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SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION
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Growers produced an estimated 530.7 million bushels (14.6 million
metric tons), down 5 percent from the 1994 production and down 6
percent from 1993. Yield averaged 32 bushels per acre, the same
in 1994 and 2 bushels down from 1993. Area harvested totaled
16.5 million acres (6.3 million hectares), 7 percent less than
the 17.6 million acres in 1994 and 2 percent less than in 1993.
Scab again caused severe losses to producers in the east central
to the northeastern part of North Dakota and in northwestern
Minnesota. This is the third year the disease has had
significant impact on yield and quality of wheat grown in those
areas. Most of the rest of the states were relatively free of
scab. The dryer weather following anthesis and the very late
seeding in some areas because of wet seed beds, possibly helped
reduce scab in 1995. Leaf diseases were again present, following
the wet June weather.
THE 1994 SPRING WHEAT CROP (The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA Preliminary Report)
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ACRES HARVESTED YIELD PRODUCTION
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State 1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995 1993 1994 1995
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(*1000) BU/AC (*1000)
MN 2,700 2,600 2,250 31.0 28.0 32.0 68,750 70,000 70,400
MT 2,800 3,450 3,750 37.0 30.0 35.0 99,900 100,500 127,750
ND 9,600 9,100 8,300 31.0 31.5 27.0 274,350 278,775 221,400
SD 2,200 2,100 1,250 27.0 26.0 28.0 54,540 51,480 33,600
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USA 18,340 18,329 16,815 33.7 31.8 32.2 565,821 562,291 530,698