Sugarbeet Forecast Inches Up
WASHINGTON - Oct 11/24 -SNS -- Production of sugarbeets for the 2024 crop year is forecast at 35.6 million tons, up 1% from last month and up 1% from last year, according to the USDA.
Producers expect to harvest 1.08 million acres, unchanged from last month but down 5% from last year. Yield is forecast at 33.1 tons per acre, up 0.2 ton from last month and up 1.9 tons from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2023 and
Forecasted October 1, 2024
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2024 : :
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 :-------------------------: 2023 : 2024
: : : :September 1 : October 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 32.7 32.8 603 771
Idaho ........: 174.0 169.0 40.0 39.3 39.2 6,960 6,625
Michigan .....: 132.0 134.0 33.9 36.5 33.4 4,475 4,476
Minnesota ....: 438.0 401.0 28.7 29.9 30.9 12,571 12,391
Montana ......: 23.3 24.0 31.6 32.3 32.5 736 780
Nebraska .....: 46.6 46.7 28.6 31.5 31.2 1,333 1,457
North Dakota .: 228.0 211.0 26.8 29.9 30.7 6,110 6,478
Oregon .......: 10.7 10.4 36.4 37.3 37.3 389 388
Washington ...: 2.0 1.9 49.7 48.8 48.8 99 93
Wyoming ......: 28.8 31.0 29.4 30.9 32.6 847 1,011
:
United States : 1,127.3 1,075.1 31.2 32.9 33.1 35,226 35,573
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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