Modest Uptick in Winter Wheat Yields
WASHINGTON - Jun 11/20 - SNS -- Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.27 billion bushels, up 1% from the May 1 forecast but down 3% from 2019, according to the USDA's latest production estimates.
As of June 1, the United States yield is forecast at 52.1 bushels per acre, up 0.4 bushel from last month but down 1.5 bushels from last year's average yield of 53.6 bushels per acre.
Hard Red Winter production, at 743 million bushels, is up 1% from last month. Soft Red Winter, at 297 million bushels, is down slightly from the May forecast. White Winter, at 225 million bushels, is up 1% from last month. Of the White Winter production, 16.6 million bushels are Hard White and 209 million bushels are Soft White.
Winter Wheat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2019 and
Forecasted June 1, 2020
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
:------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : : : : 2020 : :
: 2019 : 2020 : 2019 :-------------------: 2019 : 2020
: : : : May 1 : June 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres ------- bushels ------- --- 1,000 bushels ---
:
Arkansas .......: 50 100 52.0 56.0 56.0 2,600 5,600
California .....: 100 110 50.0 88.0 54.0 5,000 5,940
Colorado .......: 2,000 1,650 49.0 37.0 38.0 98,000 62,700
Idaho ..........: 680 690 87.0 85.0 87.0 59,160 60,030
Illinois .......: 550 530 67.0 72.0 73.0 36,850 38,690
Indiana ........: 260 270 62.0 74.0 71.0 16,120 19,170
Kansas .........: 6,500 6,500 52.0 47.0 49.0 338,000 318,500
Kentucky .......: 330 390 76.0 76.0 73.0 25,080 28,470
Maryland .......: 165 200 75.0 72.0 70.0 12,375 14,000
Michigan .......: 480 460 71.0 79.0 81.0 34,080 37,260
:
Mississippi ....: 21 20 47.0 47.0 47.0 987 940
Missouri .......: 390 390 63.0 65.0 65.0 24,570 25,350
Montana ........: 1,900 1,550 50.0 51.0 50.0 95,000 77,500
Nebraska .......: 970 870 57.0 48.0 51.0 55,290 44,370
North Carolina .: 225 400 56.0 58.0 60.0 12,600 24,000
North Dakota ...: 70 50 53.0 35.0 40.0 3,710 2,000
Ohio ...........: 385 460 56.0 74.0 76.0 21,560 34,960
Oklahoma .......: 2,750 2,700 40.0 38.0 38.0 110,000 102,600
Oregon .........: 730 730 68.0 62.0 58.0 49,640 42,340
South Dakota ...: 770 580 52.0 49.0 52.0 40,040 30,160
:
Tennessee ......: 215 230 67.0 66.0 66.0 14,405 15,180
Texas ..........: 2,050 2,400 34.0 35.0 33.0 69,700 79,200
Virginia .......: 105 180 62.0 65.0 61.0 6,510 10,980
Washington .....: 1,700 1,640 70.0 72.0 74.0 119,000 121,360
Wisconsin ......: 150 130 64.0 70.0 71.0 9,600 9,230
:
Other States 1/ : 781 1,045 56.5 52.8 52.8 44,126 55,170
:
United States ..: 24,327 24,275 53.6 51.7 52.1 1,304,003 1,265,700
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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."
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