Milling & Baking News - June 24, 2014 - 13

Data


Winter wheat production
in bus
2,000,000,000

1,500,000,000

1,000,000,000

1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014*

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture

32,572,000 acres, unchanged from
the May projection and 170,000 acres
larger than a year ago.
Winter wheat yield was forecast
to average 42.4 bus per acre, down
from 43.1 bus per acre as the May
outlook and down sharply from 47.4
bus per acre in 2013. It would be the
lowest average winter wheat yield
since 2007.
The U.S.D.A. forecast hard red winter wheat production at 720,477,000
bus, which was 3% lower than the
May projection and 23,552,000 bus,
or 3%, lower than the 2013 outturn of
744,029,000 bus.
The U.S.D.A. stated in commentary
accompanying the production data,
"Forecasted head counts from the
objective field survey in the six hard
red winter states (Colorado, Kansas,
Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Texas) are above last year's levels
in Colorado and Nebraska but below in Kansas, Montana, Oklahoma
and Texas. Drought conditions continue to plague the southern Great
Plains region."
The Kansas crop was forecast at
243,600,000 bus, down 16,800,000 bus
from the May projection and down
24% from 319,200,000 bus in 2013.
The 2014 crop was expected to be the
state's smallest since 213,600,000 bus
were harvested in 1989. The Oklahoma crop was estimated at 59,400,000
bus, down 3,300,000 bus from the
May projection and down 44% from
105,400,000 bus in 2013. The Oklahoma crop was estimated to be the
state's smallest since 1957. Texas
wheat production was estimated at
47,500,000 bus, down 7,600,000 bus
from the May outlook and down 27%
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from 65,250,000 bus in 2013. It would
be the smallest Texas crop since
33,600,000 bus in the disastrous year
2006. With the exception of the 2006
crop, this year's winter wheat crop
would be the smallest Texas outturn
since 1972.
The U.S.D.A. forecast the soft red
winter wheat crop at 454,213,000 bus,
up 7,128,000 bus, or 2%, from the
May projection but down 20% from
564,907,000 bus in 2013. The U.S.D.A.
noted, "Forecasted head counts from
the objective yield survey in the three
soft red winter states (Illinois, Missouri and Ohio) are above last year's
levels in Ohio but below in Illinois
and Missouri. Forecasted head counts
in Missouri were at record levels
last year."
Winter wheat production in the
Central states - Missouri, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan - was
forecast at 189,120,000 bus, down 20%
from a year ago but higher than the region's 2012 outturn at 172,155,000 bus.
The U.S.D.A. forecast soft white
winter wheat production this year
at 195,515,000 bus, down 2,810,000
bus from the May projection and
down 9% from 214,163,000 bus in
2013. The U.S.D.A. said, "Forecasted
head counts from the objective yield
survey in Washington are below last
year. The Washington crop was rated
in mostly fair to good condition as of
June 1; however, continued dryness
remains a concern for producers in
the major winter wheat districts."
The U.S.D.A. forecast hard white
winter wheat production in 2014 at
10,855,000 bus, down 81,000 bus from
the May projection and down 3%
from 11,154,000 bus in 2013. MBN

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