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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