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] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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