Durum Production Up 41%
WASHINGTON - Sep 28/18 - SNS -- Durum wheat output in the United States was pegged at 77.3 million bushels, up 41% from the revised 2017 total of 54.8 million bushels, according to the USDA's annual small grains production report.
Area harvested for grain totaled 1.97 million acres, down 7% from the previous year. The United States yield was estimated at 39.3 bushels per acre, up 13.3 bushels from the 2017 yield. Production in North Dakota, the largest Durum-producing State, was up 48% from 2017. By late July, harvest in Montana was underway. Producers in North Dakota had harvested 9% of the State's acreage by August 12.
Durum Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2016-2018
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arizona ......: 97 90 71 96 89 70
California ...: 55 35 40 47 27 33
Idaho ........: 10 25 11 10 24 11
Montana ......: 780 890 840 765 785 775
North Dakota .: 1,460 1,260 1,100 1,435 1,175 1,075
South Dakota .: 10 7 3 7 6 3
:
United States : 2,412 2,307 2,065 2,360 2,106 1,967
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: Yield : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018
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: ---------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels -------
:
Arizona ......: 98.0 101.0 106.0 9,408 8,989 7,420
California ...: 86.0 92.0 95.0 4,042 2,484 3,135
Idaho ........: 75.0 77.0 85.0 750 1,848 935
Montana ......: 41.0 16.0 30.0 31,365 12,560 23,250
North Dakota .: 40.5 24.5 39.5 58,118 28,788 42,463
South Dakota .: 33.0 18.0 28.0 231 108 84
:
United States : 44.0 26.0 39.3 103,914 54,777 77,287
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