SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION
 
 Spring Wheat Other Than Durum.
 
 Growers produced an estimated 505 million bushels (13.7 million metric tons), up 147 percent 
 from the 1988 production and 13 percent more than in 1987. Yield averaged 29.3 bushels per 
 acre, up 10 bushels per acre from 1988. Area harvested totaled 17.2 million acres (7.0 million 
 hectares), 64 percent more than the 10.5 million acres (4.3 million hectare) in 1987.
 
 Seeding of the 1989 spring wheat was normal to early in most areas with normal emergence in 
 most areas. Temperatures were relatively normal, but subsoil moisture was very limited from the 
 severe drought that occurred in 1988. The crop was totally dependent upon the current rainfall 
 with no soil moisture reserve. Therefore yields could vary widely depending upon the rainfall 
 patterns which developed. Most diseases were of minor importance in most areas, with some 
 problems from wheat streak virus in spring wheat when planted near winter wheat. Harvest was 
 normal in most areas with little sprouting problems. Severe drought stress was encountered 
 primarily in the western areas of North Dakota and South Dakota, and in eastern Montana.
 
 The 1989 Spring Wheat Crop
 
 The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, preliminary report:
 
 SPRING WHEAT OTHER THAN DURUM
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 			Acres (1000)		Yield (Bu/A)		Bushels (1000)
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 State		1987	1988	1989	1987	1988	1989	1987	1988	1989
 
 Minnesota	2,400	2,100	2,550	41.0	23.0	38.0	98,400	48,300	96,900
 Montana		2,300	1,500	3,400	29.0	12.0	26.0	66,700	18,000	88,400
 North Dakota	6,100	4,750	7,400	31.0	15.0	24.0	189,100	71,250	177,600
 South Dakota	1,080	1,300	2,100	27.0	12.0	22.0	48,600	15,000	46,200
 
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 U.S.A.		13,343 10,538 17,214	33.6	19.4	29.3	448,514 204,764   504,759