 9,000 acres from last year. Planted area in California is estimated at 35,000 acres, an increase of 67% from 2020 but still represents the second lowest since records began in 2005. Additionally, planted area in Idaho is the lowest since data began to be published for Idaho in 2016, when only 18,000 acres were planted.

Safflower Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2020 and 2021
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                :         Area planted          :        Area harvested
      State     :---------------------------------------------------------------
                :     2020      :     2021      :     2020      :    2021 1/
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                :                          1,000 acres
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California .....:      21.0            35.0            20.7            34.7
Idaho ..........:      27.5            20.0            26.5            19.3
Montana ........:      49.0            40.0            44.0            36.0
South Dakota ...:      15.5            17.0            13.5            15.5
Utah ...........:      23.0            23.0            22.0            22.0
                :
United States ..:     136.0           135.0           126.7           127.5
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1/ Forecasted.