WASHINGTON - Sep 30/19 - SNS -- Winter wheat production for 2019 totaled 1.30 billion bushels, up 10% from the revised 2018 total of 1.18 billion bushels, according to the USDA's small grains production report.
The United States yield, at 53.6 bushels per acre, was up 5.7 bushels from 2018. Area harvested for grain was estimated at a record low 24.3 million acres, down 2% from the previous year. Record high yields were estimated in Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming for 2019.}
Compared with 2018, harvested acreage was up 1%, or 185,000 acres, in the major Hard Red Winter (HRW) growing States, the primary winter wheat producing area. As a result of the increased harvested acreage and higher yields in 2019, HRW production totaled 833 million bushels, up 26% from 2018. In the Soft Red Winter (SRW) growing area, planted and harvested acreage decreased from 2018. SRW production totaled 239 million bushels, down 16% from 2018.
White winter production totaled 232 million bushels, down 2% from the previous year. Harvested acreage in the Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) was up 3% from 2018. Yields were up in Oregon but down in Idaho and Washington compared with last year.
Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2017-2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted 1/ : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2017 : 2018 : 2019 : 2017 : 2018 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama ...........: 150 160 130 100 110 85 Arizona 2/ ........: 25 22 (NA) 16 4 (NA) Arkansas ..........: 200 175 110 125 95 50 California ........: 385 380 390 155 110 100 Colorado ..........: 2,250 2,250 2,150 2,020 1,950 2,000 Delaware ..........: 75 75 60 60 45 50 Florida 2/ ........: 20 15 (NA) 10 10 (NA) Georgia ...........: 160 200 150 70 70 50 Idaho .............: 720 720 730 670 680 680 Illinois ..........: 500 600 650 470 560 550 : Indiana ...........: 290 310 330 240 260 260 Iowa 2/ ...........: 16 16 (NA) 8 6 (NA) Kansas ............: 7,600 7,700 6,900 6,950 7,300 6,500 Kentucky ..........: 480 450 460 310 300 330 Louisiana 2/ ......: 20 15 (NA) 13 10 (NA) Maryland ..........: 410 360 345 185 200 165 Michigan ..........: 480 510 540 425 470 480 Minnesota 2/ ......: 10 11 (NA) 5 5 (NA) Mississippi .......: 45 55 45 25 30 21 Missouri ..........: 640 740 550 540 520 390 : Montana ...........: 1,750 1,650 2,000 1,590 1,570 1,900 Nebraska ..........: 1,120 1,100 1,070 1,020 1,010 970 Nevada 2/ .........: 14 13 (NA) 5 5 (NA) New Jersey ........: 23 18 19 17 15 14 New Mexico ........: 330 320 360 135 105 105 New York ..........: 140 110 90 125 95 66 North Carolina ....: 450 460 290 375 370 225 North Dakota ......: 70 85 85 35 70 70 Ohio ..............: 490 490 500 460 450 385 Oklahoma ..........: 4,500 4,400 4,200 2,900 2,500 2,750 : Oregon ............: 700 720 740 690 695 730 Pennsylvania ......: 210 195 180 150 145 140 South Carolina ....: 90 80 70 75 65 45 South Dakota ......: 910 830 860 520 660 770 Tennessee .........: 370 380 280 275 285 215 Texas .............: 4,700 4,500 4,500 2,350 1,750 2,050 Utah ..............: 120 120 125 108 94 116 Virginia ..........: 210 230 180 145 155 105 Washington ........: 1,700 1,700 1,750 1,650 1,650 1,700 West Virginia 2/ ..: 8 7 (NA) 4 3 (NA) Wisconsin .........: 210 240 195 170 200 150 Wyoming ...........: 135 130 125 105 115 110 : United States .....: 32,726 32,542 31,159 25,301 24,742 24,327 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Winter Wheat Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2017-2019 (continued) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2017 : 2018 : 2019 : 2017 : 2018 : 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- bushels ---------- --------- 1,000 bushels --------- : Alabama ...........: 77.0 72.0 72.0 7,700 7,920 6,120 Arizona 2/ ........: 100.0 40.0 (NA) 1,600 160 (NA) Arkansas ..........: 52.0 55.0 52.0 6,500 5,225 2,600 California ........: 64.0 77.0 50.0 9,920 8,470 5,000 Colorado ..........: 43.0 36.0 49.0 86,860 70,200 98,000 Delaware ..........: 73.0 71.0 72.0 4,380 3,195 3,600 Florida 2/ ........: 37.0 36.0 (NA) 370 360 (NA) Georgia ...........: 47.0 54.0 56.0 3,290 3,780 2,800 Idaho .............: 80.0 90.0 87.0 53,600 61,200 59,160 Illinois ..........: 76.0 66.0 67.0 35,720 36,960 36,850 : Indiana ...........: 74.0 71.0 62.0 17,760 18,460 16,120 Iowa 2/ ...........: 68.0 58.0 (NA) 544 348 (NA) Kansas ............: 48.0 38.0 52.0 333,600 277,400 338,000 Kentucky ..........: 77.0 66.0 76.0 23,870 19,800 25,080 Louisiana 2/ ......: 46.0 65.0 (NA) 598 650 (NA) Maryland ..........: 71.0 63.0 75.0 13,135 12,600 12,375 Michigan ..........: 79.0 76.0 71.0 33,575 35,720 34,080 Minnesota 2/ ......: 45.0 60.0 (NA) 225 300 (NA) Mississippi .......: 58.0 49.0 47.0 1,450 1,470 987 Missouri ..........: 68.0 59.0 63.0 36,720 30,680 24,570 : Montana ...........: 42.0 50.0 50.0 66,780 78,500 95,000 Nebraska ..........: 46.0 49.0 57.0 46,920 49,490 55,290 Nevada 2/ .........: 107.0 120.0 (NA) 535 600 (NA) New Jersey ........: 64.0 62.0 66.0 1,088 930 924 New Mexico ........: 30.0 15.0 30.0 4,050 1,575 3,150 New York ..........: 67.0 69.0 63.0 8,375 6,555 4,158 North Carolina ....: 55.0 57.0 56.0 20,625 21,090 12,600 North Dakota ......: 37.0 43.0 53.0 1,295 3,010 3,710 Ohio ..............: 74.0 75.0 56.0 34,040 33,750 21,560 Oklahoma ..........: 34.0 28.0 40.0 98,600 70,000 110,000 : Oregon ............: 63.0 67.0 68.0 43,470 46,565 49,640 Pennsylvania ......: 72.0 65.0 73.0 10,800 9,425 10,220 South Carolina ....: 49.0 54.0 48.0 3,675 3,510 2,160 South Dakota ......: 40.0 48.0 52.0 20,800 31,680 40,040 Tennessee .........: 70.0 65.0 67.0 19,250 18,525 14,405 Texas .............: 29.0 32.0 34.0 68,150 56,000 69,700 Utah ..............: 52.0 52.0 54.0 5,616 4,888 6,264 Virginia ..........: 66.0 60.0 62.0 9,570 9,300 6,510 Washington ........: 73.0 76.0 70.0 120,450 125,400 119,000 West Virginia 2/ ..: 69.0 46.0 (NA) 276 138 (NA) Wisconsin .........: 68.0 71.0 64.0 11,560 14,200 9,600 Wyoming ...........: 28.0 34.0 43.0 2,940 3,910 4,730 : United States .....: 50.2 47.9 53.6 1,270,282 1,183,939 1,304,003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (NA) Not available. 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall. 2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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