Durum Harvest Revised Lower
WASHINGTON - Aug 12/24 - SNS -- Durum wheat production is forecast at 76.9 million bushels, down 14% from the previous forecast but up 30% from 2023, according to the latest USDA crop production report.
Based on August 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 38.1 bushels per harvested acre, down 4.6 bushels from the previous forecast but up 1.1 bushels from 2023.
Acreage updates were made based on a thorough review of all available data. Total planted area, at 2.09 million acres, is down 4% from the Acreage report released on June 28, 2024, but up 24% from 2023. Area expected to be harvested for grain or seed totals 2.02 million acres, down 4% from the Acreage report, but up 27% from 2023 in comparable States.
Durum Wheat Area Planted and Harvested - States and
United States: 2023-2024
[Includes updates to planted and harvested area previously published.
Includes area planted in preceding fall]
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 : 2024 1/
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arizona .........: 38 60 37 59
California ......: 18 25 17 23
Idaho 2/ ........: 10 (NA) 10 (NA)
Montana .........: 705 880 675 850
North Dakota ....: 905 1,120 865 1,085
:
United States ...: 1,676 2,085 1,604 2,017
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Forecasted.
2/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
Durum Wheat Area Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2023 and
Forecasted August 1, 2024
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: Area harvested : Yield per acre : Production
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State : : : : 2024 : :
: 2023 : 2024 : 2023 :-----------------: 2023 : 2024
: : : : July 1 :August 1: :
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: 1,000 acres -------- bushels ------- 1,000 bushels
:
Arizona ........: 37 59 103.0 107.0 107.0 3,811 6,313
California .....: 17 23 114.0 105.0 105.0 1,938 2,415
Idaho 1/ .......: 10 (NA) 65.0 (NA) (NA) 650 (NA)
Montana ........: 675 850 31.0 32.0 24.0 20,925 20,400
North Dakota ...: 865 1,085 37.0 46.0 44.0 32,005 47,740
:
United States ..: 1,604 2,017 37.0 42.7 38.1 59,329 76,868
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
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