Wheat Production Is Up From The Last Forecast, But Down Year-To-Year
10/14/2009 09:01AM
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National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) September Small Grains–2009 Summary reported all wheat production at 2,220 million bushels in 2009, up 36 million bushels from the September forecast, but down 279 million bushels from 2008. Higher hard red spring (HRS) and hard red winter (HRW) production only partially offset lower soft red winter (SRW) and white estimates.
All-wheat harvested area is 50.1 million acres, down 0.3 million acres from the previous forecast and down 5.6 million acres from last year. The U.S. all-wheat yield is 44.4 bushels per acre, up 1.1 bushels from the last forecast, but down 0.5 bushels from last year. Last year’s yield of 44.9 bushels per acre was a record for U.S. wheat.