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Smaller Sugarbeet Harvest

WASHINGTON - JAN 13/23 - SNS -- Sugarbeet production for 2022 was estimated at 32.6 million tons, down 11% from the previous year's revised production, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2022.

Growers in the 11 major sugarbeet-producing States planted 1.16 million acres, down slightly from the 2021 revised area. Harvested area, at 1.14 million acres, was up 3% from the previous year. Estimated yield, at 28.6 tons per acre, was down 4.6 tons from last year.

Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020-2022
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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              :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
     State    :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
              :   2020    :   2021    :   2022    :   2020    :   2021    :   2022
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              :                              1,000 acres
              :
California 1/ :     24.1        24.0        18.0        23.4        23.7        17.7
Colorado .....:     24.2        24.3        23.4        23.7        23.6        20.5
Idaho ........:    171.0       173.0       173.0       168.0       171.0       170.0
Michigan .....:    157.0       155.0       139.0       154.0       142.0       138.0
Minnesota ....:    433.0       427.0       434.0       429.0       396.0       431.0
Montana ......:     43.6        43.7        33.6        38.1        43.5        33.5
Nebraska .....:     46.2        44.4        46.8        45.7        43.8        39.6
North Dakota .:    221.0       226.0       251.0       218.0       222.0       249.0
Oregon .......:      9.5        10.5         9.4         9.4        10.4         7.9
Washington ...:      1.9         1.8         2.0         1.9         1.8         2.0
Wyoming ......:     30.7        31.2        29.3        30.6        30.6        27.9
              :
United States :  1,162.2     1,160.9     1,159.5     1,141.8     1,108.4     1,137.1
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              :          Yield per acre           :            Production
     State    :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
              :   2020    :   2021    :   2022    :   2020    :   2021    :   2022
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              :     ----------- tons -----------      --------- 1,000 tons ---------
              :
California 1/ :     46.6        45.4        45.8       1,090       1,076         811
Colorado .....:     31.3        33.7        28.7         742         795         588
Idaho ........:     40.5        39.5        38.1       6,804       6,755       6,477
Michigan .....:     28.3        37.4        28.8       4,358       5,311       3,974
Minnesota ....:     26.1        31.0        25.7      11,197      12,276      11,077
Montana ......:     31.3        29.8        30.5       1,193       1,296       1,022
Nebraska .....:     31.0        31.9        24.2       1,417       1,397         958
North Dakota .:     24.9        29.2        26.1       5,428       6,482       6,499
Oregon .......:     40.9        37.9        33.9         384         394         268
Washington ...:     47.8        45.9        44.1          91          83          88
Wyoming ......:     29.6        29.5        29.1         906         903         812
              :
United States :     29.4        33.2        28.6      33,610      36,768      32,574
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.

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