U.S. Spring Wheat Ouput Slips 2%
WASHINGTON - Sep 30/13 - SNS -- Production of spring wheat other than durum is estimated at 532 million bushels, down 2% from 2012, according to the latest USDA small grains production estimates.
Harvested area totaled 11.4 million acres, down 6% from last year. The United States yield is estimated at a record high 46.8 bushels per acre, up 1.8 bushels from last year.
Due to wet spring conditions, planting got off to a slow start in North Dakota and Minnesota. By April 14, producers had sown 6% of the Nation's spring wheat crop, 27 percentage points behind last year and 7 percentage points behind the 5-year average. By May 12, seeding delays of over three weeks and over two weeks were evident in Minnesota and North Dakota respectively, due to unseasonable weather conditions and limited fieldwork.
Crop maturation continued behind normal throughout the growing season for all States. As a result, sixty-four% of the spring wheat crop was harvested by September 1, twenty-nine percentage points behind last year and 5 percentage points behind the 5-year average.
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