Sugarbeet Crop Down 2%
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/25 - SNS -- Sugarbeet production for 2024 was estimated at 35.3 million tons, down 2% from the previous year's revised production, according to the USDA's final production estimates for 2024.
Growers planted 1.10 million acres, down 2% from 2023. Harvested area, at 1.09 million acres, was down 3% from the previous year. Estimated yield, at 32.5 tons per acre, was up 0.3 ton from last year.
Sugarbeet Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2022-2024
[Relates to year of intended harvest in all States except California]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: 1,000 acres
:
California 1/ : 18.0 23.1 28.3 18.0 22.7 28.0
Colorado .....: 23.4 23.3 24.8 20.5 21.3 23.5
Idaho ........: 173.0 174.7 173.2 170.0 174.6 173.1
Michigan .....: 139.0 133.1 135.2 138.0 132.0 134.3
Minnesota ....: 434.0 429.5 411.0 431.0 425.5 400.6
Montana ......: 33.7 23.8 24.6 33.6 23.3 24.3
Nebraska .....: 46.8 46.8 47.3 39.6 46.6 46.7
North Dakota .: 251.0 228.8 215.8 249.0 227.0 211.9
Oregon .......: 9.4 10.8 10.5 7.9 10.4 10.4
Washington ...: 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9
Wyoming ......: 29.3 29.1 31.7 27.9 28.8 30.8
:
United States : 1,159.6 1,125.0 1,104.3 1,137.5 1,114.2 1,085.5
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: ----------- tons ----------- --------- 1,000 tons ---------
:
California 1/ : 48.8 49.6 47.2 878 1,126 1,322
Colorado .....: 28.7 28.3 32.1 588 603 754
Idaho ........: 38.1 40.0 40.0 6,477 6,984 6,924
Michigan .....: 28.8 33.4 30.6 3,974 4,409 4,110
Minnesota ....: 25.7 30.1 29.5 11,077 12,808 11,818
Montana ......: 30.5 31.6 32.3 1,025 736 785
Nebraska .....: 24.2 28.6 30.5 958 1,333 1,424
North Dakota .: 26.1 28.9 31.5 6,499 6,560 6,675
Oregon .......: 33.9 36.4 41.0 268 379 426
Washington ...: 44.1 49.7 49.5 88 99 94
Wyoming ......: 29.1 29.4 30.7 812 847 946
:
United States : 28.7 32.2 32.5 32,644 35,884 35,278
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1/ Relates to year of planting for overwintered beets in southern California.
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