U.S. Barley Harvest Reaches 174 Million Bushels
WASHINGTON - Sep 30/22 - SNS -- Barley production in the U.S. was estimated at 174 million bushels, up 45% from the 2021 total of 120 million bushels, according to the latest USDA crop production summary.
The average yield, at 71.7 bushels per acre, was up 11.4 bushels from the previous year. Producers seeded 2.95 million acres in 2022, up 9% from 2021. Harvested area, at 2.43 million acres, was up 22% from 2021.
Record low planted acres were estimated in California, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin. Record low harvested acres were estimated in South Dakota and Wisconsin. Record high yields were estimated in Arizona and Idaho. Record low production was estimated in Wisconsin.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020-2022
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alaska ...........: 6 6 6 5 5 5
Arizona ..........: 12 18 16 8 16 15
California .......: 60 40 40 33 13 19
Colorado .........: 56 52 61 47 47 40
Delaware .........: 21 21 21 15 14 16
Idaho ............: 530 530 560 500 500 540
Kansas ...........: 16 14 15 6 4 5
Maine ............: 15 12 11 14 10 10
Maryland .........: 34 33 28 21 18 16
Michigan .........: 11 10 9 8 8 8
:
Minnesota ........: 70 55 65 50 34 55
Montana ..........: 970 970 1,030 790 650 840
New York .........: 9 9 9 5 5 5
North Carolina ...: 14 13 16 8 7 11
North Dakota .....: 530 580 740 460 430 660
Oregon ...........: 45 40 36 30 21 19
Pennsylvania .....: 45 45 41 30 28 20
South Dakota .....: 35 30 28 14 14 6
Utah .............: 21 18 20 12 10 15
Virginia .........: 31 30 30 7 7 7
:
Washington .......: 90 83 72 71 70 60
Wisconsin ........: 26 15 14 13 7 3
Wyoming ..........: 79 84 77 67 72 58
:
United States ....: 2,726 2,708 2,945 2,214 1,990 2,433
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Barley Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2020-2022 (continued)
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: Yield : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: ---------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels --------
:
Alaska ...........: 43.0 51.0 42.0 215 255 210
Arizona ..........: 122.0 125.0 133.0 976 2,000 1,995
California .......: 47.0 63.0 55.0 1,551 819 1,045
Colorado .........: 145.0 111.0 111.0 6,815 5,217 4,440
Delaware .........: 84.0 75.0 87.0 1,260 1,050 1,392
Idaho ............: 110.0 89.0 111.0 55,000 44,500 59,940
Kansas ...........: 51.0 66.0 33.0 306 264 165
Maine ............: 54.0 82.0 65.0 756 820 650
Maryland .........: 73.0 75.0 82.0 1,533 1,350 1,312
Michigan .........: 56.0 50.0 50.0 448 400 400
:
Minnesota ........: 47.0 55.0 72.0 2,350 1,870 3,960
Montana ..........: 63.0 38.0 41.0 49,770 24,700 34,440
New York .........: 60.0 63.0 61.0 300 315 305
North Carolina ...: 77.0 70.0 69.0 616 490 759
North Dakota .....: 63.0 51.0 73.0 28,980 21,930 48,180
Oregon ...........: 72.0 32.0 55.0 2,160 672 1,045
Pennsylvania .....: 76.0 80.0 67.0 2,280 2,240 1,340
South Dakota .....: 44.0 20.0 54.0 616 280 324
Utah .............: 85.0 81.0 82.0 1,020 810 1,230
Virginia .........: 63.0 75.0 86.0 441 525 602
:
Washington .......: 90.0 38.0 84.0 6,390 2,660 5,040
Wisconsin ........: 46.0 53.0 55.0 598 371 165
Wyoming ..........: 96.0 91.0 93.0 6,432 6,552 5,394
:
United States ....: 77.2 60.3 71.7 170,813 120,090 174,333
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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