Table 1--Wheat: Planted acreage, harvested acreage, production, yield, and farm price
Class and mkt year 1/
Planted acreage
Harvested acreage
Production
Yield
Weighted-average farm price
(million acres)
(million acres)
(million bushels)
(bushels per acre)
(dollars per bushel)
All wheat
2006/07
57.33
46.80
1,808.42
38.6
4.26
2007/08
60.46
51.00
2,051.09
40.2
6.48
2008/09
63.19
55.70
2,499.16
44.9
6.78
2009/10
59.13
49.87
2,216.17
44.4
4.65-5.05
      
Hard red winter
2006/07
29.340
21.319
681.92
32.0
4.53
2007/08
32.981
25.718
955.56
37.2
6.15
2008/09
31.336
25.933
1,034.69
39.9
6.90
2009/10
31.649
24.136
919.02
38.1
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Hard red spring
2006/07
14.421
13.418
432.34
32.2
4.48
2007/08
12.714
12.385
450.07
36.3
7.16
2008/09
13.454
12.832
512.14
39.9
7.39
2009/10
12.614
12.318
547.93
44.5
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Soft red winter
2006/07
7.385
6.162
389.54
63.2
3.38
2007/08
8.639
7.037
352.03
50.0
5.20
2008/09
11.196
10.078
613.58
60.9
5.78
2009/10
8.309
7.193
403.56
56.1
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White
2006/07
4.318
4.086
251.15
61.5
4.14
2007/08
3.971
3.740
221.21
59.1
7.23
2008/09
4.486
4.282
254.93
59.5
6.01
2009/10
4.007
3.793
236.62
62.4
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Durum
2006/07
1.870
1.815
53.48
29.5
4.43
2007/08
2.156
2.119
72.22
34.1
9.92
2008/09
2.721
2.574
83.83
32.6
10.00
2009/10
2.554
2.428
109.04
44.9
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1/ June-May. Latest data may be preliminary or projected.
2/ U.S. season-average price based on monthly prices weighted by monthly marketings. Prices do not include an allowance for loans outstanding and government purchases. For hard red winter, hard red spring, soft red winter, and white, simple average of monthly prices for selected States prior to 2002/03. Latest data are from World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.
Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production, Agricultural Prices, and unpublished data; and USDA, World Agricultural Outlook Board, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.
Date run: 11/23/2009