Safflower Expanding Rapidly as Oilseed Crop

George W. Kromer

No 320034, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Acreage planted to safflower seed in the United States has increased sharply since 1957, with a large part of the expansion occurring in the Great Plains area. According to trade estimates, 420,000 acres were planted to this oilseed crop in 1961, and preliminary estimates place the 1962 acreage at around 600,000. In recent years, safflower has come into the limelight as an edible vegetable oil mainly because it contains a higher percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids than other fats and oils. The food oil market appears to offer the greatest potential for the future development of safflower in this country.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; International Relations/Trade; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 1962-08
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320034/files/ERS-91.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersmp:320034

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.320034

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().