10% Gain In Winter Wheat Output
WASHINGTON - Sep 30/19 - SNS -- Winter wheat production for 2019 totaled 1.30 billion bushels, up 10% from the revised 2018 total of 1.18 billion bushels, according to the USDA's small grains production report.
The United States yield, at 53.6 bushels per acre, was up 5.7 bushels from 2018. Area harvested for grain was estimated at a record low 24.3 million acres, down 2% from the previous year. Record high yields were estimated in Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming for 2019.}
Compared with 2018, harvested acreage was up 1%, or 185,000 acres, in the major Hard Red Winter (HRW) growing States, the primary winter wheat producing area. As a result of the increased harvested acreage and higher yields in 2019, HRW production totaled 833 million bushels, up 26% from 2018. In the Soft Red Winter (SRW) growing area, planted and harvested acreage decreased from 2018. SRW production totaled 239 million bushels, down 16% from 2018.
White winter production totaled 232 million bushels, down 2% from the previous year. Harvested acreage in the Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) was up 3% from 2018. Yields were up in Oregon but down in Idaho and Washington compared with last year.
Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2017-2019
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2019 : 2017 : 2018 : 2019
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ...........: 150 160 130 100 110 85
Arizona 2/ ........: 25 22 (NA) 16 4 (NA)
Arkansas ..........: 200 175 110 125 95 50
California ........: 385 380 390 155 110 100
Colorado ..........: 2,250 2,250 2,150 2,020 1,950 2,000
Delaware ..........: 75 75 60 60 45 50
Florida 2/ ........: 20 15 (NA) 10 10 (NA)
Georgia ...........: 160 200 150 70 70 50
Idaho .............: 720 720 730 670 680 680
Illinois ..........: 500 600 650 470 560 550
:
Indiana ...........: 290 310 330 240 260 260
Iowa 2/ ...........: 16 16 (NA) 8 6 (NA)
Kansas ............: 7,600 7,700 6,900 6,950 7,300 6,500
Kentucky ..........: 480 450 460 310 300 330
Louisiana 2/ ......: 20 15 (NA) 13 10 (NA)
Maryland ..........: 410 360 345 185 200 165
Michigan ..........: 480 510 540 425 470 480
Minnesota 2/ ......: 10 11 (NA) 5 5 (NA)
Mississippi .......: 45 55 45 25 30 21
Missouri ..........: 640 740 550 540 520 390
:
Montana ...........: 1,750 1,650 2,000 1,590 1,570 1,900
Nebraska ..........: 1,120 1,100 1,070 1,020 1,010 970
Nevada 2/ .........: 14 13 (NA) 5 5 (NA)
New Jersey ........: 23 18 19 17 15 14
New Mexico ........: 330 320 360 135 105 105
New York ..........: 140 110 90 125 95 66
North Carolina ....: 450 460 290 375 370 225
North Dakota ......: 70 85 85 35 70 70
Ohio ..............: 490 490 500 460 450 385
Oklahoma ..........: 4,500 4,400 4,200 2,900 2,500 2,750
:
Oregon ............: 700 720 740 690 695 730
Pennsylvania ......: 210 195 180 150 145 140
South Carolina ....: 90 80 70 75 65 45
South Dakota ......: 910 830 860 520 660 770
Tennessee .........: 370 380 280 275 285 215
Texas .............: 4,700 4,500 4,500 2,350 1,750 2,050
Utah ..............: 120 120 125 108 94 116
Virginia ..........: 210 230 180 145 155 105
Washington ........: 1,700 1,700 1,750 1,650 1,650 1,700
West Virginia 2/ ..: 8 7 (NA) 4 3 (NA)
Wisconsin .........: 210 240 195 170 200 150
Wyoming ...........: 135 130 125 105 115 110
:
United States .....: 32,726 32,542 31,159 25,301 24,742 24,327
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Winter Wheat Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2017-2019 (continued)
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: Yield : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2017 : 2018 : 2019 : 2017 : 2018 : 2019
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: ---------- bushels ---------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama ...........: 77.0 72.0 72.0 7,700 7,920 6,120
Arizona 2/ ........: 100.0 40.0 (NA) 1,600 160 (NA)
Arkansas ..........: 52.0 55.0 52.0 6,500 5,225 2,600
California ........: 64.0 77.0 50.0 9,920 8,470 5,000
Colorado ..........: 43.0 36.0 49.0 86,860 70,200 98,000
Delaware ..........: 73.0 71.0 72.0 4,380 3,195 3,600
Florida 2/ ........: 37.0 36.0 (NA) 370 360 (NA)
Georgia ...........: 47.0 54.0 56.0 3,290 3,780 2,800
Idaho .............: 80.0 90.0 87.0 53,600 61,200 59,160
Illinois ..........: 76.0 66.0 67.0 35,720 36,960 36,850
:
Indiana ...........: 74.0 71.0 62.0 17,760 18,460 16,120
Iowa 2/ ...........: 68.0 58.0 (NA) 544 348 (NA)
Kansas ............: 48.0 38.0 52.0 333,600 277,400 338,000
Kentucky ..........: 77.0 66.0 76.0 23,870 19,800 25,080
Louisiana 2/ ......: 46.0 65.0 (NA) 598 650 (NA)
Maryland ..........: 71.0 63.0 75.0 13,135 12,600 12,375
Michigan ..........: 79.0 76.0 71.0 33,575 35,720 34,080
Minnesota 2/ ......: 45.0 60.0 (NA) 225 300 (NA)
Mississippi .......: 58.0 49.0 47.0 1,450 1,470 987
Missouri ..........: 68.0 59.0 63.0 36,720 30,680 24,570
:
Montana ...........: 42.0 50.0 50.0 66,780 78,500 95,000
Nebraska ..........: 46.0 49.0 57.0 46,920 49,490 55,290
Nevada 2/ .........: 107.0 120.0 (NA) 535 600 (NA)
New Jersey ........: 64.0 62.0 66.0 1,088 930 924
New Mexico ........: 30.0 15.0 30.0 4,050 1,575 3,150
New York ..........: 67.0 69.0 63.0 8,375 6,555 4,158
North Carolina ....: 55.0 57.0 56.0 20,625 21,090 12,600
North Dakota ......: 37.0 43.0 53.0 1,295 3,010 3,710
Ohio ..............: 74.0 75.0 56.0 34,040 33,750 21,560
Oklahoma ..........: 34.0 28.0 40.0 98,600 70,000 110,000
:
Oregon ............: 63.0 67.0 68.0 43,470 46,565 49,640
Pennsylvania ......: 72.0 65.0 73.0 10,800 9,425 10,220
South Carolina ....: 49.0 54.0 48.0 3,675 3,510 2,160
South Dakota ......: 40.0 48.0 52.0 20,800 31,680 40,040
Tennessee .........: 70.0 65.0 67.0 19,250 18,525 14,405
Texas .............: 29.0 32.0 34.0 68,150 56,000 69,700
Utah ..............: 52.0 52.0 54.0 5,616 4,888 6,264
Virginia ..........: 66.0 60.0 62.0 9,570 9,300 6,510
Washington ........: 73.0 76.0 70.0 120,450 125,400 119,000
West Virginia 2/ ..: 69.0 46.0 (NA) 276 138 (NA)
Wisconsin .........: 68.0 71.0 64.0 11,560 14,200 9,600
Wyoming ...........: 28.0 34.0 43.0 2,940 3,910 4,730
:
United States .....: 50.2 47.9 53.6 1,270,282 1,183,939 1,304,003
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2019.
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