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Winter wheat acreage down 10%

The USDA says U.S. producers planted less winter wheat than expected this year. USDA has planted area at 32.383 million acres, down 10% from the 2016 total of 36.137 million, about a million acres less than what many analysts had been expecting and the second lowest total on record. Hard red winter dropped 12% to 23.3 million acres, including a record low for Nebraska, and soft red winter was 6% lower at 5.68 million with an all-time low in Ohio. White winter acreage was pegged at 3.37 million acres. Producers planted fewer acres this year because of low returns on investment, slow export demand, and USDA’s projected record global supply.

Winter wheat acreage figures for Brownfield states:

Illinois: Winter Wheat: 500,000 acres, down 4% from 2016

Indiana: Winter Wheat: 290,000 acres, down 12% from 2016

Iowa: Winter Wheat: 23,000 acres, down 8% from 2016

Michigan: Winter Wheat: 470,000 acres, down 23% from 2016

Minnesota: Winter Wheat: 14,000 acres, up 27% from 2016

Missouri: Winter Wheat: 680,000 acres, down 1% from 2016

Nebraska: Winter Wheat: 1.09 million acres, down 20% from 2016

Ohio: Winter Wheat: 490,000 acres, down 16% from 2016 South Dakota: Winter Wheat: 900,000 acres, down 24% from 2016

Wisconsin: Winter Wheat: 220,000 acres, down 19% from 2016