USDA Trims Winter Wheat Area
WASHINGTON - Jun 30/22 - SNS -- The 2022 winter wheat planted area is estimated at 34.0 million acres, down 1% from the previous estimate but up 1% from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates for 2022.
Of the total acreage, approximately 23.5 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 6.86 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.61 million acres are White Winter. Except for Colorado and Wyoming, much of the western United States is expecting increased planted acres from 2021.
Area harvested for grain is forecast at 25.0 million acres, up 2% from the previous forecast, but down 2% from last year. As of June 19, harvest was 25% complete, 3 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average pace. The northwest quadrant of the Nation is expecting to have more harvested acres than last year due to better growing conditions.
On the other hand, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas are expecting to harvest fewer acres than 2021 due to dry conditions. In those four States, the expected harvested area is 12.5 million acres, down 10% from last year. As of June 19, the winter wheat condition rating in Kansas, the leading wheat-producing State, was 27% good to excellent compared to 63% on June 20, 2021. Harvest in Kansas was 27% complete, as of June 19, nine percentage points ahead of the 5-year average pace.
Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested - States and United States: 2021 and 2022 [Includes area planted in preceding fall] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Area planted : Area harvested State :----------------------------------------------------------------------- : 2021 : 2022 : 2021 : 2022 1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 acres : Alabama .........: 175 180 110 115 Arkansas ........: 210 220 145 170 California ......: 340 345 80 120 Colorado ........: 2,200 2,000 1,880 1,650 Delaware ........: 60 80 35 60 Georgia .........: 220 210 110 95 Idaho ...........: 710 780 640 720 Illinois ........: 670 750 610 720 Indiana .........: 340 310 270 250 Kansas ..........: 7,300 7,400 7,000 6,850 : Kentucky ........: 510 530 350 400 Maryland ........: 345 345 160 175 Michigan ........: 610 470 560 425 Mississippi .....: 95 100 70 75 Missouri ........: 640 800 490 660 Montana .........: 1,950 2,050 1,730 1,900 Nebraska ........: 920 980 840 860 New Jersey ......: 23 26 16 22 New Mexico ......: 370 375 75 100 New York ........: 155 135 125 115 : North Carolina ..: 450 500 345 395 North Dakota ....: 90 100 60 90 Ohio ............: 580 530 515 480 Oklahoma ........: 4,400 4,400 2,950 2,700 Oregon ..........: 720 730 705 715 Pennsylvania ....: 270 275 195 210 South Carolina ..: 125 110 100 90 South Dakota ....: 800 830 720 760 Tennessee .......: 400 420 330 365 Texas ...........: 5,500 5,400 2,000 1,300 : Utah ............: 110 115 98 95 Virginia ........: 205 250 120 170 Washington ......: 1,750 1,850 1,690 1,790 Wisconsin .......: 290 300 245 260 Wyoming .........: 115 110 95 100 : United States ...: 33,648 34,006 25,464 25,002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Forecasted.
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