Total Wheat Harvest Dropped 10%
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- Output of all classes of wheat ended up at 1.65 billion bushels last year, down 10% from the 2020 total of 1.83 billion bushels, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
Area harvested for grain totaled 37.2 million acres, up 1% from the previous year. The United States yield was estimated at 44.3 bushels per acre, down 5.4 bushels from the previous year.
The levels of production and changes from 2020 by type were: winter wheat, 1.28 billion bushels, up 9%; other spring wheat, 331 million bushels, down 44%; and Durum wheat, 37.3 million bushels, down 46%.
All Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ............: 130 135 175 85 70 110
Arizona ............: 36 50 53 35 49 52
Arkansas ...........: 110 145 210 50 75 145
California .........: 420 410 365 122 102 100
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 ..............: 1,195 1,240 1,227 1,125 1,164 1,132
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
Minnesota ..........: 1,450 1,430 1,210 1,400 1,360 1,160
Mississippi ........: 45 40 95 21 20 70
Missouri ...........: 550 480 640 390 370 490
Montana ............: 5,450 5,595 5,520 5,135 5,490 4,545
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 .......: 7,505 6,650 6,470 6,630 6,563 6,090
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 .......: 1,500 1,400 1,520 1,360 1,355 1,310
:
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 .........: 2,270 2,350 2,330 2,215 2,295 2,230
Wisconsin ..........: 195 160 290 150 125 245
Wyoming ............: 125 120 115 110 90 95
:
United States ......: 45,485 44,450 46,703 37,394 36,789 37,163
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
All Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2019-2021 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama ............: 72.0 72.0 83.0 6,120 5,040 9,130
Arizona ............: 104.0 99.0 90.0 3,640 4,851 4,680
Arkansas ...........: 52.0 55.0 58.0 2,600 4,125 8,410
California .........: 59.4 77.0 87.6 7,244 7,854 8,760
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 ..............: 87.8 96.7 67.6 98,755 112,506 76,534
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
Minnesota ..........: 57.0 53.0 48.0 79,800 72,080 55,680
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 ............: 42.4 41.7 22.2 217,725 228,680 100,850
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 .......: 48.4 47.6 32.2 321,185 312,587 196,195
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 .......: 48.1 51.9 33.9 65,410 70,285 44,470
:
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 .........: 64.7 72.4 39.1 143,205 166,245 87,180
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 ......: 51.7 49.7 44.3 1,932,017 1,828,043 1,645,764
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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