date:Apr 01, 2014
d expected again this year.
Sugar beet planted area was forecast down 6% in top-producing Minnesota, down 4% in No. 2 North Dakota, down 5% in Idaho and down 54% in Oregon, which is the lowest producing state of the 10. Higher plantings were forecast in Colorado (up 6%), Montana (up 4%), Nebraska (up 4%) and Wyoming (up 1%). Acreage was expected to be unchanged in California and Michigan.