Modest Gain In Sugarbeet Output
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/24 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2024 crop year is forecast at 35.7 million tons, up 1% from last year, according to the USDA.
Acreage updates were made based on a thorough review of all available data. Total planted area, at 1.11 million acres, is down slightly from the previous estimate and down 3% from 2023. Producers expect to harvest 1.09 million acres, down 4% from last year. Yield is forecast at 32.9 tons per acre, up 1.7 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2023 and 2024
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
California .......: 23.0 23.0 22.6 22.6
Colorado .........: 23.2 25.0 21.3 23.5
Idaho ............: 175.0 174.0 174.0 169.0
Michigan .........: 133.0 135.0 132.0 134.0
Minnesota ........: 442.0 415.0 438.0 408.0
Montana ..........: 23.7 25.0 23.3 24.0
Nebraska .........: 46.7 48.0 46.6 47.0
North Dakota .....: 229.0 216.0 228.0 213.0
Oregon ...........: 10.8 11.0 10.7 10.9
Washington .......: 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Wyoming ..........: 29.0 33.0 28.8 32.0
:
United States ....: 1,137.4 1,107.0 1,127.3 1,086.0
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1/ Forecasted.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2023 and
Forecasted August 1, 2024
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024
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: --- 1,000 acres --- ----- tons ----- --- 1,000 tons ---
:
California 1/ .: 22.6 22.6 48.8 48.8 1,103 1,103
Colorado ......: 21.3 23.5 28.3 31.6 603 743
Idaho .........: 174.0 169.0 40.0 39.2 6,960 6,625
Michigan ......: 132.0 134.0 33.9 36.5 4,475 4,891
Minnesota .....: 438.0 408.0 28.7 30.0 12,571 12,240
Montana .......: 23.3 24.0 31.6 30.5 736 732
Nebraska ......: 46.6 47.0 28.6 30.2 1,333 1,419
North Dakota ..: 228.0 213.0 26.8 30.4 6,110 6,475
Oregon ........: 10.7 10.9 36.4 38.5 389 420
Washington ....: 2.0 2.0 49.7 48.4 99 97
Wyoming .......: 28.8 32.0 29.4 30.1 847 963
:
United States .: 1,127.3 1,086.0 31.2 32.9 35,226 35,708
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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