May 9, 2008
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) | |||||||
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| 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
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| 1,000 acres | 1,000 acres | Bushels | Bushels | 1,000 Bushels | 1,000 Bushels | 1,000 Bushels | |
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| 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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