WASHINGTON Oct 12/23 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2023 crop year is forecast at 34.7 million tons, down 1% from last month but up 7% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop estimates.
Producers expect to harvest 1.12 million acres, unchanged from last month but down 2% from last year. Yield is forecast at 31.1 tons per acre, down 0.4 ton from last month but up 2.5 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2022 and Forecasted October 1, 2023 [Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : : : : 2023 : : : 2022 : 2023 : 2022 :-------------------------: 2022 : 2023 : : : :September 1 : October 1 : : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : -- 1,000 acres -- ------------ tons ----------- -- 1,000 tons -- : California 1/ : 17.7 17.6 45.8 45.8 45.8 811 806 Colorado .....: 20.5 20.6 28.7 27.4 27.3 588 562 Idaho ........: 170.0 173.0 38.1 39.4 39.2 6,477 6,782 Michigan .....: 138.0 131.0 28.8 33.5 33.4 3,974 4,375 Minnesota ....: 431.0 438.0 25.7 29.6 28.5 11,077 12,483 Montana ......: 33.5 23.5 30.5 33.7 33.7 1,022 792 Nebraska .....: 39.6 46.0 24.2 28.7 28.4 958 1,306 North Dakota .: 249.0 228.0 26.1 27.6 27.7 6,499 6,316 Oregon .......: 7.9 10.4 33.9 37.1 36.8 268 383 Washington ...: 2.0 2.0 44.1 44.8 44.8 88 90 Wyoming ......: 27.9 28.5 29.1 29.4 29.6 812 844 : United States : 1,137.1 1,118.6 28.6 31.5 31.1 32,574 34,739 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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