According to the US Department of Agriculture, all wheat production totaled 1.65 billion bushels in 2021, down 10 percent from the 2020 total of 1.83 billion bushels.
Area harvested for grain totaled 37.2 million acres, up 1 percent from the previous year.
The United States yield was estimated at 44.3 bushels per acre, down 5.4 bushels from the previous year.
The levels of production and changes from 2020 by type were: winter wheat, 1.28 billion bushels, up 9 percent; other spring wheat, 331 million bushels, down 44 percent; and Durum wheat, 37.3 million bushels, down 46 percent.
Particularly, about durum wheat, production for 2021 was estimated at 37.3 million bushels, down 46 percent from the 2020 total of 69.1 million bushels.
Area harvested for grain totaled 1.53 million acres, down 8 percent from the previous year.
The United States yield was estimated at 24.3 bushels per acre, down 17.2 bushels from the 2020 yield.
Production in North Dakota, the largest Durum wheat-producing State, was down 44 percent from 2020.
The decrease in production is a result of dry conditions in the major Durum wheat growing States.
Harvest began in the two major Durum-wheat producing States of Montana and North Dakota in early August.
Harvest was 96 percent complete in both Montana and North Dakota by September 12.
