Modest Drop In Sugarbeet Intended
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/22 - SNS -- Area expected to be planted to sugarbeets for the 2022 crop year is estimated at 1.14 million acres, down 1 percent from 2021, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates.
Intended acreages are below the previous year in 6 of the 11 estimating States.
Sugarbeet Area Planted - States and United States: 2020-2022 [Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted State :------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2022 1/ : Percent of : : : : previous year ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------------- 1,000 acres ----------------- percent : California 2/ ......: 24.1 24.0 24.0 100 Colorado ...........: 24.2 24.3 25.0 103 Idaho ..............: 171.0 172.0 170.0 99 Michigan ...........: 157.0 155.0 145.0 94 Minnesota ..........: 433.0 427.0 424.0 99 Montana ............: 43.6 43.7 43.0 98 Nebraska ...........: 46.2 44.4 45.0 101 North Dakota .......: 221.0 226.0 226.0 100 Oregon .............: 9.5 10.5 8.5 81 Washington .........: 1.9 1.9 1.9 100 Wyoming ............: 30.7 31.2 31.0 99 : United States ......: 1,162.2 1,160.0 1,143.4 99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Intended plantings in 2022 as indicated by reports from processors. 2/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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