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U.S. Pea Crop Almost 684,000 MT

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/23 - SNS -- Production in 2022 of dry edible peas was estimated at 15.1 million cwt (100 pound units) or 683,700 metric tons (MT), up 75% from last year, according to the USDA's final production estimates for 2022.

Planted area, at 919,000 acres, down 5% from 2021. Harvest area at 862,000 acres, was up 2% from the previous year. The average United States yield for dry edible peas for the 2022 season is 1,751 pounds per acre, up 730 pounds from 2021.

Dry Edible Pea Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020-2022
[Includes Austrian winter peas and wrinkled seed peas]
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                :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2020    :   2021    :   2022    :   2020    :   2021    :   2022
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                :                              1,000 acres
                :
Idaho ..........:    35.0        29.0        28.0        34.0        28.0        27.0
Montana ........:   495.0       565.0       535.0       478.0       460.0       495.0
Nebraska .......:    36.0        29.0        33.0        32.0        27.0        21.0
North Dakota ...:   325.0       255.0       230.0       321.0       241.0       227.0
South Dakota ...:    29.0        26.0        14.0        28.0        23.0        14.0
Washington .....:    78.0        68.0        79.0        77.0        67.0        78.0
                :
United States ..:   998.0       972.0       919.0       970.0       846.0       862.0
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                :          Yield per acre           :            Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2020    :   2021    :   2022    :   2020    :   2021    :   2022
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                :   ----------- pounds ----------      ---------- 1,000 cwt ---------
                :
Idaho ..........:   2,530       1,080       1,690         860         302         456
Montana ........:   2,070         740       1,440       9,895       3,404       7,128
Nebraska .......:   1,130       1,310         690         362         354         145
North Dakota ...:   2,410       1,480       2,390       7,736       3,567       5,425
South Dakota ...:   1,470         570       2,140         412         131         300
Washington .....:   3,070       1,310       2,100       2,364         878       1,638
                :
United States ..:   2,230       1,021       1,751      21,629       8,636      15,092
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