Winter Wheat Output Rose 9%
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- Winter wheat production for 2021 totaled 1.28 billion bushels, up 9% from the 2020 total of 1.17 billion bushels, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
The United States yield, at 50.2 bushels per acre, was down 0.7 bushel from 2020. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 25.5 million acres, up 11% from the previous year. Record low acres were estimated in Utah in 2021. Record high yields were estimated in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas for 2021.
Compared with 2020, harvested acreage was up 10% in the major Hard Red Winter (HRW) growing States, the primary winter wheat-producing area. HRW production totaled 749 million bushels, up 14% from 2020.
In the Soft Red Winter (SRW) growing area, planted and harvested acreage increased from 2020. SRW production totaled 361 million bushels, up 35% from 2020.
White winter wheat production totaled 167 million bushels, down 32% from the previous year. Harvested acreage in the Pacific Northwest (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) was up slightly from 2020.
Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ............: 130 135 175 85 70 110
Arkansas ...........: 110 145 210 50 75 145
California .........: 390 385 340 100 85 80
Colorado ...........: 2,150 1,900 2,200 2,000 1,520 1,880
Delaware ...........: 60 75 60 50 55 35
Georgia ............: 150 190 220 50 85 110
Idaho ..............: 730 720 710 680 660 640
Illinois ...........: 650 570 670 550 520 610
Indiana ............: 330 300 340 260 250 270
Kansas .............: 7,100 6,600 7,300 6,700 6,250 7,000
:
Kentucky ...........: 460 510 510 330 340 350
Maryland ...........: 345 355 345 165 150 160
Michigan ...........: 550 490 610 490 450 560
Mississippi ........: 45 40 95 21 20 70
Missouri ...........: 550 480 640 390 370 490
Montana ............: 2,000 1,550 1,950 1,900 1,490 1,730
Nebraska ...........: 1,070 900 920 970 830 840
New Jersey .........: 19 25 23 14 18 16
New Mexico .........: 365 335 370 110 115 75
New York ...........: 90 150 155 66 120 125
:
North Carolina .....: 290 450 450 225 350 345
North Dakota .......: 85 40 90 70 33 60
Ohio ...............: 500 530 580 385 490 515
Oklahoma ...........: 4,200 4,250 4,400 2,750 2,600 2,950
Oregon .............: 740 740 720 730 725 705
Pennsylvania .......: 180 235 270 140 190 195
South Carolina .....: 70 110 125 45 95 100
South Dakota .......: 860 630 800 770 600 720
Tennessee ..........: 280 300 400 215 230 330
Texas ..............: 4,600 4,900 5,500 2,100 2,050 2,000
:
Utah ...............: 125 110 110 116 98 98
Virginia ...........: 180 220 205 105 130 120
Washington .........: 1,750 1,800 1,750 1,700 1,750 1,690
Wisconsin ..........: 195 160 290 150 125 245
Wyoming ............: 125 120 115 110 90 95
:
United States ......: 31,474 30,450 33,648 24,592 23,029 25,464
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See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued
Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States:
2019-2021 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama ............: 72.0 72.0 83.0 6,120 5,040 9,130
Arkansas ...........: 52.0 55.0 58.0 2,600 4,125 8,410
California .........: 50.0 75.0 82.0 5,000 6,375 6,560
Colorado ...........: 49.0 27.0 37.0 98,000 41,040 69,560
Delaware ...........: 72.0 73.0 70.0 3,600 4,015 2,450
Georgia ............: 56.0 55.0 56.0 2,800 4,675 6,160
Idaho ..............: 87.0 101.0 71.0 59,160 66,660 45,440
Illinois ...........: 67.0 68.0 79.0 36,850 35,360 48,190
Indiana ............: 62.0 70.0 85.0 16,120 17,500 22,950
Kansas .............: 52.0 45.0 52.0 348,400 281,250 364,000
:
Kentucky ...........: 76.0 63.0 87.0 25,080 21,420 30,450
Maryland ...........: 75.0 73.0 79.0 12,375 10,950 12,640
Michigan ...........: 71.0 75.0 81.0 34,790 33,750 45,360
Mississippi ........: 47.0 48.0 59.0 987 960 4,130
Missouri ...........: 63.0 62.0 65.0 24,570 22,940 31,850
Montana ............: 50.0 51.0 31.0 95,000 75,990 53,630
Nebraska ...........: 57.0 41.0 49.0 55,290 34,030 41,160
New Jersey .........: 66.0 67.0 67.0 924 1,206 1,072
New Mexico .........: 30.0 28.0 36.0 3,300 3,220 2,700
New York ...........: 63.0 66.0 77.0 4,158 7,920 9,625
:
North Carolina .....: 56.0 60.0 56.0 12,600 21,000 19,320
North Dakota .......: 53.0 49.0 33.0 3,710 1,617 1,980
Ohio ...............: 56.0 71.0 85.0 21,560 34,790 43,775
Oklahoma ...........: 40.0 40.0 39.0 110,000 104,000 115,050
Oregon .............: 68.0 64.0 45.0 49,640 46,400 31,725
Pennsylvania .......: 73.0 71.0 77.0 10,220 13,490 15,015
South Carolina .....: 48.0 51.0 53.0 2,160 4,845 5,300
South Dakota .......: 52.0 58.0 38.0 40,040 34,800 27,360
Tennessee ..........: 67.0 59.0 71.0 14,405 13,570 23,430
Texas ..............: 34.0 30.0 37.0 71,400 61,500 74,000
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Utah ...............: 54.0 53.0 46.0 6,264 5,194 4,508
Virginia ...........: 62.0 60.0 67.0 6,510 7,800 8,040
Washington .........: 70.0 76.0 42.0 119,000 133,000 70,980
Wisconsin ..........: 64.0 69.0 75.0 9,600 8,625 18,375
Wyoming ............: 43.0 26.0 32.0 4,730 2,340 3,040
:
United States ......: 53.6 50.9 50.2 1,316,963 1,171,397 1,277,365
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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