Total Wheat Seedings Seen 4% Lower
WASHINGTON - Mar 28/24 - SNS -- Land in all classes of wheat planted in the United States is expected to drop 4% from last year to 47.5 million acres, according to the USDA's seeding intentions report.
The 2024 winter wheat planted area, at 34.1 million acres, is down 7% from last year and down 1% from the previous estimate for comparable States. Of this total, about 24.3 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 6.26 million acres are Soft Red Winter, and 3.59 million acres are White Winter.
Area expected to be planted to other spring wheat for 2024 is estimated at 11.3 million acres, up 1% from 2023. Of this total, about 10.7 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. Durum planted area for 2024 is expected to total 2.03 million acres, up 22% from the previous year for comparable States.
All Wheat Area Planted - States and United States: 2022-2024
[Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted
State :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 1/ : Percent of
: : : : previous year
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: ----------------- 1,000 acres ---------------- percent
:
Alabama ............: 180 205 135 66
Arizona ............: 85 38 60 158
Arkansas ...........: 220 230 135 59
California .........: 390 338 313 93
Colorado ...........: 1,950 2,300 2,100 91
Delaware ...........: 80 80 70 88
Georgia ............: 200 195 170 87
Idaho ..............: 1,158 1,170 1,160 99
Illinois ...........: 650 840 780 93
Indiana ............: 290 405 350 86
:
Kansas .............: 7,300 8,100 7,700 95
Kentucky ...........: 530 610 560 92
Maryland ...........: 355 340 325 96
Michigan ...........: 460 600 420 70
Minnesota ..........: 1,250 1,300 1,600 123
Mississippi ........: 100 120 70 58
Missouri ...........: 630 780 680 87
Montana ............: 5,460 5,255 5,500 105
Nebraska ...........: 980 1,130 1,000 88
New Jersey 2/ ......: 26 34 (NA) (X)
:
New Mexico .........: 360 405 385 95
New York ...........: 140 150 150 100
North Carolina .....: 480 480 410 85
North Dakota .......: 6,195 6,610 6,520 99
Ohio ...............: 510 650 530 82
Oklahoma ...........: 4,300 4,550 4,350 96
Oregon .............: 730 740 730 99
Pennsylvania .......: 270 280 250 89
South Carolina .....: 120 110 90 82
South Dakota .......: 1,580 1,660 1,720 104
:
Tennessee ..........: 410 470 380 81
Texas ..............: 5,300 6,400 5,900 92
Utah ...............: 110 105 105 100
Virginia ...........: 230 200 155 78
Washington .........: 2,325 2,300 2,325 101
Wisconsin ..........: 300 280 265 95
Wyoming ............: 115 115 105 91
:
United States ......: 45,769 49,575 47,498 96
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Intended plantings for 2024 as indicated by reports from farmers.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
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