4% More Spring Wheat Intended
WASHINGTON - Mar 31/14 - SNS -- American farmers intend to plant 12.0 million acres of spring wheat other than durum this year, up 4% from 2013, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2014.
Of the total, about 11.3 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. The largest acreage increases from the previous year are expected in North Dakota and Washington. If realized, planted acres will be a record low in Colorado.
Other Spring Wheat Area Planted - States and United States: 2012-2014
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2012 : 2013 : 2014 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ----------------- 1,000 acres ---------------- percent
:
Colorado ...........: 13 10 8 80
Idaho ..............: 520 530 490 92
Minnesota ..........: 1,350 1,200 1,200 100
Montana ............: 2,950 2,950 2,600 88
Nevada .............: 6 8 6 75
North Dakota .......: 5,750 5,100 5,900 116
Oregon .............: 95 90 90 100
South Dakota .......: 1,080 1,190 1,100 92
Utah ...............: 15 18 15 83
Washington .........: 510 500 600 120
:
United States ......: 12,289 11,596 12,009 104
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1/ Intended plantings in 2014 as indicated by reports from farmers.
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