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Kansas Winter Wheat Production Down 17 Percent
Kansas Ag Connection - 07/13/2018

Based on July 1 conditions, Kansas's winter wheat production is forecast at 277 million bushels, down 17 percent from last year, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average yield is forecast at 38 bushels per acre, down 10 bushels from 2017. Area to be harvested for grain is estimated at 7.30 million acres, up 5 percent from a year ago.

Oat production is forecast at 2.40 million bushels, up 78 percent from last year. Average yield is forecast at 48 bushels per acre, down 6 bushels from 2017. Area to be harvested for grain is estimated at 50,000 acres, up 100 percent from a year ago.

Nationally, winter wheat production is forecast at 1.19 billion bushels, down less than 1 percent from the June 1 forecast and down 6 percent from 2017. As of July 1, the United States yield is forecast at 48.0 bushels per acre, down 0.4 bushel from last month and down 2.2 bushels from last year's average yield of 50.2 bushels per acre. The area expected to be harvested for grain totals 24.8 million acres, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 29, 2018, but down 2 percent from last year.

United States oat production is forecast at 66.4 million bushels, up 34 percent from 2017. Growers expect to harvest 1.01 million acres for grain or seed, unchanged from the Acreage report released on June 29, 2018, but up 26 percent from last year. Based on conditions as of July 1, the average yield for the United States is forecast at 65.8 bushels per acre, up 4.1 bushels from 2017.


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