Winter Wheat Harvest Down 14%
WASHINGTON - JAN 12/23 - SNS -- Winter wheat production for 2022 totaled 1.10 billion bushels, down 14% from the 2021 total of 1.28 billion bushels, according to the USDA's final crop report for 2022.
The United States yield, at 47.0 bushels per acre, was down 3.2 bushels from 2021. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 23.5 million acres, down 8% from 2021. Record low planted acres were estimated in Utah in 2022. Record low harvested acres were estimated in California and Utah in 2022. Record high yields were estimated in Illinois, New Jersey, North Dakota, and Tennessee for 2022.
Compared with 2021, harvested acreage was down 11% in the major Hard Red Winter (HRW) growing States, the primary winter wheat-producing area. HRW production totaled 531 million bushels, down 29% from 2021.
In the Soft Red Winter (SRW) growing area, planted and harvested acreage decreased from 2021. SRW production totaled 337 million bushels, down 7% from 2021.
White winter wheat production totaled 236 million bushels, up 41% from 2021. Harvested acreage was up 3% from 2021.
Winter Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2020-2022
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: Area planted 1/ : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: 1,000 acres
:
Alabama ............: 135 175 180 70 110 120
Arkansas ...........: 145 210 220 75 145 150
California .........: 385 360 340 85 90 70
Colorado ...........: 1,900 2,200 1,950 1,520 1,880 1,430
Delaware ...........: 75 60 80 55 35 54
Georgia ............: 190 220 200 85 110 100
Idaho ..............: 720 710 770 660 640 710
Illinois ...........: 570 670 650 520 610 560
Indiana ............: 300 340 290 250 270 240
Kansas .............: 6,600 7,300 7,300 6,250 7,000 6,600
:
Kentucky ...........: 510 510 530 340 350 375
Maryland ...........: 355 345 355 150 160 170
Michigan ...........: 490 610 460 450 560 415
Mississippi ........: 40 95 100 20 70 75
Missouri ...........: 480 640 630 370 490 410
Montana ............: 1,550 1,950 2,050 1,490 1,730 1,800
Nebraska ...........: 900 920 980 830 840 820
New Jersey .........: 25 23 26 18 16 22
New Mexico .........: 335 380 355 115 80 85
New York ...........: 150 155 140 120 125 100
:
North Carolina .....: 450 450 480 350 345 375
North Dakota .......: 40 90 105 33 60 95
Ohio ...............: 530 580 510 490 515 465
Oklahoma ...........: 4,250 4,400 4,300 2,600 2,950 2,450
Oregon .............: 740 720 730 725 705 720
Pennsylvania .......: 235 270 270 190 195 210
South Carolina .....: 110 125 120 95 100 100
South Dakota .......: 630 800 830 600 710 730
Tennessee ..........: 300 400 410 230 330 335
Texas ..............: 4,900 5,500 5,300 2,050 2,000 1,300
:
Utah ...............: 110 110 110 98 93 88
Virginia ...........: 220 205 230 130 120 150
Washington .........: 1,800 1,750 1,850 1,750 1,690 1,800
Wisconsin ..........: 160 290 305 125 245 240
Wyoming ............: 120 115 115 90 95 95
:
United States ......: 30,450 33,678 33,271 23,029 25,464 23,459
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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:
2020-2022 (continued)
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2020 : 2021 : 2022 : 2020 : 2021 : 2022
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: ---------- bushels --------- --------- 1,000 bushels ---------
:
Alabama ............: 72.0 83.0 72.0 5,040 9,130 8,640
Arkansas ...........: 55.0 58.0 53.0 4,125 8,410 7,950
California .........: 75.0 82.0 73.0 6,375 7,380 5,110
Colorado ...........: 27.0 37.0 25.0 41,040 69,560 35,750
Delaware ...........: 73.0 70.0 76.0 4,015 2,450 4,104
Georgia ............: 55.0 56.0 58.0 4,675 6,160 5,800
Idaho ..............: 101.0 71.0 90.0 66,660 45,440 63,900
Illinois ...........: 68.0 79.0 79.0 35,360 48,190 44,240
Indiana ............: 70.0 85.0 81.0 17,500 22,950 19,440
Kansas .............: 45.0 52.0 37.0 281,250 364,000 244,200
:
Kentucky ...........: 63.0 87.0 80.0 21,420 30,450 30,000
Maryland ...........: 73.0 79.0 78.0 10,950 12,640 13,260
Michigan ...........: 75.0 81.0 83.0 33,750 45,360 34,445
Mississippi ........: 48.0 59.0 52.0 960 4,130 3,900
Missouri ...........: 62.0 65.0 60.0 22,940 31,850 24,600
Montana ............: 51.0 31.0 33.0 75,990 53,630 59,400
Nebraska ...........: 41.0 49.0 32.0 34,030 41,160 26,240
New Jersey .........: 67.0 67.0 70.0 1,206 1,072 1,540
New Mexico .........: 28.0 36.0 17.0 3,220 2,880 1,445
New York ...........: 66.0 77.0 72.0 7,920 9,625 7,200
:
North Carolina .....: 60.0 56.0 64.0 21,000 19,320 24,000
North Dakota .......: 49.0 33.0 60.0 1,617 1,980 5,700
Ohio ...............: 71.0 85.0 79.0 34,790 43,775 36,735
Oklahoma ...........: 40.0 39.0 28.0 104,000 115,050 68,600
Oregon .............: 64.0 45.0 68.0 46,400 31,725 48,960
Pennsylvania .......: 71.0 77.0 73.0 13,490 15,015 15,330
South Carolina .....: 51.0 53.0 57.0 4,845 5,300 5,700
South Dakota .......: 58.0 38.0 52.0 34,800 26,980 37,960
Tennessee ..........: 59.0 71.0 73.0 13,570 23,430 24,455
Texas ..............: 30.0 37.0 30.0 61,500 74,000 39,000
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Utah ...............: 53.0 46.0 36.0 5,194 4,278 3,168
Virginia ...........: 60.0 67.0 68.0 7,800 8,040 10,200
Washington .........: 76.0 42.0 68.0 133,000 70,980 122,400
Wisconsin ..........: 69.0 75.0 78.0 8,625 18,375 18,720
Wyoming ............: 26.0 32.0 17.0 2,340 3,040 1,615
:
United States ......: 50.9 50.2 47.0 1,171,397 1,277,755 1,103,707
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1/ Includes area planted in preceding fall.
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