Record Low Safflower Crop
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/25 - SNS -- Production of safflower in 2024, at a record low 130 million pounds, was down 8% from 2023 in comparable States, according to the USDA's final production estimates for 2024.
Growers planted a record low 116,600 acres in 2024, a decline of 18% from the previous year in comparable States. Montana showed the largest decline compared with last year, down 21,000 acres.
Harvested area for the Nation, at a record low 108,000 acres, was down 22% from 2023 in comparable States. The average yield for the Nation, at 1,200 pounds per acre, increased 194 pounds from the 2023 average yield per acre in comparable States.
Safflower production for 2024 is a record low in Idaho and South Dakota.
In 2024, safflower estimates began for Colorado.
Safflower 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
:
California .....: 50.0 22.0 38.0 48.0 21.5 37.5
Colorado 1/ ....: (NA) (NA) 11.0 (NA) (NA) 10.0
Idaho ..........: 25.5 26.0 18.5 24.5 25.5 17.0
Montana ........: 44.0 47.0 26.0 35.0 46.0 23.0
South Dakota ...: 17.7 17.0 8.1 16.0 16.5 7.5
Utah ...........: 11.0 17.5 15.0 10.0 16.5 13.0
:
United States ..: 148.2 129.5 116.6 133.5 126.0 108.0
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: --------- pounds --------- -------- 1,000 pounds -------
:
California .....: 2,250 2,100 2,000 108,000 45,150 75,000
Colorado 1/ ....: (NA) (NA) 900 (NA) (NA) 9,000
Idaho ..........: 600 840 760 14,700 21,420 12,920
Montana ........: 590 760 770 20,650 34,960 17,710
South Dakota ...: 800 1,100 850 12,800 18,150 6,375
Utah ...........: 530 660 660 5,300 10,890 8,580
:
United States ..: 1,209 1,036 1,200 161,450 130,570 129,585
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates began in 2024.
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