Drought Savaged Durum Yields
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/22 - SNS -- Durum wheat production for 2021 was estimated at 37.3 million bushels, down 46% from the 2020 total of 69.1 million bushels, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2021.
Area harvested for grain totaled 1.53 million acres, down 8% from the previous year. The United States yield was estimated at 24.3 bushels per acre, down 17.2 bushels from the 2020 yield.
Production in North Dakota, the largest Durum wheat-producing State, was down 44% from 2020. The decrease in production is a result of dry conditions in the major Durum wheat growing States. Harvest began in the two major Durum-wheat producing States of Montana and North Dakota in early August.
Durum Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2019-2021
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arizona ........: 36 50 53 35 49 52
California .....: 30 25 25 22 17 20
Idaho ..........: 5 10 7 5 9 7
Montana ........: 550 695 670 505 690 635
North Dakota ...: 720 910 880 610 900 820
:
United States ..: 1,341 1,690 1,635 1,177 1,665 1,534
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2019 : 2020 : 2021 : 2019 : 2020 : 2021
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: ---------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels -------
:
Arizona ........: 104.0 99.0 90.0 3,640 4,851 4,680
California .....: 102.0 87.0 110.0 2,244 1,479 2,200
Idaho ..........: 87.0 89.0 77.0 435 801 539
Montana ........: 43.0 39.0 16.0 21,715 26,910 10,160
North Dakota ...: 42.5 39.0 24.0 25,925 35,100 19,680
:
United States ..: 45.8 41.5 24.3 53,959 69,141 37,259
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