University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

June 15, 2006

Nebraska June 1 wheat forecast is down

Based on June 1 conditions, Nebraska’s 2006 winter wheat crop is forecast at 56.1 million bushels, down 11% from a month ago and 18% from last year’s crop, according to the Nebraska Field Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 34 bushels per acre, down 4 bushels from last month and 5 bushels below last year and the 10-year average. However, this is above 2002’s drought-reduced yield of 33 bushels per acre and production of 50.2 million bushels.

Acreage to be harvested for grain is estimated at 1.65 million acres, unchanged from last month but down 110,000 acres from last year.

Precipitation during April and May averaged two inches or less for many Panhandle and southwestern producers. This, combined with dry conditions coming into spring, has resulted in nearly half the crop being rated as poor or very poor condition.

Mark Harris, director of the Nebraska Field Office, noted that “Above average temperatures during the last half of May, coupled with limited precipitation, cut yield potential of the 2006 crop.”

News Release, June 9, 2006
Nebraska Field Office
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

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