Safflower Seedings Drop 10%
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/24- SNS -- Area planted to safflower in 2024 is estimated at 127,000 acres, down 10% from 2023 in comparable States and represents the lowest planted area for the Nation since records began in 1991, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2024.
Area for harvest is forecast at 117,000 acres, down 14% from last year in comparable States. Compared with last year, planted acreage is down more than 19% in Montana, South Dakota, and Utah. The largest increase compared with the previous year is in Idaho, where planted area is up 4,000 acres from last year.
In 2024, estimates for safflower began in Colorado.
Safflower Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2023 and 2024
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :---------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .....: 22.0 25.0 21.5 24.5
Colorado 2/ ....: (NA) 10.0 (NA) 9.0
Idaho ..........: 26.0 30.0 25.5 29.0
Montana ........: 47.0 38.0 46.0 33.0
South Dakota ...: 17.0 12.0 16.5 10.5
Utah ...........: 17.5 12.0 16.5 11.0
:
United States ..: 129.5 127.0 126.0 117.0
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates began in 2024.
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