Modest Cut In Sugarbeet Estimate
WASHINGTON - Sep 12/24 - SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2024 crop year is forecast at 35.4 million tons, down 1% from last month but up less than 1% from last year, according to the latest USDA production forecasts.
Acreage updates were made based on a thorough review of all available data. Total planted area, at 1.10 million acres, is down 1% from the previous estimate and down 3% from 2023.
Producers expect to harvest 1.08 million acres, down 1% from last month and down 5% from last year. Yield is forecast at 32.9 tons per acre, unchanged from last month but 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 24.7 21.3 23.5
Idaho ............: 175.0 174.0 174.0 169.0
Michigan .........: 133.0 135.0 132.0 134.0
Minnesota ........: 442.0 412.0 438.0 401.0
Montana ..........: 23.7 24.5 23.3 24.0
Nebraska .........: 46.7 47.3 46.6 46.7
North Dakota .....: 229.0 216.0 228.0 211.0
Oregon ...........: 10.8 10.5 10.7 10.4
Washington .......: 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9
Wyoming ..........: 29.0 32.0 28.8 31.0
:
United States ....: 1,137.4 1,100.9 1,127.3 1,075.1
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1/ Forecasted.
Sugarbeet for Sugar Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2023 and
Forecasted September 1, 2024
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2024 : :
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 :---------------------------: 2023 : 2024
: : : : August 1 : September 1 : :
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: -- 1,000 acres -- ------------ tons ------------ --- 1,000 tons ---
:
California 1/ .: 22.6 22.6 48.8 48.8 48.8 1,103 1,103
Colorado ......: 21.3 23.5 28.3 31.6 32.7 603 768
Idaho .........: 174.0 169.0 40.0 39.2 39.3 6,960 6,642
Michigan ......: 132.0 134.0 33.9 36.5 36.5 4,475 4,891
Minnesota .....: 438.0 401.0 28.7 30.0 29.9 12,571 11,990
Montana .......: 23.3 24.0 31.6 30.5 32.3 736 775
Nebraska ......: 46.6 46.7 28.6 30.2 31.5 1,333 1,471
North Dakota ..: 228.0 211.0 26.8 30.4 29.9 6,110 6,309
Oregon ........: 10.7 10.4 36.4 38.5 37.3 389 388
Washington ....: 2.0 1.9 49.7 48.4 48.8 99 93
Wyoming .......: 28.8 31.0 29.4 30.1 30.9 847 958
:
United States .: 1,127.3 1,075.1 31.2 32.9 32.9 35,226 35,388
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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