Smaller Sugarbeet Harvest Expected
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/22 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2022 crop year is forecast at 33.5 million tons, down 9% from last year, according to the latest USDA production estimate.
Producers expect to harvest 1.15 million acres up 3% from last year. Yield is forecast at 29.2 tons per acre, down 4.0 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021 and
Forecasted August 1, 2022
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022
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: --- 1,000 acres --- ----- tons ----- --- 1,000 tons ---
:
California 1/ .: 23.8 23.9 46.0 46.7 1,095 1,116
Colorado ......: 23.6 22.4 33.7 29.6 795 663
Idaho .........: 170.0 170.0 39.5 39.0 6,715 6,630
Michigan ......: 142.0 137.0 37.4 31.0 5,311 4,247
Minnesota .....: 396.0 441.0 31.0 25.4 12,276 11,201
Montana .......: 43.5 33.5 29.8 30.0 1,296 1,005
Nebraska ......: 43.8 44.4 31.9 30.6 1,397 1,359
North Dakota ..: 222.0 235.0 29.2 25.6 6,482 6,016
Oregon ........: 10.4 7.9 37.9 38.5 394 304
Washington ....: 1.9 2.0 45.9 45.8 87 92
Wyoming .......: 30.6 29.0 29.5 29.4 903 853
:
United States .: 1,107.6 1,146.1 33.2 29.2 36,751 33,486
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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