The USDA NASS has provided an update on the 2024 U.S. sugarbeet crop planting in its weekly crop progress report (https://www.nass.usda.gov/) from last week. Here’s a sample of what the latest report showed.
Colorado – Growers in Colorado are nearly halfway done planting with 49 percent of beets planted, up from 28 percent a week ago. And that’s well above the 26 percent five-year average as well the 12 percent that was planted at this time a year ago.\
The report also shows 5 percent of the beet crop has emerged.
Wyoming – Wyoming has, according to NASS reports, planted 57 percent of its beet crop thus far this year, a nearly 20 percent jump from last week (38 percent). The five-year average stands at 37 percent. Last year at this time, 38 percent of the sugarbeet crop had been planted.
Three percent of the beets have emerged.
Michigan - Growers in the state are also nearly half done planting with 49 percent of the beets in the ground, which is behind last year’s 68 percent as well as behind the five-year average of 52 percent. But it is a big jump from last week when 18 percent of the beets were planted.
The report shows 17 percent of the beets have emerged, which is right at the five-year average.
Minnesota – Growers in Minnesota are making huge planting gains. Two weeks ago, 2 percent of the beets had been planted. Last week 81 percent had been planted, up from 29 percent a week ago. The five-year average is 18 percent.
North Dakota – Across the Red River in North Dakota, sugarbeet planting stood at 50 percent, well ahead of the 10 percent average.
Idaho – Compared to a year ago, Idaho growers are not able to plant at the same pace. Planting stood at 63 percent at the time of the report, ahead of the 39 percent a week ago. Growers are about where they were a year ago (66 percent) but behind the five-year average of 82 percent.
One percent of the beets have emerged.
Oregon – Across the border in Oregon, planting is all but complete with 84 percent of the crop having already emerged. That is nearly double the five-year average (44 percent) and well above the 30 percent from a week ago.