The USDA Agricultural Research Service has released its projected crop plantings for the U.S. in 2025. This projection includes sugarbeets.
Overall projected plantings of all crops in the U.S. is estimated at 309,940,000 acres, down from 311,208,000 acres in 2024, which is a drop of 1,268,000 acres or 1 percent.
Specifically, here is the ARS breakdown for projected sugarbeet planting acreage by sugarbeet producing states:
2024 2025 Percent of Previous Year
California 28,300 28,000 99
Colorado 24,800 29,000 117
Idaho 173,200 170,000 98
Michigan 135,200 136,000 101
Minnesota 411,000 432,000 105
Montana 24,600 24,000 98
Nebraska 47,300 46,000 97
North Dakota 215,800 222,000 103
Oregon 10,500 11,000 105
Washington 1,900 2,000 105
Wyoming 31,700 32,000 101
United States 1,104,300 1,132,000 103
As you can see, the biggest gains acreage-wise will be in Minnesota (21,000 acres) and North Dakota (6,200 acres). The biggest drop comes in Idaho, which will plant 3,200 fewer acres of sugarbeets this year. Still, overall, the U.S. will be up in acreage by 27,700.
A couple of other interesting numbers in the ARS report include:
- Of the 1,104,300 acres of sugarbeets planted in 2024, 1,085,000 acres were harvested, a difference of 19,300 acres.
- The average yield per acre in the U.S. in 2024 was 32.5 tons with an overall production of 35,278,000 tons.