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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Mustard Green Manures

Seed Sources & Acreage Estimates

Seed Sources:

High Performance Seed, 210 E. Third Ave. Suite C PMB 101, Moses Lake, WA 98837-1707, (509) 750-4850

McKay Seed, 2945 Rd N NE, Moses Lake, WA 98837, (509) 766-9894.

Spectrum Seed Development, 57 N Marcellus Rd, Ritzville, WA 99169, (509) 659-1757

 

Washington Mustard Green Manure Acreage:

Each year local seed companies share their total sales data for Washington to enable us to estimate the mustard green manure acreage.  It is a running three year average and is calculated using an average seeding rate of 10 lbs. per acre.

1999: 1,800 acres

2000: 3,600 acres

2001: 5,003 acres

2002: 11,103 acres

2003: 17,777 acres

2004: 21,767 acres

2005: 20,733 acres

2006: 20,993 acres

2007: 21,467 acres

2008: 23,967 acres

2009: 28,167 acres

2010: 30,400 acres

2011: 30,733 acres

2012: 29,038 acres 

 

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