Winter Wheat Area Inched Up 1%
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/19 - SNS -- The 2019 winter wheat planted area is estimated at 31.8 million acres, down 2% from last year but up 1% from the previous estimate, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2019.
This represents the second lowest planted acreage on record for the United States. Of the total acreage, about 22.7 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 5.54 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.55 million acres are White Winter. Record low planted area is estimated in Nebraska, New Jersey, and Ohio.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 24.9 million acres, down 1% from the previous forecast but up 1% from last year. This represents the second lowest harvested acreage on record for the United States. Harvested acres are down from last year across the central Great Plains, the primary wheat-producing area, and much of the soft red wheat producing area due to the reduction in planted acreage. Record low harvested area is expected in New Jersey, Ohio, and Virginia.
In the Southern Great Plains (Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas) harvested area is forecast at 11.6 million acres, the same as last year.
As of June 23, harvest was 15% complete, 19 percentage points behind the 5-year average pace. Harvest in Kansas, the leading winter wheat-producing State, was 5% complete at that time, 31 percentage points behind the 5-year average pace.
Beginning in 2019, winter wheat estimates were discontinued in Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nevada, and West Virginia.
Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2018 and 2019
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .........: 160 150 110 85
Arizona 2/ ......: 20 (NA) 4 (NA)
Arkansas ........: 175 100 95 60
California ......: 380 375 110 135
Colorado ........: 2,250 2,300 1,950 2,150
Delaware ........: 75 60 45 45
Florida 2/ ......: 15 (NA) 10 (NA)
Georgia .........: 200 180 70 60
Idaho ...........: 720 730 680 680
Illinois ........: 600 640 560 590
:
Indiana .........: 310 320 260 260
Iowa 2/ .........: 16 (NA) 6 (NA)
Kansas ..........: 7,700 7,100 7,300 6,600
Kentucky ........: 450 460 300 320
Louisiana 2/ ....: 15 (NA) 10 (NA)
Maryland ........: 360 355 200 165
Michigan ........: 510 550 470 490
Minnesota 2/ ....: 11 (NA) 5 (NA)
Mississippi .....: 55 40 30 20
Missouri ........: 740 620 520 470
:
Montana .........: 1,650 1,950 1,570 1,850
Nebraska ........: 1,100 1,070 1,010 970
Nevada 2/ .......: 13 (NA) 5 (NA)
New Jersey ......: 18 18 15 14
New Mexico ......: 315 350 105 120
New York ........: 110 110 95 90
North Carolina ..: 460 300 370 225
North Dakota ....: 85 90 70 75
Ohio ............: 490 470 450 420
Oklahoma ........: 4,400 4,400 2,500 2,750
:
Oregon ..........: 720 740 695 730
Pennsylvania ....: 195 210 145 150
South Carolina ..: 80 95 65 75
South Dakota ....: 830 850 660 730
Tennessee .......: 380 300 285 225
Texas ...........: 4,500 4,500 1,750 2,200
Utah ............: 120 125 94 115
Virginia ........: 230 180 155 115
Washington ......: 1,700 1,700 1,650 1,660
West Virginia 2/ : 7 (NA) 3 (NA)
Wisconsin .......: 240 210 200 170
Wyoming .........: 130 130 115 110
:
United States ...: 32,535 31,778 24,742 24,924
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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