Farmers Cut Durum More
WASHINGTON - Jun 29/18 - SNS -- Area seeded to Durum wheat in the United States is estimated at 1.89 million acres, down 18% from 2017 and down 6% from the previous estimate, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for this year.
Acreage decreases are expected in Montana and North Dakota, the two largest Durum-producing States. Area harvested for grain is expected to total 1.84 million acres, 14% below 2017. As of June 24, the acreage was 13% headed in North Dakota, 7 percentage points behind last year.
Durum Wheat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2017 and 2018
[Includes area planted in preceding fall in Arizona and California]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arizona ........: 90 80 89 79
California .....: 35 38 27 33
Idaho ..........: 25 20 24 20
Montana ........: 890 740 785 730
North Dakota ...: 1,260 1,000 1,205 970
South Dakota ...: 7 9 6 9
:
United States ..: 2,307 1,887 2,136 1,841
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1/ Forecasted.
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