North Dakota Boosts Durum Result
WASHINGTON - Jan 10/25 - SNS -- Durum wheat production for 2024 was estimated at 80.1 million bushels, up 36% from the 2023 total of 58.7 million bushels in comparable States, according to the USDA's final production estimates for 2024.
Area harvested for grain totaled 2.04 million acres, up 28% from 2023 in comparable States. The United States yield was estimated at 39.3 bushels per acre, up 2.5 bushels from the 2023 yield in comparable States. North Dakota yield was a record high in 2024.
Compared with last year, production in Montana and North Dakota, the largest Durum wheat-producing States, was down 5% in Montana but up 61% in North Dakota. Harvest was 98% complete in Montana and 77% complete in North Dakota by September 8.
Beginning in 2024, estimates for Durum wheat were discontinued in Idaho.
Durum Wheat Area Planted and Harvested, Yield, and Production - States and
United States: 2022-2024
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: Area planted : Area harvested
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: 1,000 acres
:
Arizona ........: 85 38 59 84 37 58
California .....: 40 18 25 35 17 23
Idaho 1/ .......: 8 10 (NA) 7 10 (NA)
Montana ........: 710 705 880 675 675 860
North Dakota ...: 790 905 1,100 780 865 1,095
:
United States ..: 1,633 1,676 2,064 1,581 1,604 2,036
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: Yield per acre : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2022 : 2023 : 2024 : 2022 : 2023 : 2024
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: ---------- bushels ---------- -------- 1,000 bushels -------
:
Arizona ........: 114.0 103.0 109.0 9,576 3,811 6,322
California .....: 110.0 114.0 108.0 3,850 1,938 2,484
Idaho 1/ .......: 65.0 65.0 (NA) 455 650 (NA)
Montana ........: 28.0 31.0 23.0 18,900 20,925 19,780
North Dakota ...: 40.0 37.0 47.0 31,200 32,005 51,465
:
United States ..: 40.5 37.0 39.3 63,981 59,329 80,051
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates discontinued in 2024.
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