Record U.S. Canola Harvest
WASHINGTON - Oct 11/24 -SNS -- Canola production is expected to reach a record 4.93 billion pounds in the United States, up 14% from the 2023 revised production in comparable States, according to the USDA.
Production in North Dakota will be the highest on record, if realized. Production in Washington will be the second highest on record, if realized.
Area planted for the Nation, at a record high 2.76 million acres, is up 4% from the June estimate and up 14% from last year's area in comparable States. Canola farmers expect to harvest a record high 2.72 million acres, up 4% from June and up 13% from 2023 in comparable States. Acreage updates were made in several States based on a thorough review of all available data.
The October yield forecast, at 1,811 pounds per acre, is 18 pounds above last year's revised yield in comparable States and will be the fifth highest yield on record, if realized.
The average yield forecast in Kansas and Oklahoma is up 600 pounds per acre and 1,000 pounds per acre from last year's average yield in those States, respectively. Meanwhile, the average yield forecast in Montana is down 520 pounds per acre from 2023. Record high yields are forecast in Minnesota and Oklahoma.
After being discontinued in 2019, estimates for canola began again for Idaho in 2024.
Canola 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
:
Idaho 2/ .........: (NA) 95.0 (NA) 93.0
Kansas ...........: 1.5 8.5 0.7 8.0
Minnesota ........: 80.0 110.0 79.0 108.0
Montana ..........: 165.0 215.0 160.0 205.0
North Dakota .....: 1,930.0 2,150.0 1,915.0 2,130.0
Oklahoma .........: 3.0 21.0 1.5 18.0
Washington .......: 165.0 160.0 163.0 158.0
:
United States ....: 2,344.5 2,759.5 2,319.2 2,720.0
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates began in 2024.
Canola Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2023 and
Forecasted October 1, 2024
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State : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024
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: --- 1,000 acres --- ----- pounds ---- ---- 1,000 pounds ---
:
Idaho 1/ .....: (NA) 93.0 (NA) 1,800 (NA) 167,400
Kansas .......: 0.7 8.0 600 1,200 420 9,600
Minnesota ....: 79.0 108.0 2,470 2,500 195,130 270,000
Montana ......: 160.0 205.0 1,420 900 227,200 184,500
North Dakota .: 1,915.0 2,130.0 1,810 1,880 3,466,150 4,004,400
Oklahoma .....: 1.5 18.0 800 1,800 1,200 32,400
Washington ...: 163.0 158.0 1,640 1,630 267,320 257,540
:
United States : 2,319.2 2,720.0 1,793 1,811 4,157,420 4,925,840
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates began in 2024.
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