Improved Winter Durum Prospects
WASHINGTON - Jun 11/14 - SNS -- Production of Durum wheat in Arizona and California is forecast at a collective 13.1 million bushels, up 6% from May but down 11% from last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates for 2014.
In Arizona, 12% of the acreage was harvested by June 1, six percentage points behind last year but slightly ahead of the 5-year average.
Durum Wheat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2013 and
Forecasted June 1, 2014
[Area harvested for the United States will be published in "Acreage" released June 2014. Yield
and production will be published in "Crop Production" released July 2014. Blank data cells
indicate estimation period has not yet begun]
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2014 : :
: 2013 : 2014 : 2013 :-------------------: 2013 : 2014
: : : : May 1 : June 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres --------- bushels -------- 1,000 bushels
:
Arizona ........: 79 69 102.0 96.0 110.0 8,058 7,590
California .....: 67 55 100.0 105.0 100.0 6,700 5,500
Montana ........: 490 34.0 16,660
North Dakota ...: 770 38.5 29,645
:
Other States 1/ : 15 56.7 850
:
United States ..: 1,421 43.6 61,913
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1/ Other States include Idaho and South Dakota. Individual State level estimates will be
published in the "Small Grains 2014 Summary."
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