Winter Wheat Remains Below 2012 Quantity
WASHINGTON - Jul 11/13 - SNS -- This year's U.S. winter wheat harvest is forecast at 1.54 billion bushels, up 2% from the June 1 forecast but down 6% from 2012, according to the latest crop production estimates from the USDA.
Based on July 1 conditions, the United States yield is forecast at 47.8 bushels per acre, up 1.7 bushels from last month and up 0.6 bushel from last year. If realized, this will equal the United States record high yield established in 1999. The area expected to be harvested for grain or seed totals 32.3 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 28, 2013 but down 7% from last year.
Hard Red Winter production, at 793 million bushels, is up 1% from last month. Soft Red Winter, at 539 million bushels, is up 6% from June. White Winter, at 211 million bushels, is down 3% from last month. Of the White Winter production, 11.9 million bushels are Hard White and 200 million bushels are Soft White.
As of June 30, harvest progress was behind normal in all Hard Red Winter (HRW) States except California. Yield increases from last month in the HRW growing area are expected in Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas.
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