wheat plantings

According to the USDA, wheat acreage planted for the 2020 harvest is expected to total 30.8 million acres, down 1% from last year and down 5% from 2018.  Acting World Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski said that continues the downward trend of wheat acreage dating back 50 years.  ...

Washington winter wheat growers planted an estimated 1.7 million acres of winter wheat for harvest last year.  That figure, according to NASS, was unchanged from 2017 and 2016 numbers.  In Oregon, farmers seeded 710,000 acres, up 1% from 2017, and down 1% from 2016.  As far ...

The USDA has finally released it's first look at the winter wheat plantings.  Those figures were delayed because of the government shutdown.   "We do see winter wheat planted acres coming in at 31.3 million acres, down 4% year-over-year,” according to USDA Chief Economist Robb Johannson.  “That was mos...

After getting a look at last week's USDA prospective plantings and grain stocks reports for wheat.   "The higher prices we've seen lately for wheat protein is likely to be pushed down a little bit by the news today,” said USDA's Chief Economist Rob Johansson.  “Both fr...