WASHINGTON - Jun 30/17 - SNS -- All wheat planted area for 2017 is estimated at 45.7 million acres, down 9% from 2016, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2017.
This represents the lowest all wheat planted area on record since records began in 1919. The 2017 winter wheat planted area, at 32.8 million acres, is down 9% from last year but up less than 1% from the previous estimate.
Of this total, about 23.8 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 5.61 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.42 million acres are White Winter.
Area planted to other spring wheat for 2017 is estimated at 10.9 million acres, down 6% from 2016. Of this total, about 10.3 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2017 is estimated at 1.92 million acres, down 20% from the previous year.
All Wheat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2016 and 2017 [Includes area planted in preceding fall] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 1/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama .......: 230 160 170 110 Arizona .......: 111 110 103 100 Arkansas ......: 195 195 115 130 California ....: 480 439 217 220 Colorado ......: 2,361 2,312 2,200 2,011 Delaware ......: 70 70 65 60 Florida .......: 25 20 17 14 Georgia .......: 180 160 110 90 Idaho .........: 1,180 1,178 1,115 1,113 Illinois ......: 520 520 470 490 : Indiana .......: 330 290 280 260 Iowa ..........: 25 20 17 15 Kansas ........: 8,500 7,500 8,200 6,900 Kentucky ......: 510 460 400 340 Louisiana .....: 25 20 20 15 Maryland ......: 360 405 260 240 Michigan ......: 610 480 570 430 Minnesota .....: 1,321 1,330 1,268 1,288 Mississippi ...: 65 50 50 40 Missouri ......: 690 620 570 510 : Montana .......: 5,180 4,680 5,025 4,460 Nebraska ......: 1,370 1,110 1,310 1,000 Nevada ........: 15 28 9 14 New Jersey ....: 25 25 21 18 New Mexico ....: 340 330 205 150 New York ......: 120 140 115 110 North Carolina : 420 470 355 410 North Dakota ..: 7,590 6,435 7,410 6,280 Ohio ..........: 580 460 560 420 Oklahoma ......: 5,000 4,500 3,500 2,750 : Oregon ........: 810 785 797 773 Pennsylvania ..: 190 200 150 160 South Carolina : 60 90 50 75 South Dakota ..: 2,270 2,057 2,157 1,596 Tennessee .....: 400 380 335 285 Texas .........: 5,000 4,700 2,800 2,500 Utah ..........: 129 140 120 123 Virginia ......: 210 190 175 130 Washington ....: 2,240 2,210 2,200 2,165 West Virginia .: 7 8 4 5 Wisconsin .....: 270 230 250 190 Wyoming .......: 140 150 125 125 : United States .: 50,154 45,657 43,890 38,115 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted.
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