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Sugarbeet Yields Up 4% On Month

WASHINGTON - Nov 8/21 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2021 crop year is forecast at 37.0 million tons, up 4% from last month, and up 10% from last year, according to the latest USDA crop report.

Producers expect to harvest 1.15 million acres, unchanged from the previous month but up 1% from last year. Yield is forecast at 32.2 tons per acre, up 1.2 tons from last month and up 2.8 tons from last year.

Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2020 and
Forecasted November 1, 2021
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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              :  Area harvested   :          Yield per acre           :    Production
              :---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     State    :         :         :         :          2021           :         :
              :  2020   :  2021   :  2020   :-------------------------:  2020   :  2021
              :         :         :         : October 1  : November 1 :         :
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              : -- 1,000 acres --    ------------ tons -----------      -- 1,000 tons --
              :
California 1/ :    23.9      23.8    45.5        45.5         45.5       1,087     1,083
Colorado .....:    23.7      23.7    31.3        32.8         33.3         742       789
Idaho ........:   169.0     170.0    40.5        41.1         40.2       6,845     6,834
Michigan .....:   154.0     152.0    28.3        31.3         33.1       4,358     5,031
Minnesota ....:   427.0     426.0    26.1        28.1         30.5      11,145    12,993
Montana ......:    38.0      43.5    31.3        31.6         30.5       1,189     1,327
Nebraska .....:    45.7      43.6    31.0        29.7         29.7       1,417     1,295
North Dakota .:   219.0     224.0    24.9        26.9         28.0       5,453     6,272
Oregon .......:     9.4      10.3    40.9        40.3         39.4         384       406
Washington ...:     1.8       1.9    47.8        47.8         47.8          86        91
Wyoming ......:    30.8      31.7    29.6        28.3         29.0         912       919
              :
United States : 1,142.3   1,150.5    29.4        31.0         32.2      33,618    37,040
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.

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