According to the US Department of Agriculture, Winter Wheat Production is up 4 percent from June forecast;
Durum Wheat Production is down 46 percent from 2020;
Other Spring Wheat Production is down 41 percent from 2020.
In particular, winter wheat production is forecast at 1.36 billion bushels, up 4 percent from the June 1 forecast and up 16 percent from 2020.
As of July 1, the United States yield is forecast at 53.6 bushels per acre, up 0.4 bushel from last month and up 2.7 bushels from last year’s average yield of 50.9 bushels per acre.
Area expected to be harvested for grain or seed totals 25.4 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2021, but up 11 percent from last year.
Hard Red Winter production, at 805 million bushels, is up 4 percent from last month.
Soft Red Winter, at 362 million bushels, is up 8 percent from the June forecast.
White Winter, at 198 million bushels, is down 2 percent from last month.
Of the White Winter production, 16.4 million bushels are Hard White and 181 million bushels are Soft White.
Durum wheat production is forecast at 37.2 million bushels, down 46 percent from 2020.
Based on July 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 25.8 bushels per harvested acre, down 15.6 bushels from 2020.
Area expected to be harvested for grain or seed totals 1.44 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2021, but down 13 percent from 2020.
Other spring wheat production for grain is forecast at 345 million bushels, down 41 percent from last year.
Based on July 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 30.7 bushels per harvested acre, down 17.9 bushels from 2020.
If realized, this would be the lowest yield since 2002 for the United States.
Area harvested for grain or seed is expected to total 11.2 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 30, 2021, but 7 percent below 2020.
Of the total production, 305 million bushels are Hard Red Spring wheat, down 42 percent from 2020.
This report was released and approved on July 12, 2021, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (#NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (#USDA).
