All Wheat Area Drops 5%
WASHINGTON - Jun 28/19 - SNS -- All wheat planted area for 2019 in the United States is estimated at 45.6 million acres, down 5% from 2018, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2019.
This represents the lowest all wheat planted area on record since records began in 1919. The 2019 winter wheat planted area, at 31.8 million acres, is down 2% from last year but up 1% from the previous estimate. Of this total, about 22.7 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 5.54 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.55 million acres are White Winter.
Area planted to other spring wheat for 2019 is estimated at 12.4 million acres, down 6% from 2018. Of this total, about 12.0 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat.
Durum planted area for 2019 is estimated at 1.40 million acres, down 32% from the previous year.
All Wheat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2018 and 2019
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2018 : 2019 : 2018 : 2019 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama .........: 160 150 110 85
Arizona .........: 91 45 74 44
Arkansas ........: 175 100 95 60
California ......: 420 426 143 177
Colorado ........: 2,260 2,300 1,954 2,150
Delaware ........: 75 60 45 45
Florida 2/ ......: 15 (NA) 10 (NA)
Georgia .........: 200 180 70 60
Idaho ...........: 1,191 1,215 1,136 1,145
Illinois ........: 600 640 560 590
:
Indiana .........: 310 320 260 260
Iowa 2/ .........: 16 (NA) 6 (NA)
Kansas ..........: 7,700 7,100 7,300 6,600
Kentucky ........: 450 460 300 320
Louisiana 2/ ....: 15 (NA) 10 (NA)
Maryland ........: 360 355 200 165
Michigan ........: 510 550 470 490
Minnesota .......: 1,621 1,530 1,575 1,480
Mississippi .....: 55 40 30 20
Missouri ........: 740 620 520 470
:
Montana .........: 5,390 5,150 5,165 4,935
Nebraska ........: 1,100 1,070 1,010 970
Nevada 2/ .......: 23 (NA) 8 (NA)
New Jersey ......: 18 18 15 14
New Mexico ......: 315 350 105 120
New York ........: 110 110 95 90
North Carolina ..: 460 300 370 225
North Dakota ....: 7,735 7,290 7,635 7,155
Ohio ............: 490 470 450 420
Oklahoma ........: 4,400 4,400 2,500 2,750
:
Oregon ..........: 800 740 770 730
Pennsylvania ....: 195 210 145 150
South Carolina ..: 80 95 65 75
South Dakota ....: 1,883 1,650 1,628 1,500
Tennessee .......: 380 300 285 225
Texas ...........: 4,500 4,500 1,750 2,200
Utah ............: 130 125 103 115
Virginia ........: 230 180 155 115
Washington ......: 2,220 2,220 2,165 2,175
West Virginia 2/ : 7 (NA) 3 (NA)
Wisconsin .......: 240 210 200 170
Wyoming .........: 130 130 115 110
:
United States ...: 47,800 45,609 39,605 38,405
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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