Nebraska’s winter wheat forecast is down 3% from last year, according to a May 9 USDA Crop Production Report.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that, based on May 1 conditions, Nebraska is expected to harvest 81.4 million bushels of winter wheat, down six percent from last year. Average yield is expected to be 44 bu/ac — down a bushel from last year but almost 4 bushels higher than the 10-year Nebraska average.
Nationally, the winter wheat harvest is expected to be 1.78 billion bushels, up 17% from 2007.
| Table 1. Winter Wheat: Area Harvested, Yield, and Production by State and Forecasted May 1, 2008 (USDA May 9, 2008 report) | |||||||
| State | Harvested |
Yield |
Production |
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2007 |
2008 |
2007 |
2008 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
1,000 acres |
1,000 acres |
Bushels |
Bushels |
1,000 Bushels |
1,000 Bushels |
1,000 Bushels |
|
| Colorado | 2,350 |
2,100 |
40.0 |
32.0 |
39,900 |
94,000 |
67,200 |
| Kansas | 8,600 |
9,400 |
33.0 |
38.0 |
291,200 |
283,800 |
357,200 |
| Montana | 2,190 |
2,600 |
38.0 |
34.0 |
82,560 |
83,220 |
88,400 |
| Nebraska | 1,960 |
1,850 |
43.0 |
44.0 |
61,200 |
84,280 |
81,400 |
| Oklahoma | 3,500 |
4,500 |
28.0 |
33.0 |
81,600 |
98,000 |
148,500 |
| South Dakota | 1,980 |
1,750 |
48.0 |
44.0 |
41,400 |
95,040 |
77,000 |
| Texas | 3,800 |
3,400 |
37.0 |
29.0 |
33,600 |
140,600 |
98,600 |
| Washington | 1,690 |
1,720 |
64.0 |
63.0 |
118,800 |
108,160 |
108,360 |
| U.S. | 35,952 |
40,162 |
42.2 |
44.3 |
1,298,081 |
1,515,989 |
1,777,532 |
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