Sugarbeet Harvest Off 10%
WASHINGTON - Oct 12/22 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2022 crop year is forecast at 33.1 million tons, down 1% from last month and down 10% from last year, according to the latest USDA estimates.
Producers expect to harvest 1.15 million acres, unchanged from last month but up 4% from last year. Yield is forecast at 28.8 tons per acre, down 0.2 ton from last month and down 4.4 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2021 and
Forecasted October 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
: : : :September 1 : October 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 28.6 27.9 795 589
Idaho ........: 170.0 170.0 39.5 39.0 39.0 6,715 6,630
Michigan .....: 142.0 137.0 37.4 30.8 29.9 5,311 4,096
Minnesota ....: 396.0 438.0 31.0 25.8 25.3 12,276 11,081
Montana ......: 43.5 33.5 29.8 30.0 29.5 1,296 988
Nebraska .....: 43.8 39.0 31.9 25.7 25.8 1,397 1,006
North Dakota .: 222.0 249.0 29.2 25.4 25.7 6,482 6,399
Oregon .......: 10.4 8.0 37.9 38.3 37.9 394 303
Washington ...: 1.9 2.0 45.9 45.5 45.5 87 91
Wyoming ......: 30.6 27.6 29.5 27.3 27.9 903 770
:
United States : 1,107.6 1,149.1 33.2 29.0 28.8 36,751 33,069
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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