U.S. Spring Wheat Plantings Down 8%
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/16 - SNS -- Area seeded to other spring wheat other than durum is estimated at 12.1 million acres, down 8% from 2015, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2016.
Of this total, about 11.4 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. North Dakota, the largest producing spring wheat State, is estimated at 6.30 million acres, down 6% from last year.}
As of June 26, 56% of the spring wheat crop was headed, 14 percentage points ahead of last year.
Record low planted acreages are expected in Colorado and South Dakota. Harvested area is expected to total 11.8 million acres, 9% below 2015. Record low harvested acreage is expected in Colorado. As of June 26, seventy-two% of the crop was rated in good to excellent condition, identical to the same time last year.
Other Spring Wheat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2015 and 2016
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2015 : 2016 1/
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: 1,000 acres
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Colorado .......: 8 8 7 7
Idaho ..........: 440 460 425 440
Minnesota ......: 1,480 1,400 1,430 1,350
Montana ........: 2,550 2,300 2,440 2,240
Nevada .........: 4 4 2 2
North Dakota ...: 6,700 6,300 6,650 6,200
Oregon .........: 95 100 93 98
South Dakota ...: 1,330 1,000 1,260 950
Utah ...........: 10 11 9 8
Washington .....: 630 550 625 540
:
United States ..: 13,247 12,133 12,941 11,835
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1/ Forecasted.
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