Spring Wheat Yields Down As Harvest Ramps Up

Much of the attention of this year’s wheat crop has been on winter wheat, thanks to the dreadful year growers in the Midwest are having. When it comes to this year’s spring wheat crop, numbers there continue to tick down as well.

Spring Wheat Yields Down Nationwide

Anthony Prillaman with NASS said when it comes to planted and harvested acreage, both figures were raised 2.3% from the previous estimate. However, both adjusted numbers are down more than 3% year-over-year.

“The yield forecast at 51.1 bushels per acre is down 2.3% or 1.2 bushels from last month's forecast and down 1.2% or six-tenths of a bushel from the previous year," Prillaman said. "Reduction at 474 million bushels is down one-tenth of a percent from the July forecast and down 4.5% from 2025.”

Spring Wheat Harvest Moving Well; Quality Of The Local Crop Is Good

Here in the Northwest, 25% of Idaho’s spring wheat crop has been harvested, ahead of the five-year average of 17%, while Washington’s 30% is right in line with the five-year-average. The national average is 24% harvest, slightly ahead of the five-year-average of 19%.

As far as quality of the crop is concerned, 53% of Washington’s spring wheat crop is considered good to excellent, while 7% is considered poor to very-poor. In Idaho, 62% of this year’s crop is good to excellent, while 7% is poor to very poor.

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