Third Larger Chickpea Crop
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/24 - SNS -- This year's chickpea harvest in the United States is expected to total 6.13 million cwt (100 pound units) or roughly 280,700 metric tons (MT), up 8% from last year in comparable States, according to the latest USDA production forecasts.
Production of small chickpeas advanced from 63,640 to 82,146 MT, while larges jumped from 150,549 to 196,000. Interestingly, the proportion of the harvest accounted for by larges was unchanged from last season at 70%.
Acreage updates were made based on a thorough review of all available data. Area planted for all chickpeas for the 2024 crop year is estimated at 504,000 acres, up slightly from the previous forecast and up 37% from the previous year, in comparable States.
Area harvested for all chickpeas is forecast at 496,900 acres, up 2% from the previous forecast and up 40% from 2023 in comparable States. The average United States yield is expected to be 1,234 pounds per acre, down 62 pounds from 2023, in comparable States.
Beginning in 2024, estimates for chickpeas were discontinued in California.
Chickpea 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
Size and State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Small chickpeas 2/ :
California 3/ ...........: (D) (NA) (D) (NA)
Idaho ...................: 23.0 37.0 22.6 36.5
Montana .................: 41.0 49.0 34.5 45.0
North Dakota ............: (D) 15.0 (D) 14.8
Washington ..............: 33.0 39.0 32.9 38.9
:
Other States 4/ .........: 8.4 - 8.2 -
:
United States ...........: 105.4 140.0 98.2 135.2
:
Large chickpeas 5/ :
California 3/ ...........: (D) (NA) (D) (NA)
Idaho ...................: 49.0 59.0 46.6 58.5
Montana .................: 133.0 172.0 130.0 171.0
North Dakota ............: (D) 30.0 (D) 29.7
Washington ..............: 67.0 103.0 66.5 102.5
:
Other States 4/ .........: 18.0 - 17.9 -
:
United States ...........: 267.0 364.0 261.0 361.7
:
All chickpeas :
California 3/ ...........: 4.4 (NA) 4.4 (NA)
Idaho ...................: 72.0 96.0 69.2 95.0
Montana .................: 174.0 221.0 164.5 216.0
North Dakota ............: 22.0 45.0 21.7 44.5
Washington ..............: 100.0 142.0 99.4 141.4
:
United States ...........: 372.4 504.0 359.2 496.9
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- Represents zero.
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Chickpeas 20/64 inches or smaller.
3/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
4/ Includes data withheld above.
5/ Chickpeas larger than 20/64 inches.
Chickpea Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2023 and September 1, 2024
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: Yield per acre : Production
Size and State :-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024
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: ------ pounds ------ ----- 1,000 cwt ----
:
Small chickpeas 1/ :
California 2/ ...........: (D) (NA) (D) (NA)
Idaho ...................: 1,430 1,250 323 456
Montana .................: 1,200 1,100 414 495
North Dakota ............: (D) 2,000 (D) 296
Washington ..............: 1,470 1,450 484 564
Other States 3/ .........: 2,220 (X) 182 -
:
United States ...........: 1,429 1,339 1,403 1,811
:
Large chickpeas 4/ :
California 2/ ...........: (D) (NA) (D) (NA)
Idaho ...................: 1,310 1,260 610 737
Montana .................: 1,210 1,000 1,573 1,710
North Dakota ............: (D) 1,650 (D) 490
Washington ..............: 1,310 1,350 871 1,384
Other States 3/ .........: 1,480 (X) 265 -
:
United States ...........: 1,272 1,195 3,319 4,321
:
All chickpeas :
California 2/ ...........: 2,800 (NA) 123 (NA)
Idaho ...................: 1,350 1,260 933 1,193
Montana .................: 1,210 1,020 1,987 2,205
North Dakota ............: 1,490 1,770 324 786
Washington ..............: 1,360 1,380 1,355 1,948
:
United States ...........: 1,315 1,234 4,722 6,132
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- Represents zero.
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.
(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Chickpeas 20/64 inches or smaller.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
3/ Includes data withheld above.
4/ Chickpeas larger than 20/64 inches.
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