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Smaller U.S. Field Pea Crop

WASHINGTON - Jan 10/25 - SNS -- The U.S. field pea harvest ended up at 16.7 million cwt (100 pound units) or 756,554 metric tons (MT) in states now included the USDA report, for a 6% decrease from 2023.

Planted area, at 976,000 acres, up 4% from the previous season in comparable States. Harvested area, at 939,900 acres, up 2% from the previous season in comparable States.

The acreage yield for dry edible peas for the 2024 season was estimated to be 1,775 pounds per acre, down 149 pounds from the previous season in comparable States.

Beginning in 2024, estimates for dry edible peas were discontinued in South Dakota. Also beginning in 2024, wrinkled seed peas and Austrian winter peas were removed from the dry edible pea estimates.

Dry Edible Pea Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2022-2024
[Includes Austrian winter peas and wrinkled seed peas]
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                :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2022    :   2023    :   2024    :   2022    :   2023    :   2024
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                :                              1,000 acres
                :
Idaho ..........:    32.0        19.0        11.0        31.0        18.0        10.9
Montana ........:   550.0       580.0       590.0       510.0       570.0       570.0
Nebraska .......:    34.0        21.0        26.0        21.0        19.0        23.0
North Dakota ...:   230.0       260.0       300.0       228.0       253.0       290.0
South Dakota 1/ :    16.0        13.0        (NA)        16.0        12.0        (NA)
Washington .....:    83.0        62.0        49.0        82.0        61.0        46.0
                :
United States ..:   945.0       955.0       976.0       888.0       933.0       939.9
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                :          Yield per acre           :            Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2022    :   2023    :   2024    :   2022    :   2023    :   2024
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                :   ----------- pounds ----------      ---------- 1,000 cwt ---------
                :
Idaho ..........:   1,690       1,610       1,940         524         290         211
Montana ........:   1,450       1,740       1,430       7,395       9,918       8,151
Nebraska .......:     700       2,390       1,660         147         454         382
North Dakota ...:   2,390       2,300       2,430       5,449       5,819       7,047
South Dakota 1/ :   1,750       2,100        (NA)         280         252        (NA)
Washington .....:   2,100       1,990       1,930       1,722       1,214         888
                :
United States ..:   1,747       1,924       1,775      15,517      17,947      16,679
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(NA) Not available.
1/   Estimates discontinued in 2024.

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