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Crop Production                                                                              
National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA
Washington, D.C.
                                                                               
Released May 12, 2009, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.  For information on "Crop Production" call  (202) 720-2127, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

 

Winter Wheat Production Down 20 Percent from 2008               
                                                                               
Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.50 billion bushels, down 20 percent from 2008.  Expected area for harvest as grain or seed totals 34.0 million acres, down 14 percent from last year.  Based on May 1 conditions, the U.S. yield is forecast at 44.2 bushels per acre, down 3.0 bushels from the previous year.

Hard Red production is down 16 percent from a year ago to 871 million bushels.  Soft Red production is down 31 percent and totals 422 million bushels.  White production totals 208 million bushels, down 5 percent from a year ago.  Of the White production total, 20.8 million bushels are Hard White and 188 million bushels are Soft White.

 Winter Wheat:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State and United States, 2007-2008 and Forecasted May 1, 2009           
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       :      Harvested      :      Yield      :           Production          
 State :------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :   2008   :   2009   :  2008  :  2009  :   2007   :   2008   :   2009  
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       :  -- 1,000 Acres --     -- Bushels --   -------- 1,000 Bushels --------
       :                                                                       
AR     :     980        430     57.0     54.0      28,700     55,860     23,220
CA     :     400        280     85.0     80.0      21,465     34,000     22,400
CO     :   1,900      2,300     30.0     32.0      91,650     57,000     73,600
GA     :     400        240     56.0     50.0       9,200     22,400     12,000
ID     :     800        700     75.0     82.0      51,830     60,000     57,400
IL     :   1,150        800     64.0     63.0      48,950     73,600     50,400
IN     :     560        430     69.0     69.0      20,720     38,640     29,670
KS     :   8,900      8,500     40.0     40.0     283,800    356,000    340,000
KY     :     460        400     71.0     72.0      12,000     32,660     28,800
MD     :     180        180     73.0     67.0      10,560     13,140     12,060
MI     :     710        570     69.0     69.0      34,450     48,990     39,330
MS     :     485        200     62.0     60.0      18,480     30,070     12,000
MO     :   1,160        750     48.0     51.0      37,840     55,680     38,250
MT     :   2,420      2,400     39.0     39.0      83,220     94,380     93,600
ND     :     550        490     41.0     46.0      21,805     22,550     22,540
NE     :   1,670      1,600     44.0     42.0      84,280     73,480     67,200
NY     :     122        110     63.0     58.0       4,505      7,686      6,380
NC     :     720        510     60.0     55.0      20,000     43,200     28,050
OH     :   1,090        990     68.0     66.0      44,530     74,120     65,340
OK     :   4,500      3,500     37.0     23.0      98,000    166,500     80,500
OR     :     775        720     58.0     53.0      38,160     44,950     38,160
PA     :     185        180     64.0     59.0       8,990     11,840     10,620
SC     :     205        160     54.0     51.0       4,050     11,070      8,160
SD     :   1,890      1,550     55.0     49.0      91,080    103,950     75,950
TN     :     520        300     63.0     64.0      10,660     32,760     19,200
TX     :   3,300      2,400     30.0     27.0     140,600     99,000     64,800
VA     :     280        245     71.0     66.0      13,120     19,880     16,170
WA     :   1,720      1,700     56.0     60.0     104,780     96,320    102,000
WI     :     335        305     66.0     62.0      18,360     22,110     18,910
       :                                                                       
Oth    :                                                                       
 Sts 1/:   1,247      1,055     53.0     43.0      43,456     66,067     45,364
       :                                                                       
US     :  39,614     33,995     47.2     44.2   1,499,241  1,867,903  1,502,074

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1/  Other States include AL, AZ, DE, FL, IA, LA, MN, NV, NJ, NM, UT, WV, and WY.
    Individual State level estimates will be published in the "Small Grains    
    2009 Summary."
                                                             
                                                                               
Durum Wheat:  Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State and United States, 2007-2008 and Forecasted May 1, 2009           
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       :   Area Harvested    :      Yield      :           Production          
 State :------------------------------------------------------------------------
       :   2008   :   2009   :  2008  :  2009  :   2007   :   2008   :   2009  
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       :    1,000 Acres        --- Bushels --     ------- 1,000 Bushels ------ 
       :                                                                       
AZ     :    149       125       98.0    105.0      8,364     14,602     13,125 
CA     :    155       135      105.0     90.0      8,000     16,275     12,150 
MT     :    570                 19.0              11,400     10,830            
ND     :  1,690                 25.0              43,070     42,250            
       :                                                                       
Oth    :                                                                       
 Sts 2/:     20                 46.0               1,390        920            
       :                                                                       
US     :  2,584                 32.8              72,224     84,877            
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1/  Area harvested for the U.S. and remaining States will be published in      
    "Acreage" released June 30, 2009.  Yield and production will be published in
    "Crop Production" released July 10, 2009.                                  
2/  Other States include ID and SD.  Individual State level estimates will     
    be published in the "Small Grains 2009 Summary."                           
                                                                               
      Wheat:  Production by Class, United States, 2007-2008    
                  and Forecasted May 1, 2009 1/                
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      :                         Winter                         
      :---------------------------------------------------------
 Year :   Hard   :   Soft   :   Hard    :   Soft    :    All   
      :   Red    :   Red    :   White   :   White   :   White  
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      :                      1,000 Bushels                     
      :                                                        
 2007 :  955,555   352,026     21,454      170,206     191,660 
 2008 :1,035,235   613,578     22,730      196,360     219,090 
 2009 :  871,394   422,313     20,764      187,603     208,367 
                                                                               
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      :                         Spring                          :        
      :---------------------------------------------------------:        
      :   Hard   :   Hard   :   Soft    :    All    :           :  Total 
      :   Red    :  White   :   White   :   White   :   Durum   :        
      :-------------------------------------------------------------------
      :                           1,000 Bushels                          
      :                                                                  
 2007 : 450,070     5,585      23,968      29,553      72,224    2,051,088
 2008 : 511,508     6,315      28,921      35,236      84,877    2,499,524
 2009 :                                                                  
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1/  Wheat class estimates are based on the latest available data including
    both survey and administrative data.  The previous end-of-season     
    class percentages are used throughout the forecast season for States 
    that do not have survey or administrative data available.