Larger U.S. Winter Wheat Harvest

WASHINGTON *- May 10/16 - SNS -- This year's winter wheat harvest in the United States is expected to reach 1.43 billion bushels, up 4% from 2015, according to the latest USDA crop report.

As of May 1, the United States yield is forecast at 47.8 bushels per acre, up 5.3 bushels from last year. If realized, this will equal the record yield set in 1999.

Hard Red Winter production, at 863 million bushels, is up 4% from a year ago. Soft Red Winter, at 357 million bushels, is down nearly 1% from 2015. White Winter, at 208 million bushels, is up 13% from last year. Of the White Winter production, 17.4 million bushels are Hard White and 191 million bushels are Soft White.

Winter Wheat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2015 and Forecasted May 1, 2016
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                   :   Area harvested    : Yield per acre  :     Production
       State       :-------------------------------------------------------------
                   :   2015   :   2016   :  2015  :  2016  :   2015   :   2016
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                   :  -- 1,000 acres --     -- bushels --   --- 1,000 bushels --
                   :
Arkansas ..........:     240        150     56.0     53.0      13,440      7,950
California ........:     150        200     70.0     78.0      10,500     15,600
Colorado ..........:   2,140      1,950     37.0     38.0      79,180     74,100
Idaho .............:     700        700     82.0     84.0      57,400     58,800
Illinois ..........:     520        520     65.0     68.0      33,800     35,360
Indiana ...........:     260        320     68.0     73.0      17,680     23,360
Kansas ............:   8,700      8,200     37.0     43.0     321,900    352,600
Kentucky ..........:     440        410     73.0     74.0      32,120     30,340
Maryland ..........:     270        250     64.0     70.0      17,280     17,500
Michigan ..........:     475        560     81.0     84.0      38,475     47,040
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Mississippi .......:     120         70     48.0     55.0       5,760      3,850
Missouri ..........:     610        580     53.0     59.0      32,330     34,220
Montana ...........:   2,220      2,100     41.0     41.0      91,020     86,100
Nebraska ..........:   1,210      1,250     38.0     49.0      45,980     61,250
North Carolina ....:     570        410     53.0     51.0      30,210     20,910
North Dakota ......:     190        130     44.0     50.0       8,360      6,500
Ohio ..............:     480        550     67.0     74.0      32,160     40,700
Oklahoma ..........:   3,800      3,300     26.0     32.0      98,800    105,600
Oregon ............:     735        675     47.0     57.0      34,545     38,475
South Dakota ......:     970      1,050     44.0     52.0      42,680     54,600
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Tennessee .........:     395        380     68.0     72.0      26,860     27,360
Texas .............:   3,550      2,800     30.0     30.0     106,500     84,000
Virginia ..........:     210        185     66.0     63.0      13,860     11,655
Washington ........:   1,590      1,650     56.0     64.0      89,040    105,600
Wisconsin .........:     210        270     74.0     76.0      15,540     20,520
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Other States 1/ ...:   1,502      1,171     49.8     53.9      74,768     63,094
                   :
United States .....:  32,257     29,831     42.5     47.8   1,370,188  1,427,084
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1/ Other States include Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa,
   Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania,
   South Carolina, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. Individual State level
   estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2016 Summary" report.