Spring Wheat Area Drops 6%
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/17 - SNS -- Area seeded to spring wheat other than durum is estimated at 10.9 million acres, down 6% from 2016, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2017.
Of this total, about 10.3 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Planted area in North Dakota, the largest spring wheat-producing State, is estimated at 5.25 million acres, down 13% from last year.
As of June 25, 36% of the spring wheat crop was headed, 16 percentage points behind last year. Harvested area is expected to total 10.5 million acres, 7% below 2016. As of June 25, 40% of the crop was rated in good to excellent condition, thirty-two percentage points lower than at the same time last year.
Other Spring Wheat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2016 and 2017
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2016 : 2017 : 2016 : 2017 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Colorado .......: 11 12 10 11
Idaho ..........: 410 430 395 415
Minnesota ......: 1,310 1,310 1,260 1,270
Montana ........: 2,150 2,200 2,110 2,120
Nevada .........: 5 12 3 5
North Dakota ...: 6,000 5,250 5,850 5,160
Oregon .........: 90 65 87 63
South Dakota ...: 1,080 1,100 1,050 940
Utah ...........: 9 10 8 8
Washington .....: 540 510 530 505
:
United States ..: 11,605 10,899 11,303 10,497
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1/ Forecasted.
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