WASHINGTON - Feb 8/19 - SNS -- Durum wheat production for 2018 was estimated at 77.3 million bushels, up 41% from the 2017 total of 54.8 million bushels, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2018.
Area harvested for grain totaled 1.97 million acres, down 7% from the previous year. The United States yield was estimated at 39.3 bushels per acre, up 13.3 bushels from the 2017 yield. Production in North Dakota, the largest Durum-producing State, was up 48% from 2017. By late July, harvest in Montana was underway. Producers in North Dakota had harvested 9% of the State's acreage by August 12.
Durum Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2016-2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Arizona ........: 97 90 71 96 89 70 California .....: 55 35 40 47 27 33 Idaho ..........: 10 25 11 10 24 11 Montana ........: 780 890 840 765 785 775 North Dakota ...: 1,460 1,260 1,100 1,435 1,175 1,075 South Dakota ...: 10 7 3 7 6 3 : United States ..: 2,412 2,307 2,065 2,360 2,106 1,967 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Yield per acre : Production State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 : 2016 : 2017 : 2018 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---------- bushels --------- -------- 1,000 bushels ------- : Arizona ........: 98.0 101.0 106.0 9,408 8,989 7,420 California .....: 86.0 92.0 95.0 4,042 2,484 3,135 Idaho ..........: 75.0 77.0 85.0 750 1,848 935 Montana ........: 41.0 16.0 30.0 31,365 12,560 23,250 North Dakota ...: 40.5 24.5 39.5 58,118 28,788 42,463 South Dakota ...: 33.0 18.0 28.0 231 108 84 : United States ..: 44.0 26.0 39.3 103,914 54,777 77,287 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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