High Wheat Yields Reported by Farmers
Category: Grains
(AgWeb) – Yields for more than 63,000 acres have been reported to AgWeb’s Winter Wheat Harvest Map. As of this week, the map’s average national yield is 61.8 bu./acre.
Eight farmers have reported wheat yields of 100 bu./acre or more. They include:
Location | Average Yield (bu./acre) | Total Acres |
Locan County, Okla. | 160 | 30 |
Minidoka County, Idaho | 130 | 400 |
Lancaster County, Pa. | 116 | 27 |
Darke County, Ohio | 114 | 21 |
Colusa County, Calif. | 110 | 150 |
Cedar County, Iowa | 110 | 83 |
Jay County, Ind. | 101 | 96 |
Mercer County, Ohio | 100 | 25 |
In its monthly Crop Production report on June 12, USDA estimated the U.S. winter wheat yield to be 47.3 bu./acre, down 0.3 bushel from last month but 1.1 bushels more than last year. Total winter wheat production is forecast at 1.68 billion bushels, 13% above 2011. Expected area for harvest as grain or seed totals 35.6 million acres.
As of July 1, 69% of the U.S. wheat crop has been harvested, according to USDA. The five-year average for this time is 43%.
The Word on Wheat
According to wheat comments to AgWeb’s Virtual Wheat Tour, many farmers are satisfied with this year’s crop. Here are some of their reports:
Cheyenne County, Neb.: Finished wheat harvest Saturday. Yields were nothing to talk about, however the quality was very good.
Huntington County, Ind.: We finished wheat harvest June 25, which is by far the earliest ever. It yielded about 71 bu./acre, which is very surprising due to the lack of rain.
Lancaster County, Pa.: Yield checks on the wheat yesterday at 116 and 132 bpa, verified with the help of a Pioneer seed representative and a CNH engineering representative.
Buffalo County, Neb.: Finished wheat harvest today — have never even started by this date before! Wheat yields (irrigated) were excellent, over 100 bpa. Will bale the straw and plant a short season corn with hopes of making silage out of it.
Southeast Indiana: Still extremely dry here. Finished wheat harvest on June 19, earliest ever. Yields ranged from 53-87 bu./acre. Average of 81 bu.
Continue to watch wheat harvest progress on AgWeb’s Winter Wheat Harvest Map. Be sure to submit your own harvest report!