WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- Winter wheat production for 2021 totaled 1.28 billion bushels, up 9% from the 2020 total of 1.17 billion bushels, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
The United States yield, at 50.2 bushels per acre, was down 0.7 bushel from 2020. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 25.5 million acres, up 11% from the previous year. Record low acres were estimated in Utah in 2021. Record high yields were estimated in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas for 2021.
Compared with 2020, harvested acreage was up 10% in the major Hard Red Winter (HRW) growing States, the primary winter wheat-producing area. HRW production totaled 749 million bushels, up 14% from 2020.
In the Soft Red Winter (SRW) growing area, planted and harvested acreage increased from 2020. SRW production totaled 361 million bushels, up 35% from 2020.
White winter wheat production totaled 167 million bushels, down 32% from the previous year. Harvested acreage in the Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) was up slightly from 2020.
Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019-2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted 1/ : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama ............: 130 135 175 85 70 110 Arkansas ...........: 110 145 210 50 75 145 California .........: 390 385 340 100 85 80 Colorado ...........: 2,150 1,900 2,200 2,000 1,520 1,880 Delaware ...........: 60 75 60 50 55 35 Georgia ............: 150 190 220 50 85 110 Idaho ..............: 730 720 710 680 660 640 Illinois ...........: 650 570 670 550 520 610 Indiana ............: 330 300 340 260 250 270 Kansas .............: 7,100 6,600 7,300 6,700 6,250 7,000 : Kentucky ...........: 460 510 510 330 340 350 Maryland ...........: 345 355 345 165 150 160 Michigan ...........: 550 490 610 490 450 560 Mississippi ........: 45 40 95 21 20 70 Missouri ...........: 550 480 640 390 370 490 Montana ............: 2,000 1,550 1,950 1,900 1,490 1,730 Nebraska ...........: 1,070 900 920 970 830 840 New Jersey .........: 19 25 23 14 18 16 New Mexico .........: 365 335 370 110 115 75 New York ...........: 90 150 155 66 120 125 : North Carolina .....: 290 450 450 225 350 345 North Dakota .......: 85 40 90 70 33 60 Ohio ...............: 500 530 580 385 490 515 Oklahoma ...........: 4,200 4,250 4,400 2,750 2,600 2,950 Oregon .............: 740 740 720 730 725 705 Pennsylvania .......: 180 235 270 140 190 195 South Carolina .....: 70 110 125 45 95 100 South Dakota .......: 860 630 800 770 600 720 Tennessee ..........: 280 300 400 215 230 330 Texas ..............: 4,600 4,900 5,500 2,100 2,050 2,000 : Utah ...............: 125 110 110 116 98 98 Virginia ...........: 180 220 205 105 130 120 Washington .........: 1,750 1,800 1,750 1,700 1,750 1,690 Wisconsin ..........: 195 160 290 150 125 245 Wyoming ............: 125 120 115 110 90 95 : United States ......: 31,474 30,450 33,648 24,592 23,029 25,464 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019-2021 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels --------- : Alabama ............: 72.0 72.0 83.0 6,120 5,040 9,130 Arkansas ...........: 52.0 55.0 58.0 2,600 4,125 8,410 California .........: 50.0 75.0 82.0 5,000 6,375 6,560 Colorado ...........: 49.0 27.0 37.0 98,000 41,040 69,560 Delaware ...........: 72.0 73.0 70.0 3,600 4,015 2,450 Georgia ............: 56.0 55.0 56.0 2,800 4,675 6,160 Idaho ..............: 87.0 101.0 71.0 59,160 66,660 45,440 Illinois ...........: 67.0 68.0 79.0 36,850 35,360 48,190 Indiana ............: 62.0 70.0 85.0 16,120 17,500 22,950 Kansas .............: 52.0 45.0 52.0 348,400 281,250 364,000 : Kentucky ...........: 76.0 63.0 87.0 25,080 21,420 30,450 Maryland ...........: 75.0 73.0 79.0 12,375 10,950 12,640 Michigan ...........: 71.0 75.0 81.0 34,790 33,750 45,360 Mississippi ........: 47.0 48.0 59.0 987 960 4,130 Missouri ...........: 63.0 62.0 65.0 24,570 22,940 31,850 Montana ............: 50.0 51.0 31.0 95,000 75,990 53,630 Nebraska ...........: 57.0 41.0 49.0 55,290 34,030 41,160 New Jersey .........: 66.0 67.0 67.0 924 1,206 1,072 New Mexico .........: 30.0 28.0 36.0 3,300 3,220 2,700 New York ...........: 63.0 66.0 77.0 4,158 7,920 9,625 : North Carolina .....: 56.0 60.0 56.0 12,600 21,000 19,320 North Dakota .......: 53.0 49.0 33.0 3,710 1,617 1,980 Ohio ...............: 56.0 71.0 85.0 21,560 34,790 43,775 Oklahoma ...........: 40.0 40.0 39.0 110,000 104,000 115,050 Oregon .............: 68.0 64.0 45.0 49,640 46,400 31,725 Pennsylvania .......: 73.0 71.0 77.0 10,220 13,490 15,015 South Carolina .....: 48.0 51.0 53.0 2,160 4,845 5,300 South Dakota .......: 52.0 58.0 38.0 40,040 34,800 27,360 Tennessee ..........: 67.0 59.0 71.0 14,405 13,570 23,430 Texas ..............: 34.0 30.0 37.0 71,400 61,500 74,000 : Utah ...............: 54.0 53.0 46.0 6,264 5,194 4,508 Virginia ...........: 62.0 60.0 67.0 6,510 7,800 8,040 Washington .........: 70.0 76.0 42.0 119,000 133,000 70,980 Wisconsin ..........: 64.0 69.0 75.0 9,600 8,625 18,375 Wyoming ............: 43.0 26.0 32.0 4,730 2,340 3,040 : United States ......: 53.6 50.9 50.2 1,316,963 1,171,397 1,277,365 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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