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60% Hit To U.S. Pea Harvest

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS --Last year's field pea harvest in the United States sank 60% from the previous year to 8.55 million cwt (100 pounds) or 390,080 metric tons (MT), according to the final crop report for 2021.

Planted area, at 977,000 acres, down 2% from 2020. Harvested area at 834,000 acres, was down 14% from the previous year.

The average United States yield for dry edible peas for the 2021 season is 1,025 pounds per acre, down 1,205 pounds from 2020.

Dry Edible Pea Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021
[Includes Austrian winter peas and wrinkled seed peas]
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                :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2019    :   2020    :   2021    :   2019    :   2020    :   2021
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                :                              1,000 acres
                :
Idaho ..........:     28.0       35.0        29.0         27.0       34.0        28.0
Montana ........:    530.0      495.0       570.0        500.0      478.0       448.0
Nebraska .......:     31.0       36.0        29.0         28.0       32.0        27.0
North Dakota ...:    425.0      325.0       255.0        405.0      321.0       242.0
South Dakota ...:     16.0       29.0        26.0         15.0       28.0        23.0
Washington .....:     72.0       78.0        68.0         71.0       77.0        66.0
                :
United States ..:  1,102.0      998.0       977.0      1,046.0      970.0       834.0
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                :          Yield per acre           :            Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2019    :   2020    :   2021    :   2019    :   2020    :   2021
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                :    ---------- pounds ----------       --------- 1,000 cwt ---------
                :
Idaho ..........:    1,900      2,530       1,080          513        860         302
Montana ........:    2,030      2,070         740       10,150      9,895       3,315
Nebraska .......:    2,300      1,130       1,310          644        362         354
North Dakota ...:    2,260      2,410       1,480        9,153      7,736       3,582
South Dakota ...:    2,200      1,470         570          330        412         131
Washington .....:    2,000      3,070       1,310        1,420      2,364         865
                :
United States ..:    2,123      2,230       1,025       22,210     21,629       8,549
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