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BARLEY STATISTICS

The following list provides information on barley production.

NORTH DAKOTA PRODUCTION BY VARIETY FOR 2008
Typical
Planted Area
Harvested Area
Estimated Production
Variety
Type
Use
Percent
Acres
Hectares
Acres
Hectares
Bushels
Metric Tons
Tradition
6 row
Malting
46.00%
552,000
223,391
519,800
210,360
29,108,800
633,776
Lacey
6 row
Malting
16.40%
196,800
79,644
185,320
74,998
10,377,920
225,955
Stellar-ND
6 row
Malting
4.00%
48,000
19,425
45,200
18,292
2,531,200
55,111
Conlon
2 row
Malting
17.70%
212,400
85,957
200,010
80,943
11,200,560
243,866
Legacy
6 row
Malting
2.00%
24,000
9,713
22,600
9,146
1,265,600
27,555
Robust
6 row
Malting
3.40%
40,800
16,512
38,420
15,548
2,151,520
46,844
Rasmusson
6 row
Malting
0.70%
8,400
3,399
7,910
3,201
442,960
9,644
Haybet
2 row
Feed
2.90%
34,800
14,083
32,770
13,262
1,835,120
39,955
Logan
2 row
Feed
0.30%
3,600
1,457
3,390
1,372
189,840
4,133
Pinnacle
2 row
Malting
0.70%
8,400
3,399
7,910
3,201
442,960
9,644
Bowman
2 row
Feed
0.20%
2,400
971
2,260
915
126,560
2,756
Stark
2 row
Feed
0.30%
3,600
1,457
3,390
1,372
189,840
4,133
Conrad
2 row
Malting
0.30%
3,600
1,457
3,390
1,372
189,840
4,133
Other
NA
NA
7.10%
85,200
34,380
80,230
32,469
4,492,880
97,822
TOTALS:
100.00%
1,226,400
496,317
1,154,860
467,365
64,672,160
1,408,085

 

PRODUCTION TRENDS FOR NORTH DAKOTA BARLEY, 2000 - 2008
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Yield                  
 --Bushels per acre 55 55 45 60 62 54 49 56 56
 --Kilograms per hectare 2,956 2,956 2,419 3,225 3,333 2,903 2,634 3,010 3,010
Area Planted
  --Acres 1,900,000 1,500,000 1,600,000 2,050,000 1,600,000 1,200,000 1,100,000 1,470,000 1,650,000
  --Hectares 769,500 607,500 648,000 830,250 648,000 486,000 445,500 595,350 668,250
Area Harvested
  --Acres 1,770,000 1,450,000 1,300,000 1,980,000 1,480,000 1,060,000 995,000 1,390,000 1,540,000
  --Hectares 716,850 587,250 526,500 801,900 599,400 429,300 402,975 562,950 623,700
Production
  --Bushels 97,350,000 79,750,000 58,500,000 118,800,000 91,760,000 57,240,000 48,755,000 77,840,000 86,240,000
  --Metric Tonnes 2,119,568 1,736,369 1,273,700 2,586,592 1,997,859 1,246,267 1,061,526 1,694,784 1,877,674
 
Source:  North Dakota Ag. Statistics Service.  

 

 

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Phone:  (701)-239-7200
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