All Wheat Harvest Unchanged for 2007

WASHINGTON - Jan 11/08 - SNS -- This year's all wheat crop in the United States totals 2.07 billion bushels in 2007, unchanged from the Small Grains 2007 Summary but up 14% from 2006, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) final crop report for 2007.

Grain area is 51.0 million acres, up 9% from last year. The U.S. yield is 40.5 bushels per acre, up 1.8 bushels from last year. The level of production and change from last year by type are: winter wheat, 1.52 billion bushels, up 17%; other spring wheat, 479 million bushels, up 4%; Durum wheat, 71.7 million bushels, up 34%.

The 2007 winter wheat production is estimated at 1.52 billion bushels, unchanged from the Small Grains 2007 Summary but up 17% from last year. The U.S. yield is 42.2 bushels per acre, up 0.5 bushel from last year's final yield. Area harvested for grain is estimated at 36.0 million acres, up 16% from the previous year. Hard Red Winter harvested acreage is up about 21% from the previous year while Soft Red Winter harvested acreage is up about 15%.

White winter production is 197 million bushels, down 13% from last year. Harvested acreage in the Pacific Northwest States (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) are at or below last year's level. In Idaho and Washington, yields are down from last year due to a lack of rain and unseasonably high temperatures during the growing season. Even though the Oregon crop faced dry weather in May and June, conditions improved and yields ended up better than a year ago.

Other spring wheat production for 2007 is estimated at 479 million bushels, unchanged from the Small Grains 2007 Summary but up 4% from last year. Harvested area is 12.9 million acres, down 7% from 2006. The U.S. yield is 37.0 bushels per acre, up 3.8 bushels from last year.

Durum Wheat production for 2007 totals 71.7 million bushels, unchanged from the Small Grains 2007 Summary but up 34% from the previous year. Grain area harvested is 2.11 million acres, up 16% from the previous year. The U.S. yield is estimated at 33.9 bushels per acre, up 4.4 bushels from 2006. In the northern Great Plains, warm weather during the months of June and July accelerated crop development and timely rains increased the yield from last year. Yields are at or above last year's level in all States except Idaho and California.

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