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Barley Area Rises 15%

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/22 - SNS -- Barley producers seeded 3.05 million acres of barley for the 2022 crop year, up 15% from the previous year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2022.

Record low planted acres are expected in Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Utah. Harvested area, forecast at 2.40 million acres, is up 23% from 2021. However, record low harvested acres are forecast in both Michigan and Wisconsin.

   Barley Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2021 and 2022
   [Includes area planted in preceding fall]
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
					 :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
		  State      :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
					 :      2021       :      2022       :      2021       :     2022 1/
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
					 :                              1,000 acres
					 :
   Alaska ...........:          6                 6                 5                 5
   Arizona ..........:         16                18                14                16
   California .......:         40                50                13                22
   Colorado .........:         52                71                47                60
   Delaware .........:         21                21                14                15
   Idaho ............:        520               600               490               560
   Kansas ...........:         14                13                 4                 4
   Maine ............:         12                 9                10                 8
   Maryland .........:         33                28                18                16
   Michigan .........:         10                 8                 8                 5
					 :
   Minnesota ........:         55                45                34                35
   Montana ..........:        940             1,090               625               855
   New York .........:          9                 9                 5                 5
   North Carolina ...:         13                16                 7                 7
   North Dakota .....:        580               690               430               565
   Oregon ...........:         37                45                19                25
   Pennsylvania .....:         45                46                28                29
   South Dakota .....:         30                49                14                12
   Utah .............:         17                14                 9                 9
   Virginia .........:         30                40                 7                11
					 :
   Washington .......:         83                90                70                75
   Wisconsin ........:         15                22                 7                 5
   Wyoming ..........:         82                66                70                51
					 :
   United States ....:      2,660             3,046             1,948             2,395
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1/ Forecasted.

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