SPRING WHEAT PRODUCTION
 
 Spring Wheat Other Than Durum.
 
 Growers produced an estimated 586 million bushels (15.9 million metric tons), up 16 percent 
 from the 1989 production and 163 percent more than in 1988. Yield averaged 36.9 bushels per 
 acre, up 17.6 bushels per acre from 1989. Area harvested totaled 15.9 million acres (6.5 
 million hectares), 8 percent less than the 17.2 million acres (7.0 million hectare) in 1989.
 
 Seeding of the 1990 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 drought that occurred in 1989. 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 problems from scab in eastern South Dakota and central to southern Minnesota because of 
 frequent June rains. 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 1990 Spring Wheat Crop
 
 The Statistical Reporting Service, USDA, preliminary report:
 
 			SPRING WHEAT OTHER THAN DURUM
 
 			Acres (1000)		Yield (Bu/A)		Bushels (1000)
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 State		1988	1989	1990	1988	1989	1990	1988	1989	1990
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 Minnesota	2,100	2,550	2,750	23.0	38.0	49.0	48,300	 96,900	134,750
 Montana		1,500	3,400	2,450	12.0	26.0	23.0	18,000	 88,400	 56,350
 North Dakota	4,700	7,400	7,700	15.0	24.0	36.0	71,250	177,600	277,200
 South Dakota	1,300	2,100	2,100	12.0	22.0	32.0	15,000	 46,200	 67,200
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 U.S.A.		10,538 17,214 15,875	19.4	29.3	36.9	204,764	504,759	585,864