Larger Sugarbeet Harvest
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- Sugarbeet production for 2021 was estimated at 36.8 million tons, up 9% from the previous year's revised production, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
Growers in the 11 major sugarbeet-producing States planted 1.16 million acres, down slightly from the 2020 revised area. Harvested area, at 1.11 million acres, was down 3% from the previous year. Estimated yield, at 33.2 tons per acre, was up 3.8 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
California 1/ : 24.5 24.1 24.0 24.4 23.4 23.8
Colorado .....: 25.1 24.2 24.3 24.3 23.7 23.6
Idaho ........: 171.0 171.0 172.0 165.0 168.0 170.0
Michigan .....: 146.0 157.0 155.0 145.0 154.0 142.0
Minnesota ....: 425.0 433.0 427.0 337.0 429.0 396.0
Montana ......: 41.8 43.6 43.7 36.5 38.1 43.5
Nebraska .....: 44.0 46.2 44.4 42.1 45.7 43.8
North Dakota .: 212.0 221.0 226.0 170.0 218.0 222.0
Oregon .......: 10.0 9.5 10.5 9.8 9.4 10.4
Washington ...: 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9
Wyoming ......: 31.6 30.7 31.2 24.0 30.6 30.6
:
United States : 1,133.0 1,162.2 1,160.0 980.1 1,141.8 1,107.6
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: ----------- tons ----------- ---------- 1,000 tons ---------
:
California 1/ : 45.4 46.6 46.0 1,108 1,090 1,095
Colorado .....: 30.7 31.3 33.7 746 742 795
Idaho ........: 39.0 40.5 39.5 6,435 6,804 6,715
Michigan .....: 28.6 28.3 37.4 4,147 4,358 5,311
Minnesota ....: 25.0 26.1 31.0 8,425 11,197 12,276
Montana ......: 31.6 31.3 29.8 1,153 1,193 1,296
Nebraska .....: 25.4 31.0 31.9 1,069 1,417 1,397
North Dakota .: 26.0 24.9 29.2 4,420 5,428 6,482
Oregon .......: 38.5 40.9 37.9 377 384 394
Washington ...: 45.4 47.8 45.9 91 91 87
Wyoming ......: 28.3 29.6 29.5 679 906 903
:
United States : 29.2 29.4 33.2 28,650 33,610 36,751
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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