U.S. Flaxseed Crop Jumped 58%
WASHINGTON - JAN 13/23 - SNS -- Production of flaxseed in 2022 totaled 4.30 million bushels, up 58% from the 2021 revised production, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2022.
Harvested area totaled 244,000 acres in 2022, down 10% from 2021. Harvested acreage in North Dakota, the largest flaxseed-producing State, was estimated at 162,000 acres, down 5% from 2021. The average United States yield for 2022, at 17.6 bushels per acre, was up 7.5 bushels from 2021.
Flaxseed Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020-2022
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: 1,000 acres
:
Montana ........: 105 135 98 102 99 82
North Dakota ...: 200 190 165 194 171 162
:
United States ..: 305 325 263 296 270 244
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: --------- bushels -------- ------ 1,000 bushels ------
:
Montana ........: 16.0 5.0 11.0 1,632 495 902
North Dakota ...: 21.0 13.0 21.0 4,074 2,223 3,402
:
United States ..: 19.3 10.1 17.6 5,706 2,718 4,304
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