WASHINGTON - May 12/20 - SNS -- This year's winter wheat harvest is expected to reach 1.25 billion bushels, down 4% from 2019, according to the USDA's last crop report.
As of May 1, the United States yield is forecast at 51.7 bushels per acre, down 1.9 bushels from last year's average yield of 53.6 bushels per acre.
Hard Red Winter production, at 733 million bushels, is down 12% from a year ago. Soft Red Winter, at 298 million bushels, is up 24% from 2019. White Winter, at 224 million bushels, is down 3% from last year. Of the White Winter production, 16.2 million bushels are Hard White and 207 million bushels are Soft White.
Winter Wheat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and Forecasted May 1, 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production State :------------------------------------------------------------- : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 : 2019 : 2020 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : -- 1,000 acres -- -- bushels -- --- 1,000 bushels -- : Arkansas ..........: 50 100 52.0 56.0 2,600 5,600 California ........: 100 110 50.0 88.0 5,000 9,680 Colorado ..........: 2,000 1,650 49.0 37.0 98,000 61,050 Idaho .............: 680 690 87.0 85.0 59,160 58,650 Illinois ..........: 550 530 67.0 72.0 36,850 38,160 Indiana ...........: 260 270 62.0 74.0 16,120 19,980 Kansas ............: 6,500 6,500 52.0 47.0 338,000 305,500 Kentucky ..........: 330 390 76.0 76.0 25,080 29,640 Maryland ..........: 165 200 75.0 72.0 12,375 14,400 Michigan ..........: 480 460 71.0 79.0 34,080 36,340 : Mississippi .......: 21 20 47.0 47.0 987 940 Missouri ..........: 390 390 63.0 65.0 24,570 25,350 Montana ...........: 1,900 1,550 50.0 51.0 95,000 79,050 Nebraska ..........: 970 870 57.0 48.0 55,290 41,760 North Carolina ....: 225 400 56.0 58.0 12,600 23,200 North Dakota ......: 70 50 53.0 35.0 3,710 1,750 Ohio ..............: 385 460 56.0 74.0 21,560 34,040 Oklahoma ..........: 2,750 2,700 40.0 38.0 110,000 102,600 Oregon ............: 730 730 68.0 62.0 49,640 45,260 South Dakota ......: 770 580 52.0 49.0 40,040 28,420 : Tennessee .........: 215 230 67.0 66.0 14,405 15,180 Texas .............: 2,050 2,400 34.0 35.0 69,700 84,000 Virginia ..........: 105 180 62.0 65.0 6,510 11,700 Washington ........: 1,700 1,640 70.0 72.0 119,000 118,080 Wisconsin .........: 150 130 64.0 70.0 9,600 9,100 : Other States 1/ ...: 781 1,045 56.5 52.8 44,126 55,170 : United States .....: 24,327 24,275 53.6 51.7 1,304,003 1,254,600 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Other States include Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, and Wyoming. Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains 2020 Summary" report.
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