Farmers Lose Interest In Barley
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/24- SNS -- Producers seeded 2.56 million acres of barley for the 2024 crop year, down 18% from the previous year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2024.
In Montana, the largest barley State, acreage is expected to decrease by 14% from last year. Planted area is a record low in Colorado, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Barley Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2023 and 2024
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alaska ...........: 7 8 6 7
Arizona ..........: 17 15 15 12
California .......: 40 45 19 23
Colorado .........: 54 48 51 42
Delaware .........: 21 21 12 14
Idaho ............: 570 580 540 540
Kansas ...........: 16 18 5 6
Maine ............: 11 12 9 11
Maryland .........: 31 31 13 17
Michigan .........: 7 8 6 5
:
Minnesota ........: 60 40 54 25
Montana ..........: 1,190 1,020 1,015 790
New York .........: 9 8 5 5
North Carolina ...: 16 16 10 10
North Dakota .....: 690 360 570 300
Oregon ...........: 41 36 24 19
Pennsylvania .....: 47 40 28 26
South Dakota .....: 38 25 9 9
Utah .............: 16 17 14 11
Virginia .........: 30 24 6 6
:
Washington .......: 95 85 84 72
Wisconsin ........: 12 20 2 7
Wyoming ..........: 83 80 58 60
:
United States ....: 3,101 2,557 2,555 2,017
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1/ Forecasted.
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