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USDA: winter wheat crop up 10% on year
The USDA estimates 2021 winter wheat production at 1.283 billion bushels, up 10% from 2020.
The yield is seen at 52.1 bushels per acre, up 1.2 on the year, with 1.588 million acre increase in harvested area to 24.612 million .
Hard and soft red winter production are both expected to be above a year ago, at 730.883 million and 331.594 million bushels, respectively, but the USDA sees a smaller crop for white winter wheat at a combined 220.498 million bushels. In 2020, hard red winter production was 658.64 million bushels, soft red winter was 266.235 million, and white winter totaled 246.147 million bushels.
The total wheat production estimate for this year is 1.872 billion bushels with a yield of 50 bushels per acre and harvested area of 37.4 million acres.
As of Sunday, 49% of U.S. winter wheat is in good to excellent condition and while spring wheat planting and development are ahead of their respective averages, there are a lot of concerns about drought impacting production in the northern and northwestern U.S. Plains.
The USDA’s next set of supply, demand, and production numbers is out June 10th.
Year to year comparisons for listed Brownfield states:
Arkansas: 6 million bushels, compared to 4.125 million in 2020; average yield of 50 bushels per acre, compared to 55 a year ago; harvested area of 120,000 acres, compared to 75,000 last year
Illinois: 48.1 million bushels, compared to 35.36 million in 2020; average yield of 74 bushels per acre, compared to 68 a year ago; harvested area of 650,000 acres, compared to 520,000 last year
Indiana: 22.2 million bushels, compared to 17.5 million in 2020; average yield of 74 bushels per acre, compared to 70 a year ago; harvested area of 300,000 acres, compared to 250,000 last year
Michigan: 42.64 million bushels, compared to 33.75 million in 2020; average yield of 82 bushels per acre, compared to 75 a year ago; harvested area of 520,000 acres, compared to 450,000 last year
Missouri: 32.64 million bushels, compared to 22.94 million in 2020; average yield of 68 bushels per acre, compared to 62 a year ago; harvested area of 480,000 acres, compared to 470,000 last year
Nebraska: 36.66 million bushels, compared to 34.03 million in 2020; average yield of 47 bushels per acre, compared to 41 a year ago; harvested area of 780,000 acres, compared to 830,000 last year
Ohio: 39.75 million bushels, compared to 34.79 million in 2020; average yield of 75 bushels per acre, compared to 71 a year ago; harvested area of 530,000 acres, compared to 490,000 last year
South Dakota: 34.02 million bushels, compared to 34.8 million in 2020; average yield of 54 bushels per acre, compared to 58 a year ago; harvested area of 630,000 acres, compared to 600,000 last year
Tennessee: 22.4 million bushels, compared to 13.57 million in 2020; average yield of 70 bushels per acre, compared to 59 a year ago; harvested area of 320,000 acres, compared to 230,000 last year
Wisconsin: 15.4 million bushels, compared to 8.625 million in 2020; average yield of 70 bushels per acre, compared to 69 a year ago; harvested area of 220,000 acres, compared to 125,000 last year
