SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION
 
 Spring Wheat other than Durum
 
 Growers produced an estimated 561 million bushels (15.4
 million metric tons), down 4 percent from 1993 production
 and down 27 percent from 1992.  Yield averaged 32 bushels
 per acre, down 2 bushels per acre from 1993.  Area harvested
 totaled 17.6 million acres (6.8 hectares), 4 percent less
 than the 18.2 million acres (7.1 million hectares) in 1993.
 
 Seeding of the spring wheat ranged greatly from early in
 some of the drier areas to later than normal.  The early
 seeded wheat encountered reasonably good growing conditions
 until early June.  Wet weather followed in late June and
 July, but August and September were normal in Minnesota and
 the eastern portions of North Dakota.  Fusarium head blight
 attacked wheat in some areas of South Dakota and in the
 northern growing areas, including Manitoba, Canada.  The
 results were devastating for both yield and quality of the
 grain.  Wheat in the northern Red River Valley were
 evaluated for DON and averaged almost 10 ppm, much higher
 than the acceptable limit for human recommended guidelines
 (2 ppm).  Other leaf diseases were present in epidemic
 proportions in some areas.  Loss estimates from scab due to
 decreased yield and quality to the wheat crop were estimated
 to be hundreds of millions of dollars.
 
 The 1994 Spring Wheat Crop
 
 
 The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA Preliminary Report:
 
 Spring Wheat Other Than Durum
 
              
       Acres Harvest          Average Yield       Total Bushels
       (1000)                 (bu/A)              (1000)
 STATE 1992    1993    1994   1992  1993  1994    1992    1993    1994
                                                                 
 MN    2,800   2,500   2,500   50    33    28   137,500  75,900  70,000
 MT    2,560   2,750   3,300   30    34    30    73,500  90,100  99,000
 ND    9,200   9,700   8,800   42    32    32   282,200 291,200 278,775
 SD    2,700   2,200   1,980   34    27    26    85,000  54,540  51,480
                                                           
 USA  15,100  18,698  17,647   42    34    32   755,218  579,060 560,720