Record U.S. Canola Harvest

WASHINGTON - Jan 10/25 - SNS -- The U.S. canola harvest reached a record high 4.83 billion pounds, up 13% from 2023 in comparable States, according to the USDA's final production estimates for 2024.

The average yield, at 1,784 pounds per acre, is down 3 pounds from last year's average in comparable States and is the sixth highest on record. Planted area was estimated at 2.75 million acres, 13% above the previous year's acreage in comparable States. Harvested area, at 2.71 million acres, was up 13% from 2023 in comparable States. Both the planted and harvested area are the highest on record for the Nation.

Production in North Dakota, the leading canola-producing State, was estimated at a record high 3.92 billion pounds, an increase of 13% from 2023. Planted and harvested area in North Dakota were both up 11% from 2023 and both were record highs.

Planted and harvested area in Montana for 2024 were record highs. A record high yield was estimated in Oklahoma. Record high production was estimated in Washington.

After being discontinued in 2019, estimates for canola began again for Idaho in 2024.

Canola Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2022-2024
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                :           Area planted            :          Area harvested
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2022    :   2023    :   2024    :   2022    :   2023    :   2024
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                :                              1,000 acres
                :
Idaho 1/ .......:     (NA)        (NA)        97.0         (NA)        (NA)        95.0
Kansas .........:      8.5         1.5         8.5          6.7         0.7         8.0
Minnesota ......:     70.0        80.0       110.0         69.0        79.0       108.0
Montana ........:    180.0       165.0       215.0        167.0       160.0       203.0
North Dakota ...:  1,800.0     1,930.0     2,140.0      1,785.0     1,915.0     2,120.0
Oklahoma .......:     17.5         3.0        21.0          8.0         1.5        19.0
Washington .....:    130.0       165.0       160.0        128.0       163.0       157.0
                :
United States ..:  2,206.0     2,344.5     2,751.5      2,163.7     2,319.2     2,710.0
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                :          Yield per acre           :            Production
      State     :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                :   2022    :   2023    :   2024    :   2022    :   2023    :   2024
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                :    ----------- pounds ----------    ---------- 1,000 pounds ---------
                :
Idaho 1/ .......:     (NA)        (NA)       1,600         (NA)        (NA)     152,000
Kansas .........:      690         600       1,200        4,623         420       9,600
Minnesota ......:    2,410       2,470       2,050      166,290     195,130     221,400
Montana ........:    1,030       1,420       1,030      172,010     227,200     209,090
North Dakota ...:    1,820       1,810       1,850    3,248,700   3,466,150   3,922,000
Oklahoma .......:      700         800       1,800        5,600       1,200      34,200
Washington .....:    1,700       1,640       1,820      217,600     267,320     285,740
                :
United States ..:    1,763       1,793       1,784    3,814,823   4,157,420   4,834,030
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(NA) Not available.
1/   Estimates began in 2024.