Modest Reduction In Sugarbeet Yields
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/22 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2022 crop year is forecast at 33.4 million tons, down slightly from last month and down 9% from last year, according to the USDA's latest production forecast.
Producers expect to harvest 1.15 million acres up slightly from last month and up 4% from last year. Yield is forecast at 29.0 tons per acre, down 0.2 ton from last month and down 4.2 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2021 and 2022
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .......: 24.0 24.0 23.8 23.9
Colorado .........: 24.3 23.7 23.6 21.1
Idaho ............: 172.0 173.0 170.0 170.0
Michigan .........: 155.0 139.0 142.0 137.0
Minnesota ........: 427.0 440.0 396.0 438.0
Montana ..........: 43.7 34.0 43.5 33.5
Nebraska .........: 44.4 47.0 43.8 39.0
North Dakota .....: 226.0 251.0 222.0 249.0
Oregon ...........: 10.5 9.5 10.4 8.0
Washington .......: 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0
Wyoming ..........: 31.2 29.7 30.6 27.6
:
United States ....: 1,160.0 1,172.9 1,107.6 1,149.1
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1/ Forecasted.
Sugarbeet for Sugar Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021 and
Forecasted September 1, 2022
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2022 : :
: 2021 : 2022 : 2021 :---------------------------: 2021 : 2022
: : : : August 1 : September 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ------------ tons ------------ --- 1,000 tons ---
:
California 1/ .: 23.8 23.9 46.0 46.7 46.7 1,095 1,116
Colorado ......: 23.6 21.1 33.7 29.6 28.6 795 603
Idaho .........: 170.0 170.0 39.5 39.0 39.0 6,715 6,630
Michigan ......: 142.0 137.0 37.4 31.0 30.8 5,311 4,220
Minnesota .....: 396.0 438.0 31.0 25.4 25.8 12,276 11,300
Montana .......: 43.5 33.5 29.8 30.0 30.0 1,296 1,005
Nebraska ......: 43.8 39.0 31.9 30.6 25.7 1,397 1,002
North Dakota ..: 222.0 249.0 29.2 25.6 25.4 6,482 6,325
Oregon ........: 10.4 8.0 37.9 38.5 38.3 394 306
Washington ....: 1.9 2.0 45.9 45.8 45.5 87 91
Wyoming .......: 30.6 27.6 29.5 29.4 27.3 903 753
:
United States .: 1,107.6 1,149.1 33.2 29.2 29.0 36,751 33,351
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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