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USDA: winter wheat acreage second lowest on record
The USDA says 30.804 million acres of winter wheat were planted in the U.S. this year. That’s down 1% from 2019 and the second lowest on record. Planting got off to a slow start because of weather, but managed to catch up or pass the average pace in most states and was nearly complete by mid-November.
Hard red winter acreage is pegged at 21.8 million acres, 3% lower than the year before, with record low acreage in Nebraska, while soft red winter came out at 5.6 million acres, up 8%, and white winter acreage was 3.4 million acres, a decrease of 4%.
The USDA will be issuing monthly state crop condition stories until the resumption of weekly updates in April.
Year to year changes for applicable Brownfield states:
Arkansas: Winter Wheat: 160,000 acres, up 45% from 2019
Illinois: Winter Wheat: 490,000 acres, down 25% from 2019
Indiana: Winter Wheat: 310,000 acres, down 6% from 2019
Michigan: Winter Wheat: 500,000 acres, down 7% from 2019
Nebraska: Winter Wheat: Record Low 900,000 acres, down 16% from 2019
Ohio: Winter Wheat: 560,000 acres, up 12% from 2019
South Dakota: Winter Wheat: 700,000 acres, down 19% from 2019
Tennessee: Winter Wheat: 370,000 acres, up 32% from 2019
Wisconsin: Winter Wheat: 140,000 acres, down 28% from 2019
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