Durum Wheat Output Soars
WASHINGTON - Jul 12/24 - SNS -- Durum wheat production is forecast at 89.3 million bushels, up 52% from 2023 in comparable States, according to the USDA
The United States yield is forecast at 42.7 bushels per acre, up 5.9 bushels from last year's average yield in comparable States. Area expected to be harvested for grain or seed totals 2.09 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 28, 2024, but up 31% from 2023 in comparable States. A record high yield is forecast in North Dakota for 2024.
Beginning in 2024, estimates for Durum wheat were discontinued in Idaho.
Durum Wheat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2023 and
Forecasted July 1, 2024
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2024 : :
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 :-----------------: 2023 : 2024
: : : : June 1 : July 1 : :
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: 1,000 acres -------- bushels ------- 1,000 bushels
:
Arizona ........: 37 59 103.0 102.0 107.0 3,811 6,313
California .....: 17 23 114.0 103.0 105.0 1,938 2,415
Idaho 1/ .......: 10 (NA) 65.0 (NA) (NA) 650 (NA)
Montana ........: 675 850 31.0 (X) 32.0 20,925 27,200
North Dakota ...: 865 1,160 37.0 (X) 46.0 32,005 53,360
:
United States ..: 1,604 2,092 37.0 (X) 42.7 59,329 89,288
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(NA) Not available.
(X) Not applicable.
1/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
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