Flax Output Halved
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- U.S. production of flaxseed in 2021 totaled 2.71 million bushels, down 53% from the 2020 production, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
Harvested area totaled 268,000 acres in 2021, down 9% from 2020. Harvested acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, was estimated at 171,000 acres, down 12% from 2020. The average United States yield for 2021, at 10.1 bushels per acre, was down 9.2 bushels from 2020.
Flaxseed Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
Montana ........: 99 105 135 89 102 97
North Dakota ...: 275 200 190 195 194 171
:
United States ..: 374 305 325 284 296 268
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: --------- bushels -------- ------ 1,000 bushels ------
:
Montana ........: 15.0 16.0 5.0 1,335 1,632 485
North Dakota ...: 22.0 21.0 13.0 4,290 4,074 2,223
:
United States ..: 19.8 19.3 10.1 5,625 5,706 2,708
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