Mint For Oil Output Drops
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS --Last year's harvest of mint for oil was down across the United States, according to the final crop report for 2021.
Peppermint oil production in 2021 totaled 4.57 million pounds, down 7% from the previous year. Harvested area was estimated at 44,000 acres, down 10% from 2020. Average yield was estimated at 104 pounds of oil per acre, up 4 pounds from a year earlier.
Spearmint oil production totaled 1.78 million pounds in 2021, down 19% from the previous year. Harvested area was estimated at 14,900 acres, down 16% from a year earlier. The average yield was estimated at 119 pounds of oil per acre, down 5 pounds from 2020.
Mint for Oil Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by Crop - States and
United States: 2019-2021
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Crop, State, : Area harvested : Yield per acre
and variety :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: ------- 1,000 acres ------- --------- pounds --------
:
Peppermint :
Idaho ..............: 17.0 16.5 15.5 120 120 120
Indiana ............: 6.4 5.5 5.5 48 44 52
Oregon .............: 19.0 17.0 14.0 95 96 97
Washington .........: 10.0 10.0 9.0 130 103 118
:
United States ......: 52.4 49.0 44.0 104 100 104
:
Spearmint :
Idaho ..............: 1.1 1.0 0.9 145 131 147
Indiana ............: 3.9 4.0 3.1 72 69 72
Oregon .............: 2.3 2.2 3.0 125 103 105
Washington .........: 11.0 10.6 7.9 152 148 140
Native ............: (D) 7.2 5.5 (D) 160 155
Scotch ............: (D) 3.4 2.4 (D) 122 105
:
United States ......: 18.3 17.8 14.9 131 124 119
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Crop, State, : Production
and variety :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 pounds
:
Peppermint :
Idaho ..............: 2,040 1,980 1,860
Indiana ............: 307 242 286
Oregon .............: 1,805 1,632 1,358
Washington .........: 1,300 1,030 1,062
:
United States ......: 5,452 4,884 4,566
:
Spearmint :
Idaho ..............: 160 131 132
Indiana ............: 281 276 223
Oregon .............: 288 227 315
Washington .........: 1,671 1,567 1,105
Native ............: (D) 1,152 853
Scotch ............: (D) 415 252
:
United States ......: 2,400 2,201 1,775
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(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
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