WASHINGTON - Jul 12/18 - SNS -- Production of spring wheat other than durum is expected to jump 48% to 614 million bushels, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates.
The United States yield is forecast at a record high 47.6 bushels per acre, up 6.6 bushels from a year ago. Of the total production, 584 million bushels are Hard Red Spring wheat, up 52% from last year. The area expected to be harvested for grain or seed totals 12.9 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 29, 2018, but 27% above 2017. Record high yields are forecast in Minnesota and North Dakota for 2018.
Due to a wet spring in some parts of the growing area, spring wheat planting and development started out behind the normal pace but caught up by July 1. In the six major producing States, 58% of the crop was at or beyond the heading stage as of July 1, two percentage points ahead of last year and 10 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. As of July 1, 77% of the other spring wheat crop was rated in good to excellent condition, compared with 37% at the same time last year.
Other Spring Wheat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2017 and Forecasted July 1, 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------- : 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 : 2017 : 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 acres -- --- bushels --- 1,000 bushels : Idaho ..........: 410 415 86.0 86.0 35,260 35,690 Minnesota ......: 1,130 1,560 67.0 67.0 75,710 104,520 Montana ........: 2,290 2,850 21.0 33.0 48,090 94,050 North Dakota ...: 5,070 6,500 41.0 48.0 207,870 312,000 Oregon .........: 73 63 63.0 55.0 4,599 3,465 South Dakota ...: 670 1,020 31.0 41.0 20,770 41,820 Washington .....: 490 475 45.0 45.0 22,050 21,375 : Other States 1/ : 26 16 72.6 65.6 1,887 1,050 : United States ..: 10,159 12,899 41.0 47.6 416,236 613,970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States include Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2018 Summary."
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